One World – One Environment – One Network
Camps for refugees and internally displaced people are known for being dangerous, particularly for women. Thanks to a solar-energy initiative from the UN’s migration agency, this is beginning to change. Energy is hard to...
The Atlantic overturning – one of Earth’s most important heat transport systems, pumping warm water northwards and cold water southwards – is weaker today than any time before in more than 1000 years. Sea...
Similar to corals, foraminifera in tropical reefs bleach as the water temperature rises. In research, these unicellular organisms can help to investigate the effects of climate change on calcifying organisms. Scientists from Bremen and...
A new study by MIT climate scientists, economists, and agriculture experts finds that certain hotspots in the US will experience severe reductions in crop yields by 2050, due to climate change’s impact on irrigation....
As of late February 2017, the Wave Glider missions run by the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Germany, can be followed live on the internet. Wave Gliders are measurement platforms that are...
The ongoing global change is causing ocean temperatures to rise and ocean circulation to change. As a result, less oxygen is dissolved in surface waters and transported into the deep sea. This reduction of...
Widespread adoption of products labelled ‘biodegradable’ will not significantly decrease the volume of plastic entering the ocean or the physical and chemical risks that plastics pose to marine environment, concluded a UN report released...
Sarah Keller from BioApply spoke with plastic pollution activist and GES member Gabriele Kull about her background, documentary, and the launch of an interest group in Switzerland. She will be our guest speaker at...
Is it possible for a redundant fishing vessel to be used as a power plant? Absolutely! The first vessel of its kind is now anchored offshore in the Stadthavet area west of Ålesund, Norway,...
Scientists from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) have published a study showing that global warming could have a catastrophic effect on parts of East Antarctica and lead to an unstoppable sea-level...
An Australian minister has called for a boycott of a popular ice cream company after it joined forces with the WWF to protect the Great Barrier Reef. The reason has to do with the...
