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![This photo shows the logo of the International Seabed Authority in Kingston, Jamaica.]()
![This photo shows the logo of the International Seabed Authority in Kingston, Jamaica.]()
The International Seabed Authority’s war with itself
As the U.N. body faces an American threat to its jurisdiction over deep-sea mining, diplomats have more or less left all the important questions unanswered.
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The tiny ocean organisms that could help the climate in a big way
Scientists are exploring whether encouraging the growth of phytoplankton could draw down more atmospheric carbon — without unintended side effects in oceanic ecosystems.
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![People hold signs protesting plastic pollution. A woman in center has a sign reading "pongan fin a la contaminación plástica"]()
![People hold signs protesting plastic pollution. A woman in center has a sign reading "pongan fin a la contaminación plástica"]()
Plastic pollution is toxic and everywhere. Now, legal experts say it’s a human rights violation.
This week, they’re advocating for a U.N. treaty to safeguard people’s basic rights.
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Tracking sea turtles is a long, slow process that just might keep them alive
This summer’s hatchlings won’t be back on land for 30 years. It’ll take at least that long to know how global warming is changing them.
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![The main recharge Dyke for the Coachella Valley on August 10, 2009, in Coachella Valley, California. This dyke serves to maintain the Aquifer upon which Coachella depends, adding water to it protects the water source and protects the surrounding infrastructure from possible subsidence.]()
![The main recharge Dyke for the Coachella Valley on August 10, 2009, in Coachella Valley, California. This dyke serves to maintain the Aquifer upon which Coachella depends, adding water to it protects the water source and protects the surrounding infrastructure from possible subsidence.]()
Groundwater is drying out, heating up, and causing sea level rise
Overuse has created zones of “mega-drying” around the world — and caused more sea level rise than Greenland’s ice sheet.
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![a man crouches on a rock in front of pieces of a glacier, which are drifting out to sea]()
![a man crouches on a rock in front of pieces of a glacier, which are drifting out to sea]()
When will a vital system of currents in the Atlantic Ocean collapse? Depends on whom you ask.
New research suggests the currents that help shape the climate may be weakening more slowly than thought.
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The weird way that penguin poop might be cooling Antarctica
Scientists find that ammonia wafting from all that guano kicks off an atmospheric chain reaction.
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![Coral on Moore Reef is visible in Gunggandji Sea Country off coast of Queensland in eastern Australia on Nov. 13, 2022.]()
![Coral on Moore Reef is visible in Gunggandji Sea Country off coast of Queensland in eastern Australia on Nov. 13, 2022.]()
Despite global opposition, Trump just fast-tracked deep-sea mining
The move opens the door for companies tired of waiting for permission to scrape the ocean floor.
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The deep-sea mining industry got tired of waiting for international approval. Enter Trump.
Inside the little-understood fight between deep sea miners and Indigenous advocates for the ocean.
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![Two boats on water divided by buoys.]()
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A federal judge just hit the brakes on Trump’s plan to fast-track industrial fish farming in the Gulf
Advocates for marine health say aquaculture "has no place in U.S. ocean waters."
