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MELTING GREENLAND ICE NOW SOURCE OF 25% OF SEA LEVEL RISE, RESEARCHERS SAY
Ocean levels rose 50 percent faster in 2014 than in 1993, with meltwater from the Greenland ice sheet now supplying 25 percent of total sea level increase... READ MORE›
VOYAGE TO THE SEA FLOOR: EXPEDITION RETURNS WITH FASCINATING FINDS
Museum Victoria collects gelatinous fish, spiny crabs, scarlet sea-spiders, nightmarish cookie cutter sharks and plenty of rubbish... READ MORE›
'FACELESS' FISH MISSING FOR MORE THAN A CENTURY REDISCOVERED BY AUSTRALIAN SCIENTISTS
On board the Investigator research vessel for the month-long voyage are 27 scientists, 13 technicians and 20 crew... READ MORE›
LEAVE OIL RIGS IN THE NORTH SEA SAY CONSERVATIONISTS
Leave oil rigs in the North Sea, say conservationists... READ MORE›
RISING SEAS SET TO DOUBLE COASTAL FLOODING BY 2050
Rising sea levels driven by global warming are on track to dramatically boost the frequency of coastal flooding worldwide by mid-century, especially in tro... READ MORE›
SEA LEVEL RISE WILL DOUBLE COASTAL FLOOD RISK WORLDWIDE
The research takes in to account the large waves and storm surges that can tip gradually rising sea levels over the edge of coastal defences... READ MORE›
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'REFUGEES WELCOME' BANNER DRAPED ON LADY LIBERTY
Alt Lady Liberty posted several images of the banner on its Twitter account, with one caption reading: "The message of the Statue of Liberty is unmistakable."... READ MORE›
WARMING OF OCEANS DUE TO CLIMATE CHANGE IS UNSTOPPABLE, SAY US SCIENTISTS
Warming of oceans due to climate change is unstoppable, say US scientists... READ MORE›
ENVIRONMENTAL RECORDS SHATTERED AS CLIMATE CHANGE 'PLAYS OUT BEFORE US'
Temperatures, sea levels and carbon dioxide all hit milestones amid extreme weather in 2015, major international 'state of the climate' report finds... READ MORE›
TRUMP REJECTS CLIMATE CHANGE, BUT MAR-A-LAGO COULD BE LOST TO THE SEA
Donald Trump shelled out 409,759 for property taxes in 2016 on Mar-a-Lago, his oceanfront club above billionaire's row in Palm Beach, Fla... READ MORE›
MARINE FOOD CHAINS AT RISK OF COLLAPSE, EXTENSIVE STUDY OF WORLD'S OCEANS FINDS
Meanwhile, warming of the oceans is causing water to thermally expand, fuelling sea level rises caused by melting land ice... READ MORE›
'PRISTINE' ANTARCTIC ROSS SEA DECLARED OFFICIAL UN MARINE PROTECTED AREA
Johnson said the WWF would be working hard to make the Ross Sea Marine Protected Area permanent... READ MORE›
MAN DISSOLVED BY HOT SPRING AFTER SEEKING PLACE TO SWIM
When park officials arrived, portions of Colin Scott's head, upper torso and hands were visible in the hot spring... READ MORE›
WORLD'S OLDEST MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE WASHES UP IN GERMANY AFTER 108 YEARS AT SEA
It is thought the postcard Mrs Winkler discovered may be the oldest message-in-a-bottle ever found... READ MORE›
'LEWIS IS NOT GONE:' MARINER'S BOTTLED MESSAGE FOUND IN IRELAND, YEARS AFTER DEATH
Lewis Knight's home, where the family still lives, is filled with postcards and responses to his bottled messages... READ MORE›
WHAT IS THE WORLD'S MOST VULNERABLE CITY?
Drinking water is also affected because Detroit is particularly vulnerable to water-borne pathogens, and the larvae gruesomely referred to as Chicago Climate Change Maggots ... READ MORE›
2 DEGREES CELSIUS: A CRITICAL NUMBER FOR CLIMATE CHANGE
It also found that the 20th century wasn't the only time period when temperature and global sea level changed together, wrote Kopp... READ MORE›
WORLDS OLDEST MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE EVER FOUND FINALLY WASHES UP AFTER 108 YEARS
She told local paper the Amrum News the clear glass bottle had a note inside bearing only the words Break the bottle... READ MORE›
BABY LOBSTERS IN HOT WATER AS OCEAN TEMPERATURES RISE
A new study by scientists in Maine found that if global warming trends continue, lobsters will struggle to survive by the year 2100... READ MORE›
'YOU'D BE IN DENIAL TO BELIEVE THERE ISN'T LIFE OUT THERE'
There were all these planetary scientists talking about their favorite ocean worlds, Europa or Enceladus or whichever, he recalled... READ MORE›
TOKYO, OSAKA, OTHER MEGA-CITIES WILL BE SWAMPED BY SURGING SEA LEVELS, EVEN AT 2 DEGREE RISE
Today, some 145 million people live in Chinese cities and coastal areas that would eventually become ocean were temperatures to climb that high... READ MORE›
2 DEGREES CELSIUS: A CRITICAL NUMBER FOR CLIMATE CHANGE
Climate change is affecting World Heritage sites across the globe, Markham said... READ MORE›
ANCIENT WATER CHANNELS AND SEA ICE
The Great Salt Lake is the largest water body in the US after the Great Lakes... READ MORE›
GREAT BARRIER REEF AT RISK FROM 'RUSHED' SEDIMENT DUMPING PLAN AT ABBOT POINT
Great Barrier Reef at risk from 'rushed' sediment dumping plan at Abbot Point... READ MORE›
GLOBAL WARMING IS CAUSING MORE EXTREME STORMS
Every part of the continental United States has experienced increased very intense precipitation events... READ MORE›
STATUE OF LIBERTY TO SPORT BOW TIES ON HALLOWEEN, SORT OF
EDT October 22, 2014 Menswear brand Nick Graham is going to dangle large bowties from helicopters in front of the Statue of Liberty on Halloween morning... READ MORE›
HOW RUNAWAY SEA LEVEL RISE COULD ONE DAY SWAMP THE WORLD'S BIGGEST CITIES
Sea level rise as a result of global warming comes from the thermal expansion of the oceans and the melting of glaciers... READ MORE›
DON'T SHRINK AUSTRALIA'S OCEAN SANCTUARIES, SCIENTISTS URGE MINISTERS
They haven't spoken to marine scientists, despite our best efforts... READ MORE›
WESTERN ISLES: THOUSANDS OF LITRES OF DIESEL LOST FROM GROUNDED RIG
Tens of thousands of litres of diesel may have spilled into the ocean from an oil rig that ran aground on the Western Isles... READ MORE›
GLOBAL SEA LEVELS RISING FASTER DUE TO GLOBAL WARMING
Man-made climate change responsible for fastest rise in sea levels in the past 2,800 years according to new studies... READ MORE›
AUSTRALIA TO LAY OFF LEADING SCIENTIST ON SEA LEVELS
Dr. Church's work studying sea levels has provided important keys to understanding climate change... READ MORE›
GREENLAND ICE MELT OFF TO RECORD EARLY START
Is important because it's the second-biggest potential ice-melt contributor to sea-level rise, only behind Antarctica's ice sheet... READ MORE›
AUSTRALIA ON ALERT FOR POTENTIAL OIL SPILL OFF GREAT BARRIER REEF
Other agencies, AMSA, the Department of Environment and Heritage Protection and Maritime Safety Queensland are also on standby... READ MORE›
11 SAYINGS THAT CELEBRATE THE 'HEART OF THE PLANET'
The U.N. has dubbed this year's World Oceans Day theme healthy oceans, healthy planet... READ MORE›
PEOPLE OF KIRIBATI 'MAY HAVE TO RELOCATE'
President Anote Tong told the BBC's environment correspondent Matt McGrath that any possible deal was already too late for his country... READ MORE›
AT LEAST 20 PEOPLE KILLED AS FLOODING HITS INDONESIA
El Nino is the warming of the surface waters of the Pacific Ocean, which is known to affect the weather around the globe... READ MORE›