Deep-sea Mining: A New Gold Rush or Environmental Disaster?
BMW have called for a temporary ban, and there are likely extra costs compared to mining on land."Naturally, the economics of mining certain minerals on land will be preferable to doing that in the deep sea," Lusty said.(The Thomson Reuters Foundation - Reporting by Jack Graham; Editing by Alister Doyle and Kieran Guilbert.
The Oceans Are Warming Faster than Expected
reduce oxygen in the oceans and damages coral reefs that are nurseries for fish, the scientists said. Warmer seas release more moisture that can stoke more powerful storms.Warmer ocean water also raises sea levels by melting ice, including around the edges of Antarctica and Greenland.(Reporting By Alister Doyle; editing by John Stonestreet
Equinor Explores Floating Wind Turbines to Power N.Sea Oilfields
down."The Gullfaks field is owned by Equinor, OMV and Norway's state-owned Petoro, while Snorre is held by Equinor, Petoro, ExxonMobil, Idemitsu, DEA and Point Resources.($1 = 8.4525 Norwegian crowns)($1 = 0.8744 euros)(Additional reporting by Terje Solsvik and Gwladys Fouche; Writing by Alister Doyle; Editing by Gopakumar Warrier and Kirsten Donovan
Accelerating Antarctic Thaw Speeds Sea Level Rise
Rapley, a professor of climate science at University College London who was not involved in the study, wrote in a comment that he had suggested in 2005 that a “slumbering giant (of ice in Antarctica) seemed to be awakening. This paper suggests it is stretching its limbs.”Reporting By Alister Doyle; Editing by Matthew Mpoke Big
Arctic Oil 'Undrillable' amid Global Warming -UN's Ex-climate Chief
the Johan Castberg field, due to start pumping in the early 2020s off north Norway, would have a break-even of $31 a barrel.Global warming is also making the Arctic - shared by Nordic nations, Russia, Canada and the United States - more accessible to shipping and mineral exploration.(Reporting by Alister Doyle Editing by Edmund Blair
Coral Reefs at Risk of Dissolving: Study
it might help the growth of some plants. “An increase of carbon dioxide in the ocean theoretically could stimulate higher growth of kelp and seaweeds,” Kasper Hancke, a biologist at the Norwegian Institute for Water Research, wrote in a statement. (Reporting By Alister Doyle; Editing by Janet Lawrence
Seas to Continue Rising Even if Climate Goals Are Met
100 million people now live within one metre of the high tide mark. "More people are moving to live within the coastal zone, increasing the vulnerable population and infrastructure," he said in a statement. "Adaptation to sea level rise will be essential." Reporting by Alister Doyl
Coral Reefs Get Sick from Plastic Waste -Study
off man-made threats such as more plastics. "This is not a story about 'let's give up on corals'," he told Reuters. "Overfishing today is the biggest threat." He said nations from Belize to the Philippines were acting to regulate fisheries on corals. (Reporting By Alister Doyle; Editing by Raissa Kasolowsky)
Corals at Risk as Underwater Heat Waves Strike More Often
, was not doomed if governments stepped up action. "If the ... Paris Agreement is successful we will still have a Great Barrier Reef. It will have a different mix of coral species, but it will still function and look like a reef," he said. (Study available here; Reporting By Alister Doyle, Editing by William Maclean
February 2024
