News
-
World Oceans Day
Posted: June 8, 2017On World Oceans Day, We honor and remember our hero, Rob Stewart. Loved by legions, and missed by multitudes, Rob was a tireless advocate for his beloved sharks and oceans, and…
More -
New Zealand artist pays tribute to Rob Stewart and Sharkwater
Posted: March 27, 2017Ocean conservation foundation PangeaSeed has gathered 30 artists from around the world for Oceans Festival Sea Walls in the coastal city of Napier in New Zealand. A mural depicting a diver…
More -
Retroviruses 'almost half a billion years old'
Posted: January 10, 2017Retroviruses – the family of viruses that includes HIV – are almost half a billion years old, according to new research by scientists at Oxford University. That's several hundred million…
More -
Louisiana Faces Faster Levels of Sea-Level Rise Than Any Other Land on Earth
Posted: January 10, 2017Louisiana—which faces faster levels of sea-level rise than any other land on Earth—could lose as many as 2,800 square miles of its coast over the next 40 years and about 27,000 buildings will…
More -
NASA Sees Storms Affecting the Western U.S.
Posted: January 9, 2017Extreme rain events have been affecting California and snow has blanketed the Pacific Northwest. NASA/NOAA's GOES Project created a satellite animation showing the storms affecting the region from January 6…
More -
Short-lived greenhouse gases cause centuries of sea-level rise
Posted: January 9, 2017Even if there comes a day when the world completely stops emitting greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, coastal regions and island nations will continue to experience rising sea levels for…
More -
An ecological invasion mimics a drunken walk
Posted: January 9, 2017A theory that uses the mathematics of a drunken walk describes ecological invasions better than waves, according to Tim Reluga, associate professor of mathematics and biology, Penn State.
More -
Climate change and farming: let's be part of the solution!
Posted: January 9, 2017What with rising rainfall in the west, and hotter, drier summers in the east, British farmers place plenty of challenges from global warming, writes Anna Bowen. But there are also…
More -
Rocky mountain haze
Posted: January 6, 2017Many people head to the mountains in the summer to get above the haze of the cities and valleys. A new study finds that the haze could be catching up.
More -
Great Barrier Reef almost drowned
Posted: January 6, 2017A unique analysis of the famous reef during rapid sea-level rise at the beginning of the Last Interglacial found it almost died. The PhD research shows the reef is resilient…
More