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- Deep-sea mining: why is interest growing and what are the risks? Wed, 10 Jan 24, 3:21amAs Norway becomes the first country to approve deep-sea mining, scientists are alarmed but supporters insist it will aid the energy transition
- Revisited: Weight of the world, the climate scientists who hold out hope – podcast Thu, 4 Jan 24, 4:00pmScience Weekly revisits episode three of this 2023 mini-series from Full Story.
- Skeptics visit the poster-child of severely bleached reefs, and it’s just fine 18 months later… Sat, 9 Dec 23, 6:00amBy Jo Nova 18 months ago the coral on John Brewer Reef was dead according to The Guardian, but Jennifer Marohasy, Peter Ridd and Rowan Dean took the risk of going back to the same dead reef to make a short documentary on...
- From China's emissions to Australia's offshore windfarms, things are moving on climate – some even in the right direction | Adam Morton Fri, 17 Nov 23, 12:21pmThere is an unprecedented global swing towards solar and wind power under way
- ‘Every square inch is covered in life’: the ageing oil rigs that became marine oases Mon, 16 Oct 23, 1:00amBuilt decades ago, California’s offshore oil platforms are home to a huge diversity of marine life. Now a debate rages over their future
- How a huge new LNG plant spells ‘dire’ trouble for whales off Canada’s coast Sat, 7 Oct 23, 9:00pmHumpbacks and fin whales at risk, as study predicts increased ship traffic could cause a 30-fold increase in fatal collisions over the next decade
- Trump falsely claims wind turbines lead to whale deaths by making them ‘batty’ Wed, 27 Sep 23, 4:23amEx-president attacks clean energy by making multiple false statements at South Carolina rally
- Energy industry uses whale activists to aid anti-wind farm strategy, experts say Mon, 17 Jul 23, 9:00pmUnwitting whale advocates and rightwing thinktanks create the impression that offshore wind energy projects endanger cetaceans
- Vast fossil fuel and farming subsidies causing ‘environmental havoc’ Thu, 15 Jun 23, 11:00pmWorld Bank says subsidies costing as much as $23m a minute must be repurposed to fight climate crisis
- Filipino activists appeal to British banks over region devastated by oil spill Fri, 5 May 23, 9:30pmEnvironmentalists from the Philippines urge investors to avoid LNG projects which they say threaten the Verde Island Passage
- The tiny Tuscan town facing down a gas ship Thu, 20 Apr 23, 3:00pmPeople in the sleepy port of Piombino are concerned about the effects of the hurriedly installed regasification unit on its marine ecosystem
- From living water to toxic sludge: the Philippine island devastated by an oil spill – a photo essay Mon, 27 Mar 23, 5:00pmThe slick from sunken tanker Princess Empress has harmed livelihoods, caused health problems and done untold damage to marine life. Can Mindoro island recover?
- The first great energy transition: how humanity gave up whaling Sat, 11 Mar 23, 9:00pmThe modern oil industry was born in 1859, yet it would take more than 100 years – and the near-extinction of a species – before it replaced blubber...
- Philippines oil tanker spill prompts fears for protected marine areas Sat, 4 Mar 23, 12:13amAuthorities scramble to contain leak from sunken tanker that was carrying about 800,000 litres of oil
- Despite all that CO2, the world’s corals are doing OK Thu, 9 Feb 23, 7:17amBy Jo Nova Dr Peter Ridd compiled the statistics on coral reefs around the world, and even though China has installed a million megawatts of coal fired power in the last twenty years, there’s no evidence that corals...