Ocean Climate Changes

Plastic piles up on beach on Niihau island, Hawaii

250 Organizations Launch Effort to Create a Circular Economy for Plastics

Posted on October 31, 2018 by Andrew Burger | 0 Comments

A coalition of more than 250 private, government, academic and non-governmental organizations, including some of the world’s largest producers of consumer products, launched the New Plastics Economy Global Commitment at the Our Ocean Conference in Bali, Indonesia Oct. 29. *Beach on the Hawaiian island of Niihau, Wikipedia Led by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation in collaboration with UN Environment, signatories committed…

Single use plastic - all used up and no place to go

Grocery Retailers Need To Address the Problem of Single-Use Plastic

Posted on August 23, 2018 by Gina-Marie Cheeseman | 0 Comments

Greenpeace launches its “Break Free From Plastic” movement to raise awareness about single-use plastics, ocean health, and ways to reduce plastic pollution

Global Ocean Temperature Reaches Another Record High

Posted on February 2, 2018 by Andrew Burger | 0 Comments

2017’s new record high continues a rising trend — the last five years have been the five highest in ocean temperatures.

Drill baby, drill. Trump seeks to expand offshore drilling along U.S. coasts

Trump Administration Opens Up U.S. Coasts To Offshore Drilling

Posted on January 15, 2018 by Gina-Marie Cheeseman | 0 Comments

“Drill baby drill” is more than a mantra by those that want to increase domestic output of fossil fuels. It is a way of life, as the recent proposal by U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke to increase offshore drilling on both coasts proves. Zinke’s proposal would make over 90 percent of the acreage within the National Outer Continental…

Coastal cities face challenging times in a climate-changed world

What Does the Future Hold for America’s Coastal Cities?

Posted on January 9, 2018 by Bobbi Peterson | 0 Comments

Scientists have observed a rapidly-growing atmospheric carbon presence. Whatever your views on the cause of this phenomenon, the trend is confirmed and supported throughout the scientific community. And with increasing levels of atmospheric carbon, and the subsequent UV heat-trapping, global temperatures continue to rise. With warming atmospheric temperatures, ocean levels will also gradually increase, heralding a plethora of future problems…

Caribbean Nations Look to International Community to Help Conserve Region’s Sandy Beaches

Posted on July 27, 2017 by Andrew Burger | 0 Comments

A prospective US$4.5 million from South Korea could lead to the launch of an inter4national project on the part of Association of Caribbean States’ members to stem the loss of sandy beaches throughout the region.

Information is Power: Böll Foundation Releases Inaugural World Ocean Atlas

Posted on June 14, 2017 by Andrew Burger | 0 Comments

Highlighting the threats and costs climate change and human activites are having on the world ocean, the Heinrich Böll Foundation released its inaugural “Ocean Atlas 2017.”