Ocean Climate Changes

Ocean plastic will leave a denuded ocean for our children unless we do something now

The World’s Oceans Need Our Protection

Posted on April 12, 2019 by Gina-Marie Cheeseman | 0 Comments

Oceans cover 71 percent of our planet’s surface and contain 97 percent of its water. They contain 99 percent of the earth’s living space. Despite the size of our world’s oceans, only one percent of the earth’s oceans are protected by treaties. Greenpeace is calling for a Global Ocean Treaty which would protect our oceans. It calls for a global…

Canadian Warming, Calving Ice Sheets, Shrinking Glaciers, Dolphins Not Getting It On as Climate Warming Continues

Posted on April 5, 2019 by Andrew Burger | 0 Comments

Sobering, unsettling, and at times startling climate change-related news emerged in Antarctica, Canada, Iceland, and Australia this past week.

Latest Research Reveals Troubling Signs of Antarctica Ice Loss, Ocean Warming and Climate Warming Effects at World Heritage Sites

Posted on January 22, 2019 by Andrew Burger | 0 Comments

Antarctica’s ice sheets are losing mass more than six-times faster than previously believed and ocean temperatures are rising as much as 40-times faster than the latest U.N. IPCC report estimates. One in four UNESCO natural World Heritage sites are “highly threatened” as a result of climate warming, according to recent research.

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…