Canadian company in negotiations with Trump to mine seabed
Environmentalists call bid to skirt UN treaty ‘reckless’ amid fears that mining will cause irreversible loss of biodiversity A Canadian deep-sea mining firm has revealed...
Category : Oceans
‘The first thing I did was poke it’: Canada beach blobs mystery solved by chemists
Newfoundland Memorial Univeristy team find white masses are likely material used to clean pipes in oil industry When the chemist Chris Kozak finally got his...
‘A crisis entirely of humanity’s making’: UN chief issues climate SOS on trip to Pacific
António Guterres calls for a ‘massive’ increase in finance and support for the countries most vulnerable to rising sea levels Pacific island nations are in...
Canada moves to protect coral reef that scientists say ‘shouldn’t exist’
Discovery was made after First Nations tipped off ecologists about groups of fish gathering in a fjord off British Columbia Deep in the hostile waters...
‘Let’s find out’: shipwreck mysteriously appears on Newfoundland coast
Residents of tiny coastal community of Cape Ray excited by discovery of what appears to be 19th-century vessel A coastal community in Newfoundland has been...
‘Huge’ coral bleaching unfolding across the Americas prompts fears of global tragedy
Scientists stunned by unprecedented heat-stress event say they can only hope it ‘motivates and unites people’ Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates...
African penguins could be extinct by 2035, campaigners say
Population has declined dramatically due to overfishing and environmental changes in the Indian Ocean African penguins are on track for extinction by 2035 if measures...
Will El Niño on top of global heating create the perfect climate storm?
Rising temperatures in north Atlantic and drop in Antarctic sea ice prompt fears of widespread damage from extreme weather “Very unusual”, “worrying”, “terrifying”, and “bonkers”;...
Great Bear Sea: vast new marine zone a ‘mindset shift’ for conservation
Political and Indigenous leaders hope to replicate success of British Columbia’s Great Bear Rainforest conservation area Nearly a decade ago, Canadian political leaders, environmental activists...
Brazil sinks aircraft carrier in Atlantic despite presence of asbestos and toxic materials
Environmental activists had sought to halt the planned scuttling of the warship, warning that it could pollute the marine food chain Brazil has sunk a...
