Record Heat Killing Caribbean and Indian Ocean Corals
By Stephen Leahy* [There hasn't been much news about the impacts of the record warming of parts of the world's oceans but severe coral bleaching in the Indian ocean resulted in widespread coral death....
View ArticleCook Islands Aims for 100 Percent Green Energy by 2020
President of Cook Islands – Henry Puna Cook Islands’ Carbon Footprint is the size of a town of 3,000 in America Stephen Leahy interviews HENRY PUNA, Prime Minister of the Cook Islands VIENNA, Jul 13,...
View ArticleOcean Acidification Leaves Mollusks Naked and Confused
By Stephen Leahy When the carbon dioxide absorbed by the oceans dissolves in seawater, carbonic acid is formed and calcium carbonate, vital for the formation of the skeletons and shells of many marine...
View ArticleOceans Filled with Plastic Trash – Changing Marine Ecology
Ban single-use plastic: bags, bottles, cups etc, scientists say By Stephen Leahy UXBRIDGE, Canada, May 10, 2012 (IPS) Plastic trash is altering the very ecology of the world’s oceans. Insects called...
View ArticleNo Safe Havens in Increasingly Acid Oceans
Oil, gas and coal are contaminating the world’s oceans from top to bottom, threatening the lives of more than 800 million people By Stephen Leahy UXBRIDGE, Canada, Oct 15 2013 (IPS) Oil, gas and coal...
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