Whales are starving to death due to rising ocean temperatures
The decline in grey and humpback whales in the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans has been traced to food shortages caused by rising ocean temperatures.
The laws of ecology, for the survival of the human species
Refusing the anthropocentric vision and respecting the laws of ecology is the only way to safeguard the future of our and all other species, Sea Shepherd President Paul Watson argues in this op-ed.
Larsen C, an iceberg twice the size of Luxemburg had collapsed from Antarctic ice shelf
It finally broke off. The iceberg A68, twice the size of Luxemburg, is no longer part of Antarctica’s Larsen C ice shelf, which could also collapse.
Ocean plastic. Billionaire Kjell Inge Rokke donates high-tech vessel to the scientific community
La nave sarà varata nel 2020 e ospiterà le strumentazioni più all’avanguardia per la ricerca di plastica nel mare. Il progetto realizzato con il Wwf.
People’s Climate Change March, protesters confront Trump on global warming
Environmentalists and activists from all over the United States rallied on the 29th of April for the People’s Climate March in Washington DC and in sister marches organised throughout the nation. Last week, the country’s capital welcomed the March for Science and Earth Day rally but organisers say the People’s March was more overtly political, aimed
A marathon in the Tindouf refugee camps reminds us that African decolonisation isn’t over
Si chiama Sahara Marathon ed è una maratona tra i campi profughi di Tindouf, in Algeria. Una volta all’anno ci ricorda che la decolonizzazione in Africa non è ancora finita.
The photos of the newly discovered reef in the Amazon River
Lo scorso anno un gruppo di oceanologi statunitensi e brasiliani ha scoperto una barriera corallina dove si pensava non potesse esistere: nel Rio delle Amazzoni.
Barack Obama designates two new protected areas in Utah and Nevada
Il presidente uscente degli Stati Uniti ha annunciato la creazione di due nuove riserve naturali, per proteggere aree considerate sacre dai nativi americani.
Barack Obama creates the first marine sanctuary in the Atlantic Ocean
Il presidente statunitense ha istituito una nuova riserva marina per proteggere una vasta area del Pacifico, caratterizzata da canyon sottomarini ricchi di biodiversità.
What is Grindadráp and why is whaling in the Faroe Islands so controvesial
Grindadráp is the local name for a yearly event that sees the people of the Faroe Islands, a self-governing archipelago under Denmark, hunt long-finned pilot whales as well as other species of cetaceans such as bottlenose dolphins, white-sided dolphins and Risso’s dolphins. These species aren’t on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)’s list of endangered animals, but