climate change

‘Sunny day flooding’ worsens at NC beaches — a sign sea rise is decades too soon

Living in cities threatened by sea-level rise could be like living near an active volcano, according to NOAA oceanographer William…

8 years ago

UN promotes nature-based solutions to growing water shortages

Photo Credit: Kelly Fike/USFWS The UN’s annual World Water Development Report 2018 has highlighted the need to use nature to…

8 years ago

No glaciers, no water?

The world's largest rivers have their sources in glaciers – will the global population be left high and dry without…

8 years ago

Warmer, saltier polar water could change global ocean currents

When ice shelves melt, they dump freshwater into the sea which lightens the salty water. Credit: Flickr/NASA ICE, licensed under…

8 years ago

Plastic Toxins World Epidemic — Plastic Pollution

Plastic is everywhere, including in the sea and its fish, in the soil and its plants, in our food and…

8 years ago