2023 marked the warmest year on record with unprecedented climatic extremes from sea level rise to shrinking glaciers. Discover a ray of hope amidst these climate challenges.
When the polar bears are forced to spend more time on land than on the ice, the risk of them starving to death increases, a new study shows. This shows, say the researchers, that Polar Bears will find it difficult to adapt to a changing climate with warmer summers. "Polar bears are not grizzly bears wearing white coats. They're very, very different." said Charles Robbins, director of the Washington State University Bear Center and co-author of the study in the journal Nature Communications.
Awareness of the sea's importance to the planet has penetrated the finest salons. The World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos brings together some of the world's most powerful decision-makers in politics and business. Business leaders, international politicians and "prominent intellectuals" discuss what the organizer defines as the most pressing issues for the world. This year, the environment and the sea are high on the agenda.
It is late winter. In Trondheimsfjorden in Norway, the corals and all of their inhabitants are waiting for the return of light and warmth.The sea, just like on land, has seasons that affect behaviors and growth.
The Antarctic ice sheet is smaller than it has ever been measured to be.
An international team of scientists has measured the temperature and salinity of the ocean, and the measurements show that the oceans continue to break records - year after year. And last year was by far the warmest so far. And that has consequences for us on land.
The seas and coasts of much of the world are now ecologically unbalanced. Overfishing has often been cited as the dominant problem. But acidification, eutrophication, environmental plastics, pollution, and climate change are also important factors. The consequences are already significant - not least for people and our economy.
Join us as filmmakers Johan Candert and Simon Stanford embark on their first tentative journey far out on the sea ice. There they will try to film the "secret life of the seal", but it was not as easy as they first thought
Follow along as filmmakers Johan Candert and Simon Stanford embark on their first tentative journey far out on the sea ice. There they will try to film "The Secret Life of the Seal", but it was not as easy as they first thought
A vessel fishing in the Skagerrak caught a very unusual catch on Monday. The fishermen had caught a shark that none of them recognized. It finally turned out to be a bluntnose sixgill shark
Emissions of mineral oils at sea have decreased in recent years – however, chemical emissions into the sea have increased, reports SVT. These are harmful chemicals emitted from ships carrying biofuels, such as tall oil.
Earth's climate is close to several tipping points where development becomes irreversible, with enormous consequences for our living conditions. Now researchers are pinning their hopes on a different kind of threshold point – which can make us quickly change behavior
I have just finished a film about the depletion of our oceans. It is frightening to see how people are affected, everywhere, when the fish disappear. How people both lose jobs and their source of protein. But how overfishing has affected the ecosystem, in the ocean, can be a far more serious consequence – long-term.
Legendary oceanographer, Sylvia Earle first visited the Galapagos Islands in 1966 and described it as, "the sharkiest fishiest place I've ever been." In July 2022 we return to this special place on a research boat chartered by Dr. Earle's Mission Blue foundation. The expedition is tasked with checking key environmental health indicators on the 25th anniversary of the Galapagos being declared a marine protected area
The algae are in full bloom and they are expected to increase the warmer the climate we get. Now researchers will develop a service that can predict where and when the toxic blooms will occur
I have now worked full time at Deep Sea Reporter for just over a year and the month of May has come around again and this year it has as usual been a month when the weather can cycle through 4 seasons in a matter of hours. But now it seems as if these rapid and sometimes extreme changes occur at anytime during the year
The dumping of bottom sludge in the Sound has been defended on the grounds that it has only a negligible impact on the marine environment. But several Danish experts are now condemning the environmental impact assessment for the Lynetteholm project, which is based on a 40-year-old, American study, DR reports
The Arctic and Antarctic have been 30-40 degrees warmer than normal this week, and heat records have been broken at at least one weather station. It's not a good sign when you see stuff like this happen," said University of Wisconsin meteorologist Matthew Lazzara
Mozambique plans to plant 100 million trees along its coast. The country in southeast Africa is severely beset by both tropical storms and rising water levels
For the first time, we will now find out what happens during the winter, with carbon dioxide uptake and salinity and thus get more accurate data to put into different climate models to get more accurate predictions about the future
UN member states agree to develop a legally binding agreement to stop plastic emissions
"The sea is the solution to the entire climate issue. If we do not get it, then we have lost the opportunity to deal with the climate issue", says environmental lawyer Lena Gipperth
When the grey seal is born, it is largely helpless, and it does not take long for the mother to leave her kut. Deep Sea Reporter is present during the seal cubs' first days of life
World leaders seem to have too much imagination when it comes to the effects of the climate crisis
