Corals
Maldives greenlights destructive dredging to build housing and luxury resorts
The president is approving a $147 million land reclamation project on Addu atoll, despite warnings of “irreversible damage” to the environment
Women and youth are leading Kenya’s coral reef revival
A programme to restore Kenya’s damaged coral reefs is creating jobs and boosting the fish catch in economically vulnerable communities
Mauritius oil spill compensation could be limited by maritime law technicality
Experts warn payouts for an oil spill that has devastated Mauritius’ fishing and tourism industries may not match the scale of the damage
Next UN climate science report to consider lessons from coronavirus
UN climate science reports due in 2021 will examine the links between pandemics and human pressures on the natural world to guide policymakers
Dying oceans rising faster than predicted, UN warns in stark report
Accelerating melting in Antarctica coupled with heating and acidification will push world’s oceans into ‘unprecedented’ condition, the UN science panel said
Australian emissions rise as LNG production soars
Emissions from gas extraction cause carbon pollution to continue to rise, while agency issues warning about health of Great Barrier Reef
Chile’s ‘Blue Cop’ will push leaders to protect oceans to heal climate
Hosts of UN climate talks push ocean health up political agenda in year when IPCC scientists will deliver major report on climate link
EU: Breaching 1.5C would trigger cascade of negative effects
Confidential comments on a draft UN report show the EU calling for scientists to discount scenarios where temperatures temporarily overshoot the Paris goal
Ecosystems across Australia are collapsing under climate change
The Great Barrier Reef has become a notorious victim of climate change. But it is not the only Australian ecosystem on the brink of collapse
Why are the world’s climate funds ignoring coral reefs?
Vital marine ecosystems are threatened by ocean warming and acidification, yet get a tiny fraction of climate finance, E3G research shows
Ocean acidification is global warming’s forgotten crisis
We have the tools to barricade ecosystems against some impacts of warmer, more acidic oceans. But do we have the political will to use them?
Maldives regime imperils coral reefs in dash for cash
Under President Yameen, ministers are quashing environmental concerns to strike opaque resort deals with foreign investors, warn divers, scientists and two EPA insiders
There’s a secret UN climate summit taking place in Mexico
UN biodiversity chief tells Climate Home protecting and restoring ecosystems is the best way to protect the world from dangerous levels of global warming
Worst-recorded coral bleaching event to continue into 2017
World’s reefs in “uncharted territory”, say scientists, as bleaching set to hit reefs for an unprecedented third year in a row
Asia’s coastal typhoons are gaining power
The violence of typhoons that devastate Asian coastal regions is being magnified by rising sea surface temperatures caused by greenhouse gas emissions
Climate change now has a start date
Researchers have pinpointed the beginning of global warming to a couple of decades in mid-1800s, showing earth’s sensitivity to small atmospheric changes
Visitors rush to the Great Barrier Reef to catch it “before it’s gone”
Survey finds that 69% of visitors to the world’s largest coral reef system are motivated by the fear that it might disappear
UN asked Australia to cover up Great Barrier Reef lobbying
Email exchanges between Australian government and Paris-based UNESCO indicate officials colluded in keeping lobbying over key climate report secret
Bleached Great Barrier Reef corals ‘sickest ever’, warn scientists
Corals are dying rapidly and sustained high sea temperatures will make it harder than ever to recover, say researchers
Anote Tong: Migration is the “brutal reality” of climate change
Migration with dignity must be part of a climate change adaptation strategy, rather than relocation of people as climate refugees