Ocean Sentry
There are 90.5 litter items per square kilometer in the Black Sea. By comparison, there are 50 litter items per square kilometer in the Mediterranean Sea.
August, 2019
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8 August
Mercury levels in fish are rising despite reduced emissions
Despite a decrease in seawater concentration of methylmercury since the late 1990s, the amount of toxin that gets accumulated in certain fish which are higher in the food chain have been found to increase. The amount of methylmercury in fish higher in the food chain can change due to two …
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7 August
Alaska’s sea ice has completely melted away
The most rapidly changing state in the U.S. has no sea ice within some 150 miles of its shores, according to high-resolution sea ice analysis from the National Weather Service.
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2 August
Greenland has massive ice melt after European heatwave
More than 10 billion tonnes of ice was lost to the oceans by surface melting on Wednesday alone, creating a net mass ice loss of about 197 billion tonnes from Greenland in July.
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2 August
Siberia forest fires spark potential ‘disaster’ for Arctic
As fires sweep across millions of hectares enveloping entire cities in black smoke and noxious fumes, environmentalists warn of a disaster threatening to accelerate the melting of the Arctic.
July, 2019
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29 July
We just used up all of Earth’s resources for the year, and it’s only July
This year, July 29th marks Earth Overshoot Day – the date on which we’ve burnt through the amount of resources our planet can renew in a year.
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27 July
Europe’s heat wave threatens record melting of Greenland ice sheet
A heatwave has shot up temperatures in Europe to new highs. Now, it’s set to continue moving north to Greenland. And that’s bad news for the ice sheets, the World Meteorological Organization reports.
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26 July
‘No doubt left’ about scientific consensus on global warming, say experts
Extensive historical data shows recent extreme warming is unprecedented in past 2,000 years.
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25 July
Arctic Circle burns as heatwaves plague Europe and the US
Scientists have released alarming new satellite images showing enormous wildfires spreading across the Arctic Circle, with potentially dire consequences for the environment.
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25 July
Write rules for deep-sea mining before it’s too late
Around 1.3 million square kilometres of the sea bed have already been contracted out to governments and companies for mining exploration, work that poses a risk to thousands of species, many of them not yet even known.
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22 July
Ocean snail is first animal to be officially endangered by deep-sea mining
A snail that lives near hydrothermal vents on the ocean floor east of Madagascar has become the first deep-sea animal to be declared endangered because of the threat of mining.
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22 July
Sediment libraries show marine ecosystems are accumulating oil pollution faster than ever
Marine sediments tell the history of an environment, including oil spills. By “reading” sediments from the past century, a research team has now determined how much oil hydrocarbon is accumulated in different vegetated coastal habitats of the Arabian Gulf and the significance of this for environmental management.