Ocean Sentry
Los Petenes Biosphere Reserve is a permanently flooded salt marsh with a high diversity of flora and fauna. The most representative ecosystems of the area can be found here such as seagrasses and petenes. Damage is not yet quantified.
April, 2019
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16 April
The amount of plastic in the ocean is a lot worse than we thought, study says
The amount of plastic that’s been dumped into the ocean has been increasing, according to a new study, and the problem will probably get worse.
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16 April
Caspian Sea faces pollution threat
Of the more than one million seals which inhabited the shores and islands of the Caspian a century ago fewer than 10 percent remain, and the species has been declared endangered. In 2003, his group found 750 seal carcasses in just one month.
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16 April
Warming Arctic permafrost releasing large amounts of potent greenhouse gas
A recent paper shows that nitrous oxide emissions from thawing Alaskan permafrost are about twelve times higher than previously assumed.
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11 April
Arctic temperatures warmest in more than 10,000 years
Arctic temperatures are the warmest they’ve been in more than 10,000 years, according to a new University of Alberta study that highlights alarming rates of climate warming and thawing of permafrost in Northern Canada.
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10 April
Clues emerge in ‘missing’ ocean plastics conundrum
It’s a puzzle that has perplexed scientists for years: humanity dumps millions of tonnes of plastics into the world’s oceans annually, yet only a tiny fraction remains visible on the surface.
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9 April
So many animals are going extinct that it could take Earth 10 million years to recover
A new study published in the journal Nature Ecology and Evolution reveals that it took the planet around 10 million years to recover from the mass extinction that wiped out the dinosaurs.
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9 April
Global warming is pushing Arctic toward ‘unprecedented state,’ research shows
Global warming is transforming the Arctic, and the changes have rippled so widely that the entire biophysical system is shifting toward an “unprecedented state,” an international team of researchers concludes in a new analysis of nearly 50 years of temperature readings and changes across the ecosystems.
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8 April
Video showing devastating plastic pollution on Tenerife beach goes viral
A video recorded on March 24 highlights the shocking extent of plastic pollution on a beach in Tenerife, one of Spain’s Canary Islands. Filmed at Playa Grande beach near the coastal town Poris de Abona, the video shows the sand covered in small bits of plastic.
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4 April
Humans have caused the most dramatic climate change in 3 million years
The level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere today is likely higher than it has been anytime in the past 3 million years. This rise in the level of carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, could bring temperatures not seen over that entire timespan, according to new research.
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4 April
As sea ice disappears, so do nutrients for wildlife
Increasingly threatened young ice is crucial in transporting nutrients to the deep, central Arctic Ocean.
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4 April
The Great Barrier Reef is losing its ability to recover from bleaching
Global warming is destroying the Great Barrier Reef’s ability to recover from disasters and reducing its biodiversity by changing the species that live there.