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Save the Ocean Life and Save Earth

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This is something I started to kill my spare time but this is a pretty serious issue in today's world. This is one of United Nations Sustainable Development Goals! Goal 14: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources The world’s oceans – their temperature, chemistry, currents and life – drive global systems that make the Earth habitable for humankind. Our rainwater, drinking water, weather, climate, coastlines, much of our food, and even the oxygen in the air we breathe, are all ultimately provided and regulated by the sea. Throughout history, oceans and seas have been vital conduits for trade and transportation. Careful management of this essential global resource is a key feature of a sustainable future. Oceans cover three quarters of the Earth’s surface, contain 97 per cent of the Earth’s water, and represent 99 per cent of the living space on the planet by volume Over three billion people depend on marine and coastal biodiversity for thei...
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How Airplane Altitude Could Reduce Climate Impact

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A Small Change in Airplane Altitude Could Reduce Climate Impact of Contrails by 59% Environment  13 February 2020 By David Nield            (William Hook/Unsplash) In a world affected by climate change, every little tweak we make counts. While we're still sorting out jet fuel, there's another plane travel impact we could cut back on rather easily, according to a new study. Getting planes to fly just 2,000 feet (610 metres) lower could cut the climate impact of the contrails they leave behind by a whopping 59 percent. Even better, only around 2 percent of flights would need to make the adjustment – those flights where contrails are most likely to form, linger around, and contribute to the warming of the planet. Contrails (condensation trails) come about when the hot exhaust gas from airplanes meets the cold, low-pressure air in the atmosphere. Moisture condenses on the black carbon in the fumes, forming the ice particles we see...
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For 110 years, climate change has been in the news. Are we finally ready to listen?

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For 110 years, climate change has been in the news. Are we finally ready to listen? Published: August 15, 2022 7.47am BST Linden Ashcroft   Lecturer in climate science and science communication, The University of Melbourne On August 14 1912, a small New Zealand newspaper published a short article announcing global coal usage was affecting our planet’s temperature. This piece from 110 years ago is now famous, shared across the internet this time every year as one of the first pieces of climate science in the media (even though it was actually a reprint of a piece published in a New South Wales mining journal a month earlier). This short 1912 article made the direct link between burning coal and global temperature changes. The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal, National Library of Australia The fundamental science has been understood for a long time American scientist and women’s rights campaigner Eunice Foote is now widely credited as being the first person to demonstr...
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2018 Global Disasters Cost $160 Billion; Climate Change a Factor, Report Says

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2018 Global Disasters Cost $160 Billion; Climate Change a Factor, Report Says By  Pam Wright    weather.com At a Glance A third of the total global cost came from just four events in the United States. California's Camp Fire was the costliest disaster of 2018 at $16.5 billion. Hurricane Michael was second at $16 billion. Disasters cost the world a hefty $160 billion in 2018 and climate change was a factor in the final tally, a new report says. On Tuesday, German Insurance company  Munich Re  released its annual report estimating the cost of disasters that include weather events like tornadoes and hurricanes, wildfires, tsunamis and earthquakes. Globally, damage from disasters amounted to $160 billion, which is less than the $360 billion in damage reported by the company in 2017 but still higher than the $140 billion long-term average. It was the fourth-costliest year since 1980 in terms of insured losses. A third of that total ($80 billion)came from jus...
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'We are last generation that can stop climate change' – UN summit

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'We are last generation that can stop climate change' – UN summit Big cuts in carbon emissions and a rise in protection from extreme weather urgently needed Damian Carrington    Environment editor @dpcarrington Mon 3 Dec 2018   00.01 GMT                              Scientists recommend that warming is limited to 1.5C. Photograph: Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty Images The UN climate change summit begins on Monday with a warning that today’s generation is the last that can prevent catastrophic global warming, as well as the first to be suffering its impacts. Almost  200 nations  were set to meet  in Poland  for two weeks, aiming to hammer out a vital agreement to turn the carbon-cutting vision set in Paris in 2015 into reality. Moves to rapidly ramp up action would be another key goal, with current pledges leaving the world on track for a  disastrous 3C of wa...
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There Might Be Shark In Your Sunscreen

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There Might Be Shark In Your Sunscreen ANIMALS Oil derived from shark livers is a common ingredient in cosmetics, and the demand for it could be putting deep-sea sharks in peril. BY  ANNIE ROTH PUBLISHED  JULY 23, 2018 The basking shark is hunted throughout much of its range for its oil-rich liver. The livers of these sharks, which can account for up to 25 percent of their body weight, are worth a sizeable sum of money. PHOTOGRAPH BY BRIAN J. SKERRY, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION Millions of rare, deep-sea  sharks are killed each year to support a multimillion-dollar industry —but which one might surprise you. In remote regions around the world, fishermen pull sharks out of the deep and harvest their livers. Shark livers contain an oil, known as squalene, that’s widespread in sunscreen, lipstick, foundation, lotion, and many other cosmetics. High in fatty acids and antioxidants , squalene is a key moisturizing agent, and its source varies by brand. Squalene ca...
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Deadly heat, wildfires, heavy rain point to global warming

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Deadly heat, wildfires, heavy rain point to global warming: experts Aug 09, 2018   by  Donovan Vincent   Toronto Star This summer’s extreme heat, wildfires, heavy rains, flooding are all indicators of global warming, experts say          Police officers wade through water flooding an underpass on King St. W. during heavy rain in Toronto on Tuesday. - Shlomi Amiga,                 THE CANADIAN PRESS Extreme and deadly heat in Europe, Asia and across Canada and the U.S. Wildfires in California, British Columbia and here in Ontario, in Parry Sound and North Bay. Tuesday night's flood in Toronto that saw more than 70 millimetres of rain dumped downtown in two hours. Climate experts say it's all part of a trend the planet has been experiencing for the past 30 years, one we should expect to continue over the coming decades. "It's not new weather, just a more extreme (version) of the old weather. T...
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The planet has seen sudden warming before. It wiped out almost everything

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The planet has seen sudden warming before. It wiped out almost everything! By  CARL ZIMMER The New York Times Fri., Dec. 7, 2018 Some 252 million years ago, Earth almost died. In the oceans, 96 per cent of all species became extinct. It’s harder to determine how many terrestrial species vanished, but the loss was comparable. According to recent research from a global collaboration of scientists, the Antarctic ice sheet has tripled its rate of ice loss over the last 25 years.   ( JILL SCHENSUL  /  TNS ) This mass extinction, at the end of the Permian Period , was the worst in the planet’s history, and it happened over a few thousand years at most — the blink of a geological eye. On Thursday, a team of scientists offered a detailed accounting of how marine life was wiped out during the Permian-Triassic mass extinction. Global warming robbed the oceans of oxygen, they say, putting many species under so much stress that they died off. And we may be repeatin...
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