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The ElephantA resource for journalists, politicians, policy makers, activists and citizens interested in climate change and the environmental emergency
‘Major disruptor’: El Niño threatens the world’s rice supplies
2023-09-07 in The GuardianAfter India imposed an export ban on rice following destructive rains, prices have soared – now rising temperatures put crops across south-east Asia at risk
Tagged under: Pacific Ocean | El Niño
The Ocean Has a Fever
2023-08-27 (or before) in NASA Earth ObservatoryDecades of gradual warming due to human-caused climate change and an El Niño in the Pacific Ocean nudged global sea surface temperatures to record levels in 2023.
Tagged under: Oceans | Climate Change | Pacific Ocean | Sea Level
China bans Japanese seafood after Fukushima wastewater release
2023-08-24 in The GuardianWater containing radioactive tritium being pumped into Pacific via tunnel from Tepco plant, amid protests from China, South Korea and fishing communities
Tagged under: Oceans | Nuclear Power | Pacific Ocean | Fish | Japan
Concrete tomb filled with deadly nuclear waste is leaking as it's starting to crack
2023-08-14 (or before) in Latest News, Entertainment Stories And Viral Videos - UNILADTagged under: Oceans | Nuclear Power | Climate Change | Pacific Ocean
Imperial Offsetting à la Macron
2023-08-04 (or before) by in Planet CriticalWhat the French President's Pacific visit reveals about climate politics
Tagged under: Pacific Ocean | France
Tropical Atlantic and East Pacific Satellite Sectors
2023-07-09 (or before) in Brian McNoldySatellite images and products for selected sectors in the tropical Atlantic and East Pacific.
Tagged under: Pacific Ocean
Scientists stunned by discovery in remote area of Pacific Ocean: ‘We have a responsibility to understand it’
2023-07-06 (or before) in Yahoo"We share this planet with all this amazing biodiversity."
Tagged under: Oceans | Pacific Ocean
Sea Surface Temperatures - Pacific and Indian Oceans
2023-06-20 (or before) in Bureau of Meteorology, AustraliaAustralian climate is influenced by sea surface temperature patterns in the Pacific and Indian oceans. This page provides information on Pacific and Indian ocean outlooks for the coming six months based on a survey of international climate models.
Tagged under: Pacific Ocean | Climate Data | Oceans | Australia
Deep Argo Quantifies Bottom Water Warming Rates in the Southwest Pacific Basin
2023-06-13 (or before) in Advancing Earth and Space Sciences JournalTagged under: Pacific Ocean
More than 5,000 new species discovered in Pacific deep-sea mining hotspot
2023-05-26 (or before) in InklA wealth of biodiversity has been found in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone, an area earmarked for exploitation by mineral firms
Tagged under: Minerals | Pacific Ocean
Global heating has likely made El Niños and La Niñas more ‘frequent and extreme’, new study shows
2023-05-18 in The GuardianScientists say greenhouse gases have already affected climate patterns in the Pacific that could lead to more severe weather, floods and heatwaves
Tagged under: Pacific Ocean | El Niño | Heatwaves
Revealed: most of EU delegation to crucial fishing talks made up of fishery lobbyists
2023-04-26 in The GuardianEurope accused of ‘neocolonialism’ for using vassal small island states to sway policy and continue ‘disgraceful plundering’ of distant waters
Tagged under: Pacific Ocean | Africa | Fish | Wildlife | Indonesia
Climate justice in the Pacific
2023-04-01 in The Monthly - AustraliaThe lack of global action on the climate crisis has left grassroots groups leading the fight against catastrophe in PNG
Tagged under: Climate Change | Pacific Ocean | Papua New Guinea | Climate Justice
Weather tracker: sea surface temperatures hit record high
2023-03-20 in The GuardianAnalysis shows record occurred after La Niña period, when temperatures across central and eastern Pacific tend to be cooler
Tagged under: Oceans | Pacific Ocean
Samoa PM urges world to save Pacific people from climate crisis obliteration
2023-03-19 in The GuardianFiame Naomi Mata’afa pleads for action before landmark IPCC report is expected to issue ‘final warning’
Tagged under: IPCC | Climate Change | Pacific Ocean
What Is the Great Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch?
2023-01-31 (or before) in Sustainable & Eco Friendly eCommerce Packaging | SR MailingThe Great Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch is considered by many to be one of humanity’s biggest crimes against the planet – and really, just the name of it gives away the horror of what it actually is, considering the size of the Pacific Ocean. We talk a lot about what can be done to save the planet here at SR Mailing, and that’s because we’re absolutely passionate about it! The fact that there is so much to be done, and that there is so much that we can all be doing in our daily lives that can help us to save planet Earth from global warming and climate change. The issue, of course, is much, much bigger than...
Tagged under: Microplastics and Nanoplastics | Oceans | Greenhouse Gases | Climate Change | Pacific Ocean | Methane | Fish | Rivers | Whales and Dolphins | Wildlife | Economic Growth | Great Barrier Reef | Coral Reefs | California | South America | BP | Sea Level | Indonesia
Weather tracker: La Niña and climate crisis behind recent Australia floods
2022-07-08 in The GuardianWarmer conditions around the western Pacific have led to torrential rain and burst rivers
Tagged under: Pacific Ocean | Rivers
Major New Zealand salmon producer shuts farms as warming waters cause mass die-offs
2022-05-26 in The GuardianUp to 42% of company’s fish have died in warm water areas this year, with CEO warning climate change is ‘faster than people think’
Tagged under: Climate Change | Pacific Ocean | Fish | Salmon
‘Deep-sea gold rush’ for rare metals could cause irreversible harm
2022-04-29 in The GuardianMining companies are planning to profit from the new industry, but environmental campaigners warn of disastrous consequences
Tagged under: Oceans | Pacific Ocean
Seabed regulator accused of deciding deep sea’s future ‘behind closed doors’
2022-04-01 in The GuardianThe ISA, obliged to frame industry rules by 2023, drops reporting service and is accused of lacking transparency in plans for mining
Tagged under: Oceans | Pacific Ocean | Wildlife
Another Record: Ocean Warming Continues through 2021 despite La Niña Conditions - Advances in Atmospheric Sciences
2022-01-11 (or before) in Springer VerlagThe increased concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere from human activities traps heat within the climate system and increases ocean heat content (OHC). Here, we provide the first analysis of recent OHC changes through 2021 from two international groups. The world ocean, in 2021, was the hottest ever recorded by humans, and the 2021 annual OHC value is even higher than last year’s record value by 14 ± 11 ZJ (1 zetta J = 1021 J) using the IAP/CAS dataset and by 16 ± 10 ZJ using NCEI/NOAA dataset. The long-term ocean warming is larger in the Atlantic and Southern Oceans than in other regions and is ...
Tagged under: Oceans | Greenhouse Gases | Climate Change | Pacific Ocean | El Niño | Climate Change Mitigation
They pulled 63,000 pounds of trash from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, but that's just the start
2021-11-04 (or before) in USA TodayA half-mile long trash-trapping system named \
Tagged under: Oceans | Pacific Ocean
Eyewitnesses to disaster: Commercial fishermen implore action on the collapse of Alaska ecosystems
2021-10-30 (or before) in The Seattle TimesThe North Pacific ecosystem is asking us to re-calibrate. Fish and crab stocks are crashing. As professional commercial fishermen, we need regulatory rules nimble enough to deal with new, rapidly-changing realities.
Tagged under: Pacific Ocean | Fish | Collapse | Alaska | Washington State
Video shows salmon injured by unlivable water temperatures after heatwave
2021-07-27 in The GuardianA conservation group recorded the video after a heatwave in the Pacific north-west on a day when water temperatures breached 70F
Tagged under: Heatwaves | Pacific Ocean | Fish | Rivers | Salmon | Washington State
Hundreds of fishing fleets that go ‘dark’ suspected of illegal hunting, study finds
2021-06-02 in The GuardianVessels primarily from China switch off their tracking beacons to evade detection while they engage in possible illegal fishing
Tagged under: Argentina | China | Pacific Ocean | Fish | Wildlife
'Superbugs' a far greater risk than Covid in Pacific, scientist warns
2020-09-10 in The GuardianAntimicrobial resistance ‘biggest human health threat, bar none’, says Australian research director ahead of three-year study in Fiji
Tagged under: Pacific Ocean | Health
'It's terrifying': can anyone stop China's vast armada of fishing boats?
2020-08-25 in The GuardianEcuador stood up for the Galápagos, but other countries don’t stand a chance against the 17,000-strong distant-water fleet
Tagged under: Pacific Ocean | Fish | Wildlife
Huge ‘hot blob’ in Pacific Ocean killed nearly a million seabirds
2020-01-16 by Kenya Evelyn in The GuardianStudy finds common murres probably died of starvation after thousands of bodies washed up on North America’s Pacific coast
Tagged under: Oceans | Birds | Pacific Ocean | Wildlife
How Did a Virus From the Atlantic Infect Mammals in the Pacific? (Published 2019)
2019-11-09 in The New York TimesTagged under: Oceans | Pacific Ocean
Jacinda Ardern says Australia has to 'answer to Pacific' on climate change
2019-08-14 in The GuardianNew Zealand prime minister warns Scott Morrison about Canberra’s stance but refuses to call for Australia to transition out of coal
Tagged under: Coal | Climate Change | Pacific Ocean
Meet El Niño’s cranky uncle that could send global warming into hyperdrive
2017-02-05 by in The ConversationWe’re due to cop a hiding from the Pacific Ocean, but we don’t know when.
Tagged under: Pacific Ocean | El Niño
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