Oceans

New Google Earth Timelapse Feature Offers Devastating View of Climate Emergency

Northwestern Greenland in the Arctic Circle is visible from a satellite on August 12, 2019. (Photo: Orbital Horizon/Copernicus Sentinel Data 2019/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

Federal Court Ends Trump Effort to Open 128 Million Acres of Atlantic, Arctic Oceans to Drilling

Jake Johnson, staff writer

"As the Biden administration considers its next steps, it should build on these foundations, end fossil fuel leasing on public lands and waters, and embrace a clean energy future."

Greenpeace Says Japan's Plan to Contaminate Pacific Ocean With Fukushima Water Would Violate International Law

Kenny Stancil, staff writer

Storage tanks for contaminated water stand at the Tokyo Electric Power Company's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on Feb. 3, 2020 in Okuma, Japan. (Photo: Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP via Getty Images)

"The government has taken the wholly unjustified decision to deliberately...

Scientists Warn 4°C World Would Unleash 'Unimaginable Amounts of Water' as Ice Shelves Collapse

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

Icebergs Weddell Sea are seen near Snow Hill Island, Antarctica. (Photo: David Tipling/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

"Limiting warming will not just be good for Antarctica—preserving ice shelves...

Experts Urge World Leaders to 'Put Marine Ecosystems at the Heart of Climate Policy'

Coastal Annapolis Becomes 25th US Community to File Climate Suit That Aims to #MakePollutersPay

Bolstering Alarm Over Scientists' Warnings, New Study Finds Sea Level Rise Projections 'Are On the Money'

Study Finds Climate Crisis Driving Great White Sharks Into Colder Waters, With Devastating Effect on Wildlife

Researchers Warn of Looming Oil Spill Four Times Larger Than Exxon Valdez If Urgent Action Not Taken

Without Climate Action, Number of Low-Income Homes Affected by Flooding Projected to Triple By 2050, Study Shows

NOAA Research Shows Climate Crisis Primary Cause of 98% of Dead Florida Coral Reef

More Than Two-Thirds of UN Members Embrace Global Plastic Pollution Treaty—But Not the US

'A Major Victory': Federal Court Smacks Down FDA Approval of 'Frankenfish'

Researchers Worry Methane Discovery in Arctic Ocean Could Signal Dangerous New Climate Feedback Loop

Greenpeace Warns 'Potential Damage to Human DNA' at Risk With Japan's Plan to Dump Fukushima Water Into Ocean

'Frightening Milestone': Scientists Sound Alarm Over Record Amount of Open, Iceless Sea in the Arctic

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Drafting Dolphins

Dolphins are clearing underwater "mines" and sea lions are cuffing "terrorists" during homeland security training exercises in California this week. The Navy Marine Mammals program, begun during the Vietnam War and now being expanded into anti-terrorism work, was even brought in for the 1996 GOP convention, presumably to guard against underwater hippie protesters. More critter photos here . No word on how they feel about doing military service.