U.N. sounds alarm on worsening global income disparities

01-28-2014

Louis Charbonneau

 

The U.N. Development Program warned in a report on Wednesday that income disparities in countries around the world have been worsening, posing new risks for global economic and political stability.

Salt-Water Fish Extinction Seen By 2048

10-01-2006

Daniel DeNoon

The apocalypse has a new date: 2048.

That's when the world's oceans will be empty of fish, predicts an international team of ecologists and economists. The cause: the disappearance of species due to overfishing, pollution, habitat loss, and climate change.

Kelp as the new kale, and a possible carbon fix

07-05-2017

HEATHER DEESE, PH.D. SUSIE ARNOLD, PH.D.

HEATHER DEESE, PH.D. SUSIE ARNOLD, PH.D.

“Blue carbon” is a term you might be hearing more often. It refers to marine vegetation that has an inherent ability to sequester carbon and mitigate the consequences of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions.

Can We Save the Oceans By Farming Them?

10-05-2016

Richard Schiffman

 

A small but growing number of entrepreneurs are creating sea-farming operations that cultivate shellfish together with kelp and seaweed, a combination they contend can restore ecosystems and mitigate the impacts of ocean acidification.

Relating: Energy, Water, Food and Climate Change

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Ocean acidification may cause dramatic changes to phytoplankton

07-19-2015

MIT News

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office

Oceans have absorbed up to 30 percent of human-made carbon dioxide around the world, storing dissolved carbon for hundreds of years. As the uptake of carbon dioxide has increased in the last century, so has the acidity of oceans worldwide.

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