The United Kingdom has announced a plan to ban destructive activities like bottom trawling in 41 of the country’s offshore marine protected areas (MPAs), with a focus on vulnerable seabeds and ecologically sensitive habitats. When added to existing bans on bottom trawling, the total area would equal more than 18,500 square miles, reported The Guardian. […]
In a new study, scientists have detected high levels of mercury contamination in alligators from the Okefenokee Swamp in southeastern Georgia. The contamination in the alligators could be an indicator of more widespread heavy metal contamination in the region, which could be harmful to other wildlife, and ultimately humans. “Alligators are very ancient creatures, and […]
In an apparent attempt to dismantle Climate.gov, a major United States government website that supports climate science education, the Trump administration has fired all of its content production staff. The website is a gateway to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)’s Climate Program Office. “The entire content production staff at climate.gov (including me) were […]
President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced he is planning to eliminate the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) “as it exists today” after the 2025 hurricane season. Trump said he wants to make disaster response and recovery the responsibility of states rather than the federal government. “We want to wean off of FEMA, and we want […]
According to a recent analysis from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), the U.S. produced a record amount of energy last year, totaling 103 quadrillion British thermal units (BTUs). The amount of energy produced in 2024 surpassed the previous record set in 2023 by 1%. However, while U.S. energy production is up, including for solar […]
The world’s ocean has become dangerously polluted — not just by plastics, chemicals and sewage, but by noise. At the United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC) in Nice on Tuesday, a coalition of ministers from 37 countries — led by Panama and Canada — launched an effort to reduce the underwater noise pollution that harms marine […]
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