NGM MAPS. Source: “spatial and temporal changes in cumulative human impacts on the world’s ocean,” Ben S. Halpern and others, Nature Communications; UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected ...

The global water cycle, the intricate system that moves water between the atmosphere, land, and oceans, is undergoing ...

Yet humans are well on the way to wrecking ... Here are five ways the oceans are ­suffering, with dire impacts for land ­dwellers, that need solutions. Almost 80% of the world's marine fish ...

The study is the first comprehensive examination of the impacts of ocean pollution on human health. It was published in the online edition of the Annals of Global Health and released at the Monaco ...

A new study suggests that an ambitious plan to protect 30% of the world's oceans by the end of the decade ... areas is good for the planet as well as human health and economies — and ...

A warmer ocean means increased evaporation, which in turn results in heavier rains in some areas and droughts in others. It ...

Plastic accumulating in our oceans and on our beaches has become a global crisis. Billions of pounds of plastic can be found in swirling convergences that make up about 40 percent of the world's ocean ...

They are aligned with National Science Content Standards and Ocean Literacy Essential Principles and Fundamental Concepts. The themes of Adaptations, Ecosystems and Human Impact are interwoven ...

Whether an ecosystem is the whole planet…An ocean or back garden ... good fertiliser and the collection of it by humans was having a negative impact on the penguins and their nesting habits ...