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As we hurtle toward an ever-hotter future, GQ spotlights eight places whose very identities depend on a simple calculation: If we limit warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, these places could be saved. In a 2-degree scenario, they would be irredeemably lost

Despite the ocean's impressive role in mitigating global warming, ocean-based solutions are largely ignored as a potential game-changer when it comes to formulating Canada’s climate plans.

About this blog: I am a native of Alameda County, grew up in Pleasanton and currently live in the house I grew up in that is more than 100 years old. I spent 39 years in the daily newspaper business and wrote a column for more than 25 years in add...  (More) About this blog: I am a native of Alameda County, grew up in Pleasanton and currently live in the house I grew up in that is more than 100 years old. I spent 39 years in the daily newspaper business and wrote a column for more than 25 yea...

UVic News Share: Baum. Credit: NSERC/CRSNG - Martin Lipman Marine ecologist and conservation biologist Julia Baum spent the early part of her career studying the impacts of commercial fishing on oceanic sharks and assessing the health of global fisheries. But a pivotal exploration near the Earth’s equator changed her research focus forever. The expeditions were at the Pacific Ocean coral atoll of Kiritimati or Christmas Island during and in the aftermath of the 2015-2016 El Niñ...

Researchers sampling coral colonies on Christmas Island (Kiritimati) in 2019.Kristina Tietjen Coral reefs serve important ecological functions, from providing habitat for countless species to protecting shorelines from erosion. Reef-dependent fisheries are also a vital source of food and income for hundreds of millions of people in tropical island nations where coral reefs are valued at $6.8 billion annually.  The pressing concerns of climate change have placed the long-term health of the worl...

3:00 PM MYT In this underwater photo taken in August, a diver swims over corals off Koh Tao island in the Gulf of Thailand. — AFP Some corals can recover from bleaching even in long heatwaves as long as humans don’t interfere, scientists said recently, raising hopes for the endangered underwater ecosystems essential to much marine life. Researchers tracked corals of the Kiritimati atoll in the Pacific Ocean through the longest tropical heatwave on record, expecting the reefs to suffer mass ...

But UVic scientists have discovered that some corals can survive prolonged heat waves, particularly if they don’t face other human-caused stressors, such as water pollution and bacteria. It’s the first time corals have been observed recovering from bleaching while a heat wave persists. Julia Baum, a UVic marine biologist and the study’s senior author, called the discovery “a game changer.” “This provides a little bit of good news that corals, or at least some types of corals, may be...

Some corals managed to survive a recent and globally unprecedented heatwave, according to new research. Coral reefs serve important ecological functions, from providing habitat for countless species to protecting shorelines from erosion. Reef-dependent fisheries are also a vital source of food and income for hundreds of millions of people in tropical island nations where coral reefs are valued at $6.8 billion annually. “Although this pathway to survival may not be open to all corals or in all...

December 17, 2020 Climate Change Weekly #382 It’s a sorry state of affairs when the mainstream media repeatedly reiterate false claims, as it has done in recent months concerning the purported harmful effects of supposed human-caused climate change. Among the media’s worst sins in this regard is the false claim that climate change is harming peoples’ health. Environmental extremists claim, for example, climate change is increasing the incidence and spread of diseases such as COVID-19, as ...

Coral Recovery Following Prolonged Heatwaves UVic marine biologist Julia Baum sampling Platygyra colonies on Kiritimati (Christmas Island), 2019. Image Credit: Kristina Tietjen. Coral reefs could bounce back from bleaching caused by soaring temperatures new research suggests, but only in the right conditions. Coral reefs have provided researchers with some hope that at least one element of nature could ‘bounce back’ from soaring temperatures and a global heatwave induced by climate change �...