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The study shows almost all marine life is already at risk, particularly species like sharks and pufferfish, especially if we cannot find a way to start mitigating risks now.
Protecting marine ecosystems and fisheries from climate change is a global priority but a new QUT-led, international study finds that our lack of...
Fact Checking Patrick Moore, Climate Skeptic The ex-Greenpeacer claims his new book is science-based. It’s gaining traction. But when contacted, researchers he cites said he got their work wrong. Sean Holman covered B.C. politics for 10 years and is now a journalism professor at Mount Royal University in Calgary. SHARES Moore wrongly claims that the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change didn’t conclude the climate is changing faster than in the past. Actually, it did. Photo: Shutterstock. Five years ago, the Great Barrier Reef was hit by its worst recorded...
Shark catastrophe points to failure to enact global biodiversity agreements by Anna Nordseth on 19 April 2021 A high-profile study published in Nature found a 70% decline in shark and ray populations over the last half century. Like many other taxonomic groups, shark and ray declines are driven by human actions — in this case, overfishing by commercial fisheries. Experts are calling for a retention ban by the EU to prevent to collapse of threatened shark populations. A near-sharkless open ocean could soon be a reality, according to Nathan Pacoureau, a postdoctoral researcher in the Earth t...