Climatic loophole

Sinks can now be potentially identified as the most dangerous loophole for the environmental integrity of the Kyoto Protocol

Plant-like bacteria

The coast is not clear

A new report paints a grim picture of the world's coastal areas

Coral from current

Tell me where

The underground discharge of water and minerals to oceans is now known to be much more significant. This considerably reduces the weightage given …

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Troubled waters

Simple salmon

Scottish environmentalists oppose use of chemicals to control sea lice and favour organic salmon

Ocean seeding fails

Manning the groves

Studies conducted on the Vietnamese coast reveal that mangroves are among the best defences one could put up against the ravages of the sea

Vicious circle

Global warming reduces ability of oceans to absorb carbon dioxide, leading to more warming

It is wetter in the south

Australian scientists say ocean warming has increased rainfall over the Southern Ocean

Plankton warming

To prevent overkill

Medicinal values of marine life make it vulnerable to overexploitation. But it is now possible to artificially produce such qualities

Turtle in trouble

Dead waters

The seas around the UK will not be free of radioactive discharges for several years

Fertilising the ocean

Iron leads to the growth of algae, which absorb carbon dioxide

Warning in the stalagmites

Ocean sequestring gets more difficult to understand

Sun-made, problems

Interaction between the sun and the surface waters of the world's oceans are hiking temperatures

Seeding the seas?

Sprinkling powdered iron into the ocean may help reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide

Hurricane happy

Safe under water

Tiny marine life could be safe from harmful effects of ozone depletion

Ocean dumps

Carbon dioxide emissions on a 35 per cent high

What upsets the nitrogen balance?