Iran and the US lean into gunboat diplomacy
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran and the United States leaned into gunboat diplomacy Thursday as nuclear…
78% of NZers want bottom trawling banned as Govt pushes to catch more coral in South Pacific
New polling shows overwhelming support from New Zealanders for a ban on bottom trawling in the South Pacific…
Appeasing Trump is a strategic mistake. Luxon should know better.
David Seymour slipped up on Herald Now. Ryan Bridge caught Seymour admitting that a critical minerals deal with…
In the Arctic, the black carbon threat is overshadowed by geopolitical tensions
REYKJAVIK, Iceland — As rising global temperatures speed up the melting of sea ice in the Arctic Ocean,…
An Enormous Climate Blind Spot
Oceans cover 70% of the earth’s surface, absorb 90% of excess heat trapped by greenhouse gases, and help…
Rower in 3,000-mile race rescued in the dark of night hours after capsizing in the Atlantic
The Coast Guard and a tanker crew rescued a rower whose boat capsized while he was competing in…
Trump Greenland Gambit Bolsters NATO Mission, Avoids Illegal War
President Donald Trump said that he wouldn’t use force to take Greenland in his remarks in Davos, which…
Peaceful Protest Against Whaling in Iceland Lands Two Activists in Court
At 4 a.m. on Sept. 4, 2023, two environmental activists, Elissa Phillips and Anahita Sahar Babaei, climbed aboard…
Ocean Damage Nearly Doubles the Cost of Climate Change
The global cost of greenhouse gas emissions are nearly double what scientists previously thought, according to a study…
Sand dredging reshapes Lagos, Nigeria, and creates peril
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Beneath an eight-lane expressway, Nigerian men stand waist-deep in the Lagos Lagoon, lowering buckets…
Africa’s megacity of Lagos reshapes its coast by dredging and puts environment at risk
LAGOS, Nigeria — Beneath an eight-lane expressway, Nigerian men stand waist-deep in the Lagos Lagoon, lowering buckets into…
The World’s Oceans Soaked Up Record-Breaking Heat for the 9th Straight Year
It would take roughly 365 million Hiroshima-sized atomic bombs to release the amount of energy the world’s oceans…