As one of the biggest contributors of greenhouse gases — contributing around 2.2% of global annual CO₂ emissions — the international shipping industry must make immediate and significant changes to help save the environment.
From new navigational systems to networks of floating buoys, technology is helping optimize shipping routes to lower the maritime industry’s carbon footprint.
Study shows that pesticides are toxic to the soil despite lack of regulation.
Do we need individual or collective action? Is the problem overpopulation or overconsumption? The longer we argue, the less we do about it.
It’s not just marine ecosystems that are struggling due to ocean acidification. Warming ocean temperatures are bad for the fishing industry, too.
Combatting the impact of biofouling on vessel efficiency takes a multi-pronged approach that starts with data.
Microplastic pollution is everywhere, from the tallest mountain to the deepest sea to human guts, and we still don’t know all the effects it has.
Overall, electric vehicles make a compelling case for themselves, with long term savings on fuel and maintenance costs alongside a huge reduction in carbon footprint.
When bluefin tuna, for example, goes extinct, it’s not coming back. That means no more cans of tuna on the shelves of your local supermarket.
A molecule of CO2 emitted in India or China has the same effect on the climate system as a molecule emitted in the United States. No matter where we are, climate change affects us all the same.