Solid Waste

Breaking the Plastic Wave: A Comprehensive Assessment of Pathways Towards Stopping Ocean Plastic Pollution

This report presents a first-of-its-kind model of the global plastics system. It is an evidence-based road map that describes how to radically reduce ocean plastic pollution by 2040 and shows there is a comprehensive, integrated, and economically attractive pathway to greatly reduce plastic waste entering our ocean.

Publication Date: 
23/07/2020
The Pew Charitable Trusts and SYSTEMIQ
Tags:
Global, Plastic, Solid Waste, Waste Management, Water Pollution, Oceans and Seas
Water Resources

A Sustainable Ocean Economy for 2050: Approximating Its Benefits and Costs

The ocean and its resources provide key ecosystem services and benefits that are crucial for human well being and the prosperity of the global economy, but these services are at risk.

Publication Date: 
20/07/2020
World Resources Institute
Tags:
Global, Ecosystem, Climate Change, Fisheries, Oceans and Seas
Atmosphere And Ozone Layer

Differential upper ocean response depicted in moored buoy observations during the pre-monsoon cyclone Viyaru

The pre-monsoon cyclone Viyaru in the Bay of Bengal during May 2013 traversed a long track from 5°N to 22°N over 7 days with basin-wide response, which was well captured by the time series observations of OMNI buoy network along with satellite data.

Publication Date: 
10/06/2020
R. Venkatesan, K. Jossia Joseph, C. Anoopa Prasad & et al
Current Science
118
11
1760-1767
Tags:
Oceans and Seas, Cyclones, Monsoons, Bay Of Bengal, Remote Sensing, Atmosphere
Water Resources

Changing Sails: Accelerating Regional Actions for Sustainable Oceans in Asia and the Pacific

The ocean and its resources are the lifelines of Asia and the Pacific. As a resource for the economy, livelihoods and identity for coastal communities, the condition of the ocean is inextricably linked to the pathways of sustainable development in Asia and the Pacific.

Publication Date: 
13/05/2020
UNESCAP
Tags:
Asia, Pacific Islands, Marine Ecosystems, Oceans and Seas, Marine Pollution
Climate Change

Record-setting ocean warmth continued in 2019

Human-emitted greenhouse gases (GHGs) have resulted in a long-term and unequivocal warming of the planet. More than 90% of the excess heat is stored within the world’s oceans, where it accumulates and causes increases in ocean temperature.

Original Source

Publication Date: 
01/02/2020
Lijing Cheng, John Abraham, Jiang Zhu & et al
Advances in Atmospheric Sciences
37
137–142
Tags:
Oceans and Seas, Global Warming, Climate Science, Green House Gases, El Nino, Heat Waves, Marine Ecosystems, Climate Impacts
Climate Change

IPCC’s special report on the ocean and cryosphere in a changing climate: What’s in it for Africa?

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published its Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate in September 2019.

Publication Date: 
24/12/2019
Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN)
Tags:
Climate Change, Marine Life, Oceans and Seas, Ecosystems, Sea Level Rise, Extreme Weather Events, Blue Carbon, Africa
Climate Change

IPCC’s special report on the ocean and cryosphere in a changing climate: What’s in it for Africa?

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published its Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate in September 2019.

Publication Date: 
24/12/2019
Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN)
Tags:
Climate Change, Marine Life, Oceans and Seas, Ecosystems, Sea Level Rise, Extreme Weather Events, Blue Carbon, Africa
Climate Change

IPCC’s special report on the ocean and cryosphere in a changing climate: What’s in it for South Asia?

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published its Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate in September 2019.

Publication Date: 
24/12/2019
Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN)
Tags:
Climate Change, Marine Life, Oceans and Seas, Ecosystems, Sea Level Rise, South Asia
Climate Change

IPCC’s special report on the ocean and cryosphere in a changing climate: What’s in it for Latin America?

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published its Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate in September 2019.

Publication Date: 
01/12/2019
Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN)
Tags:
Climate Change, Oceans and Seas, Sea Level Rise, Extreme Weather Events, South America
Climate Change

The ocean and cryosphere in a changing climate

This most awaited report from the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released yesterday warns that sea level rise of more than 4 metres may redraw map of the world.

Publication Date: 
25/09/2019
IPCC
Tags:
Extreme Weather Events, Sea Level Rise, Marine Life, Oceans and Seas, Climate Change, India, Global

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