Continuing Ian Angus’s examination of the ‘deadly trio’ of CO2-driven assaults on ocean life. Part three: ocean warming and permanent heatwaves
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Triple Crisis in the Anthropocene Ocean. Part Two: Running Low on Oxygen
Continuing Ian Angus’s examination of the ‘deadly trio’ of CO2-driven assaults on ocean life. Part two: The ocean is losing its breath.
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Triple Crisis in the Anthropocene Ocean.
Part One: Corrosive Seas
Scientists call them a ‘deadly trio.’ If acidification, oxygen loss, and overheating are not ended soon, a massive die-off of ocean life may be unstoppable.
Red & green reading
Ecosocialist Bookshelf, August 2020
New books on fungi, climate & capital, food, bluefin tuna, & Cuban agriculture. PLUS new translations of Facing the Anthropocene, and two recent C&C book reviews
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Dead Zones: Industrial Agriculture versus Ocean Life
Worldwide, there are now over a thousand coastal areas where fish can’t breathe. The nitrogen that makes crops grow is also destroying offshore ecosystems.
Blue Acceleration
Deep sea mining threatens more than the seafloor
The damage caused by proposed deep sea mining projects can extend hundreds to thousands of feet up
Capitalism fouls things up
Tonnes of ‘recycled’ European plastic pollute the oceans
Researchers find that much supposedly recycled plastic from Europe is in fact exported to Southeast Asia and dumped
Pollution concentrates
Highest level of plastics found on seafloor
Ocean currents create ‘microplastic hotspots’ with up to 1.9 million pieces per square metre
Profit versus life
Blue Acceleration: Capitalism’s growing assault on the oceans
“A new phase in humanity’s relationship with the biosphere, where the ocean is not only crucial but is being fundamentally changed”
Climate crisis
2020 is hot, and it’s going to get much hotter
Emissions are rising. Each decade is warmer than the last. The oceans are heating up. Australia is burning. And that’s just January.
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Climate change and overfishing boost toxic mercury levels in fish
Rising ocean temperatures are amplifying the accumulation of neurotoxins in fish that are often eaten by humans
Draft UN Report
Warming oceans will ‘unleash misery on a global scale’
Special Report will detail anticipated declines in fish stocks as well as increases in damage by superstorms and mass displacement due to rising seas
Reading matters
Ecosocialist Bookshelf, July 2019
More books for reds and greens. Vanishing Fish … Between Earth and Empire … Making Rojava Green … One Planet, One Health … Why Carbon Trading Fails
Book Review
Confronting the rising tide of marine disease
Warming the climate and polluting the sea is leading to explosive outbreaks of new infectious diseases
Six new books
Ecosocialist Bookshelf, June 2019
Marxist environmental essays … Science and the Anthropocene … Is disaster avoidable? … Capitalism at sea … Beef and class struggle … Climate and the biggest volcano
Book Review
Environment, Labor, and Capitalism at Sea
A compelling first-hand study shows that fishing is a deadly occupation because capitalism forces workers to take terrible risks in order to survive.
Global links
3-5°C rise now ‘locked-in’ for the Arctic
UN report says emission cuts will not stop Arctic devastation or worldwide sea level rise
Reading matters
Ecosocialist Bookshelf, February 2019
Six new books expose environmentalism’s false friends, analyse the idea of ‘environment’, explain renewable energy, trace the history of oceans, expose Monsanto’s Round-Up, and examine UK science denial
Earth in hot water
Ocean warming sets new records year after year
The oceans are heating up faster than predicted, and the speed is accelerating. Expect higher seas, stronger storms, and extreme precipitation.
Oceans rising
Greenland melting is faster than ever … and it is speeding up
“The melting and sea level rise we’ve observed already will be dwarfed as climate continues to warm”