Editor’s Note: Call to Earth is a CNN editorial series reporting on the environmental challenges facing our planet, along with the solutions. Rolex’s Perpetual Planet initiative partners with CNN to raise awareness and education around important sustainability issues and inspire positive action. Miami Beach, Florida is known for its art deco flair and turquoise waters. … Read more
Editor’s Note: Call to Earth is a CNN editorial series reporting on the environmental challenges facing our planet, along with the solutions. Rolex’s Perpetual Planet initiative partners with CNN to raise awareness and education around important sustainability issues and inspire positive action. Miami Beach, Florida is known for its art deco flair and turquoise waters. … Read more
While ocean warming and pollution continue to degrade the world’s coral reefs unprecedented ratescientists are investigating the feasibility of preserving it – in the outermost room. The idea is to store a biobank — a biobank that stores samples of biological material that have been cooled to temperatures low enough to essentially freeze in time … Read more
As the early morning sun rises over the Great Barrier Reef, light permeates the turquoise waters of a shallow lagoon, bringing more than a dozen turtles to life. These waters around Lady Elliot Island, off the east coast of Australia, offer some of the most spectacular snorkeling in the world – but they are also … Read more
A diver examines coral bleaching in the southern Great Barrier Reef in March 2024. (AIMS/Eoghan Aston – image credit) The world’s oceans are experiencing another global mass coral bleaching event due to unprecedented heat, scientists from the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration confirmed. “This is the fourth time coral bleaching has occurred simultaneously in … Read more
Abraham “Snake” Ah Hee rides the waves when the surf is high and dives for octopuses and shells when the water is calm. The lifelong resident of Lahaina, Hawaii, spends so much time in the ocean that his wife jokes that he needs to wet his gills. But these days, Ah Hee is concerned that … Read more
Abraham “Snake” Ah Hee rides the waves when the surf is high and dives for octopuses and shells when the water is calm. The lifelong resident of Lahaina, Hawaii, spends so much time in the ocean that his wife jokes that he needs to wet his gills. But these days, Ah Hee is concerned that … Read more
The southern Great Barrier Reef is suffering extensive coral bleaching due to heat stress, the reef’s managers said on Wednesday, raising fears that a seventh mass bleaching event could occur across the vast, ecologically important area. An aerial survey conducted last weekend by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority and the Australian Institute of … Read more