Rare footage of the world s biggest seagrass meadow2021|03:07
Beneath the waves, in a remote corner of the Indian Ocean, is the top of a mountain. Rising from the seabed thousands of meters below, it is the Saya de Malha bank. Scientists believe it s home to the largest seagrass meadow in the world - carpeting an area the size of Switzerland. That s important because this vast aquatic wilderness of carbon-dioxide capturing plants could play a crucial role in tackling climate change. It s the reason the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise, with a team of scientists on board, navigated to the isolated spot - roughly located between the Seychelles and Mauritius. But getting there wasn t easy. The waters are relatively uncharted, and the wildly varying depths create, as University of Exeter ecology lecturer Dr Kirstin Thompson describes it, a strange place . And if you imagine it s like a towering bank that comes out of the seabed, the seafloor around it is thousands and thousands of metre
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Are we on track for a green recovery? Not Yet. Hundreds attend Oxford-UN eco event
International spending on COVID-19 economic recovery is falling short of aspirations to build back more sustainably, according to a report today from Oxford University’s Economic Recovery Project, backed by the United Nations’ Environment Programme. However, a green recovery is still achievable and could lead directly to higher economic returns and social co-benefits.
Written by the Oxford project’s lead researcher, Brian O’Callaghan, the report, Are We Building Back Better? Evidence from 2020 and Pathways for Inclusive Green Recovery Spending, calls for governments to invest more sustainably and to tackle inequalities as they stimulate growth in the wake of the devastation wrought by the pandemic.
Climate change in times of Covid Promises belied, pollution worsens New Delhi
This year has seen the worst forest fires in many countries The first half of 2020 saw a sharp dip in pollution levels all over the world, thanks to the lockdowns imposed in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, leading to rising hopes of a rollback in global warming. However, as the year ends, all hopes lie in pieces as carbon emissions scale new highs globally.
According to a provisional report by the World Meteorological Organisation, published earlier this month, the year 2020 is set to be the among the three warmest on record. The