Chemical oceanography

Endowed with 25 million CO2 emission rights from the EU's greenhouse gas emissions trading system, which at current prices are valued at 1.6 billion euros, the Islands Decarbonization Fund is set to get to work, leveraging investments of €3.8 billion for the 2025-2032 period.

The vicious cycle created by high seawater temperatures, deoxygenation and pollution has driven the Marmara Sea into a state of "coma," according to research led by the Middle East Technical University's (ODTÜ) Institute of Marine Sciences.

The Cypriot cabinet approved a new grant scheme on Wednesday to encourage reductions in businesses' greenhouse gas emissions.

In a pioneering study shedding light on the hidden world of corals, researchers have taken a closer look at how coral microbiomes adapt when faced with a critical challenge: hypoxia, or dangerously low oxygen levels in the surrounding water.

Millions of dead and rotting fish have clogged a vast stretch of river near a remote town in the Australian outback as a searing heatwave sweeps through the region.

Videos posted to social media showed boats ploughing through a blanket of dead fish smothering the water, with the surface barely visible underneath.

Following a voyage to determine the effects of pollutants in the Marmara Sea, a team of 11 sailors and nine scientists has warned that the oxygen at the lowest layers of the sea is at the level of complete depletion.

EU countries have reached agreements on proposed laws to combat climate change on Wednesday night. They backed the phasing out of new fossil fuel-powered cars by 2035 and the creation of a multi-billion-euro fund to protect poorer citizens from spending on products that produce carbon dioxide, Reuters reported.

It is rich in numerous nutrients

Swiss voters rejected a trio of environmental proposals on June 13, including a new law intended to help the country meet its goal for cutting carbon emissions under the Paris Agreement on Climate Change.

A new CO2 law was narrowly rejected, with 51.6% of voters opposing it in a nationwide referendum conducted under the country's system of direct democracy.

Researchers at Tel Aviv University suggest that Europe’s Paleolithic artists may have experienced hypoxia or lack of oxygen