At a meeting of the American Geophysical Union yesterday, scientists from The International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration (ITGC) discussed the rapid retreat of Thwaites glacier and the implications that will have on our planet in the coming years. Thwaites, often referred to as the Doomsday Glacier, is massive, the size of Florida or Britain, and currently contributes four percent of annual global sea-level rise.
Thwaites glacier is retreating rapidly as a warming ocean slowly erases its ice from below, leading to faster flow, more fracturing, and a threat of collapse, according to an international team of scientists. If it does collapse, global sea levels could rise by several feet—putting millions of people living in coastal cities in danger zones for extreme flooding. The ice shelf, currently helping to restrain the glacier, could collapse within the next five to 10 years.
The Norwegian sail training ship 
The good news, as reported by the 
While many were disappointed by the lack of major breakthroughs at COP26, the recent U.N. climate talks, significant progress was made in beginning to clean up shipping emissions on global trade routes.
This year has been a 
On April 19, 2021, Captain Dan Sandu, 68, from Romania, master of the general cargo ship 
Interesting news from the 
Divers and scientists recorded the massive spawning of coral in Australia’s Great Barrier Reef last week in a yearly show of life that signals hope that the world’s biggest coral reef ecosystem can recover from climate change.
Would you rather take a voyage to the wreck of the 
In what is described as the first carbon-free humanitarian logistics effort, 
A recent 
Happy Thanksgiving to those on this side of the pond and below the 49th parallel. (The Canadians celebrated the holiday in October.) Here is an updated repost of a story I think is well worth retelling.