Extreme Ocean Heat Breaks Records in 2024, Creating 2 Mysteries to Solve January 16, 2025 By Annalisa Bracco, Georgia Institute of Technology This past year, 2024, was the warmest ever measured for the global ocean, following a record-breaking 2023. In fact, every...
What Is the Latest Science on Climate Change? November 14, 2024 By Gloria Dickie This year’s U.N. climate summit – COP29 – is being held during yet another record-breaking year of higher global temperatures,...
Coral Reefs Around World Undergoing Mass Bleaching as Oceans Warm: Scientists Warn April 17, 2024 By Alexa St. John Coral reefs around the world are experiencing global bleaching for the fourth time, top reef scientists declared Monday, a result...
Willis Towers Watson Collaborates on Hurricane Insurance for Endangered Coral Reef June 4, 2021 Insurance broker Willis Tower Watson announced the launch of a multinational partnership to develop and implement insurance solutions that help...
WTW’s New Global Ecosystem Resilience Facility Provides Finance, Risk Mgmt Solutions March 9, 2018 Willis Towers Watson, the London-based advisory, broking and solutions company, has developed the Global Ecosystem Resilience Facility (GERF), which it...
Damage to Coral Reefs Accelerating on Rising Sea Temperatures: Report January 5, 2018 By Kanika Sood The risks to coral reefs are accelerating largely due to human activity, with rising water temperatures meaning they now have...
Saving Coral Reefs Requires ‘War’ on Global Warming: Study March 23, 2017 By Kristen Gelineau Reducing pollution and curbing overfishing won’t prevent the severe bleaching that is killing coral at catastrophic rates, according to a...
Indonesia to Take Action Against Cruise Ship that Damaged Coral Reef March 16, 2017 Indonesia’s government said this week it will take strong action after a cruise ship destroyed coral reefs in a popular...
Rising Sea Temperatures Could Kill 90% of Coral Reefs by 2050: Scientists March 14, 2017 By Elena Becatoros There were startling colors here just a year ago, a dazzling array of life beneath the waves. Now this Maldivian...
Climate Records Keep Shattering with Hottest April in 12th Record-Setting Month May 20, 2016 By Tom Randall The number of climate records broken in the last few years is stunning. But here’s a new measure of misery:...