Divers affiliated with the Climate advocacy organization 350.org cordoned off colonies of sickly coral near Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, Somoa and the Bay of Bengal’s Andaman Islands.*
Huge swaths of coral in those areas are struggling to survive as ocean temperatures rise, in part because of global warming.
The Texas-based energy giant is facing criticism for funding Climate denying think tanks in recent decades — a move critics say created public confusion about the realities of Climate change and thwarted global efforts to limit greenhouse gas emissions. Read more...