Huge, floating garbage island has created new ecosystem A massive accumulation of garbage is floating around in the Pacific Ocean and has become a home for species such as anemones and crabs. A... Text: TT/Nyhetsbyrån Photo: Peter Dejong/AP/TT Climate and Environment Pacific Oceanplasticthe great pacific garbage patch
Decisive crossroads in race to bottom Soon a decision will be made about mining at the deepest bottom of the world's oceans. Major stakeholders are in the starting blocks... Text: Martin Mederyd Hårdh/TT Photo: Caleb Jones/AP/TT, JAMSTEC/AFP/TT Graphic: Anders Humlebo/TT Research Pacific OceanResearchSeabed
Local whale song spreads to other populations It has been known for some time that humpback whales can communicate over great distances. The song is carried along during the humpback whale's long... Text: TT Photo: Michael Penn/AP/TT International Pacific Oceanhumpback whalewhales
Fishermen after the oil spill: want healthy seas Fishermen risk being left without income and with damaged fish stocks after the oil leak that occurred near the coast of rayong province in eastern... Text: TT Photo: Nava Sangthong/AP/TT International Pacific OceanOil leakageThailand
After the tsunami: oil spill in Peru pollutes sea shores Penguins, sea lions and seabirds have died and fishermen have lost their income after an oil disaster in Peru - triggered by the eruption of... Text: TT Photo: Martin Mejia/AP/TT Graphic: Anders Humlebo/TT International EnvironmentPacific OceanOil leakage
Lots of life in the ocean’s landfill Scientists have established that some form of marine life lives in 90 percent of the larger plastic objects in the vast garbage area of the... Text: Gustav Sjöholm/TT Photo: Martin Mejia/AP/TT International Pacific Oceansea litter
“The sea is our everything – and it burns” At the forefront of climate change is Tonga – an island nation in the Pacific Ocean where rising sea levels, warmer waters and tropical cyclones... Text: Sofia Eriksson/TT Photo: Jane Barlow/PA/AP/TT, Karen Setten/NTB, Sofia Eriksson/TT International Pacific OceanTongaClimate conferencewarmer sea