Background: Pollution–unwanted waste released to air, water, and land by human activity–is
the largest environmental cause of disease in the world today. It is responsible for an …

Tropical fisheries substantially contribute to the well-being of societies in both the tropics
and the extratropics, the latter through 'telecoupling'—linkages between distant human …

Electrolytic water splitting to generate hydrogen and oxygen is one of the most promising
ways in which to harness intermittent renewable power sources and store the energy these …

Coastal zones, the world's most densely populated regions, are increasingly threatened by
climate change stressors—rising and warming seas, intensifying storms and droughts, and …

We quantify the oceanic sink for anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2) over the period 1994
to 2007 by using observations from the global repeat hydrography program and contrasting …

Abstract Based on the Baltic Earth Assessment Reports of this thematic issue in Earth
System Dynamics and recent peer-reviewed literature, current knowledge of the effects of …

Across four studies, two controlled lab experiments and two field studies, we tested the
efficacy of immersive Virtual Reality (VR) as an education medium for teaching the …

The ocean's chemistry is changing due to the uptake of anthropogenic carbon dioxide
(CO2). This phenomenon, commonly referred to as “Ocean Acidification”, is endangering …

All living things depend on their natural environment, either directly or indirectly, for their
high quality of life, growth, nutrition, and development. Due to the fast emissions of …

In recent years, the ocean has come to be recognized as a global-scale reservoir for
atmospheric CO2. The removal of CO2 from oceanwater is thus considered a compelling …