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World - Scientists Discover Healthy Deep-Sea Coral Reef and New Seamounts in the Galápagos

Two healthy and pristine coral reefs have recently been discovered in the waters surrounding the Galápagos Islands. The largest of the detected reefs stretches for nearly 800 meters.

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Science

World - How global warming shakes the Earth: Seismic data show ocean waves gaining strength as the planet warms

As oceans waves rise and fall, they apply forces to the sea floor below and generate seismic waves. These seismic waves are so powerful and widespread that they show up as a steady thrum on seismographs, the same instruments used to monitor and study earthquakes.

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Advocacy

World - Researchers dredge up worrisome findings while collecting data on world’s oceans: ‘Threatening to humans in areas nearer to land’

Sailors in the latest edition of The Ocean Race faced whipping winds, fluctuating temperatures, and some of the world’s most famously wild seas — and on one race leg, also collected samples for valuable findings about the spread of bacteria in Earth’s rapidly warming oceans.

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Energy

WORLD - Offshore Wind's Bizarre Global Problem

Orsted’s cancellation of two big New Jersey wind projects raises questions about the way the Biden administration is approaching renewable energy.

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Science

World - Unlocking Climate Secrets: How Ocean Salt Patterns Influence Global Weather

A new study reveals the critical role of oceanic salt distribution in regulating global climate, linking historical cooling periods such as the Little Ice Age to changes in ocean salinity and circulation.

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Science

Turkey - More than 550K loggerhead, green sea turtles hatch in S. Türkiye

A total of 589,112 endangered sea turtle hatchlings, including 445,592 loggerheads and 143,520 green turtles, have emerged from their eggs and made their way to the sea on the 20 beaches along Türkiye’s southern coast this year, according to local experts.

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Fisheries

BE - Belgium's traditional horseback fishers see climate change in their nets

BRUSSELS, Nov 7 (Reuters) - On a crisp, wintry day on Belgium's far-western coast, Gunther Vanbleu rides his draft horse down the sandy beach and into the shallow waters.

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Local

Canada - City of Vancouver asks for input on West End waterfront plan

VANCOUVER – The City of Vancouver has revealed its draft concept design for a transformation of the city’s West End waterfront and is looking for public feedback.

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Property

UK - Britain's oldest beach cafe is reduced to rubble

National Trust is accused of 'senseless vandalism' after ordering demolition of tourist spot over fears it would fall into the sea due to erosion

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Property

CANADA - Environment minister says wetland policy 'clarification' is about building more housing

Nova Scotia Environment and Climate Change Minister Tim Halman says a recent "clarification" to staff about his department's wetlands policy is based on the need for more housing in the province.

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Property

IRL - Coastal erosion policies could put 10,000 Irish homes at risk, but are activists hampering solutions?

Last week, the government published the National Coastal Change Management Strategy to deal with loss of land due to coastal erosion, flooding and sea level rise.

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Energy

World - Extraordinary contra-rotating floating wind turbines to begin testing

A wildly innovative turbine that could halve the cost of offshore wind is set to go into testing in Norway. The 19-m (62-ft), 30-kW, contra-rotating vertical-axis turbine is a prototype of a design that could scale to unprecedented size and power.

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Engineering

Sing - Singapore's coasts are historically more resilient against sea-level rise than previously thought

During the Holocene epoch, which began around 11,700 years ago, coastlines globally retreated due to thousands of years of rising sea levels. However, a team of researchers at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) found this was not true for Singapore's coasts.

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Science

World - Top climate scientist James Hansen's new climate warning

A new study warns the Earth's climate is on track to warm significantly more than shown by the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) projections.

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Property

Mexico - Two hours of terror and now years of devastation for Acapulco's poor in Hurricane Otis aftermath

Hurricane Otis shredded Acapulco, Mexico, last week and tore apart the lives of hundreds of thousands of people

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Advocacy

Rāhui and the Art of Marine Conservation

In French Polynesia, an ancient practice puts everyone in charge of protecting the sea.

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Science

World - Temporary 2℃ Global Warming to Impact Ocean Life for Centuries

There is growing consensus that our planet is likely to pass the 1.5℃ warming threshold. Research even suggests global warming will temporarily exceed the 2℃ threshold, if atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO₂) peaks at levels beyond what was anticipated.

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Engineering

Ireland - Climate change will lead to increased coastal erosion in Ireland, Ryan says

Minister for the Environment Eamon Ryan has said the country needs to recognise the reality that coastal erosion will impact thousands of homes across Ireland.

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Science

World - How humans broke a natural law that governed ocean life for millions of years

For millions of years, one of the largest power law distributions known in nature has governed marine life -- that's until humans came along.

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Waterways

World - Deadly Explosion off Nigeria Points to Threat From Aging Oil Ships Around the World

OKITIPUPA, Nigeria (AP) – It was the dead of night when the ship caught fire, Patrick Aganyebi remembers, but the flames made it seem as bright as day.

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Property

World - Preparing the insurance industry for climate change, Susan Crawford's warning

Until recently, Harvard professor Susan Crawford was concerned about the effect of telecom monopolies on our internet lives (see her books) but recently she has pivoted to climate change.

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Property

Mexico - Insured losses from Hurricane Otis could reach up to $15 billion

Data and analytics company CoreLogic Inc. said the insured losses from Hurricane Otis, which struck Mexico’s resort town of Acapulco as a Category 5 storm on Oct. 25, is expected to reach between $10 billion and $15 billion, Reinsurance News reported.

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Science

World - The Hurricane Otis Forecast Bust And An Important Lesson

My mouth dropped when I saw that a potential Category 5 hurricane was going to make landfall near Acapulco, Mexico.

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