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Aquaculture

Iceland - Thousands of salmon escaped an Icelandic fish farm. The impact could be deadly

Aquaculture is bringing jobs and money to rural regions, but a huge escape of farmed fish in August could devastate local salmon populations

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Advocacy

World - Deep sea mining: Is anybody listening?

There will be many impacts of deep sea mining. Some will be very difficult to predict.

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Justice

World - Towards Climate Justice: Unmasking Climate Colonialism and the Hidden Costs of Green Capitalism

“The climate policies of wealthy nations are colonialism in green. Pursuing climate ambitions at the expense of the world’s poorest people is not only hypocritical but also immoral, unjust, and a prime example of egregious green colonialism.”

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Advocacy

World - Renowned climate scientist Michael E. Mann on what ‘doomers’ get wrong

In his new book, ‘Our Fragile Moment,’ he explains why every fraction of a degree of climate warming is worth preventing.

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Science

World - New Study Definitively Confirms Gulf Stream Weakening, Understanding the Changes Could Help Predict Future Trends in Extreme Events

Newswise — Woods Hole, Mass. (Sept 25, 2023) -- The Gulf Stream transport of water through the Florida Straits has slowed by 4% over the past four decades, with 99% certainty that this weakening is more than expected from random chance, according to a new study.

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Waterways

CA - Ports of Los Angeles, Long Beach, Shanghai Unveil Outline for First Trans-Pacific Green Shipping Corridor

The ports of Los Angeles, Long Beach and Shanghai have announced the creation of the first-ever green shipping corridor designed to accelerate emissions reductions at three of the world’s largest container ports and from vessels in transit from China to Southern California.

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Advocacy

World - Commentary: How Carbon Capture and Storage Projects Are Driving New Oil and Gas Extraction Globally

The oil industry’s push to portray carbon capture as a climate solution at COP28 obscures how the technology is really being used.

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Engineering

World - Recognizing Coastlines As Dynamic, Shifting Environments Rather Than Targets For Control And Management

Coastlines – the interface between land and sea – lie at the frontline in the battle against climate change impacts.

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Science

World - A species of jellyfish carrying one of the most deadly venoms in the world is capable of learning despite not having a brain, new research shows

Known for carrying heart-stopping venom that can kill a person in 15 minutes, and for their ability to grow up to 10 feet long, box jellyfish have quite the reputation.

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Science

NZ - 200 glaciers vanish in Southern Alps as ocean temperatures rise

Franz Josef Glacier has dramatically shrunk 500m in the past five years due to the "shocking" rise in ocean temperatures, an glacial expert says.

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Recreation

PT - Surf’s up! Portugal promoted as surf destination in California

“We want to promote the connection between Portugal and California through surfing”

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Energy

NO - Norway's Aker BP may explore for seabed minerals, CEO says

OSLO, Sept 20 (Reuters) - Norway's second-largest listed oil and gas company, Aker BP (AKRBP.OL), said it would consider applying for licenses to mine minerals from the seabed if parliament approves a plan for such exploration.

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Science

World - New research findings: Understanding the sex life of coral gives hope of clawing it back from the path to extinction

For the first time, scientists have mapped the reproductive strategies and life cycle of an endangered coral species, offering hope it can be clawed back from the path to extinction.

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Science

World - Scientists Collect Entirely New Type of Virus From Marianas Trench Ocean Abyss

Scientists recovered a sample of the virus from an astonishing 5.5 miles below the waves.

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Science

World - Scientists Discover a Labyrinth of Life Hidden in the Deep

A deep-sea expedition in Central America uncovers symbiotic bacteria and tube worm nurseries thriving below the seafloor.

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Advocacy

World - A High Seas Treaty Aimed at Protecting Polluted Oceans is Now a Reality

A historic new international treaty, described as “a monumental win for the protection of the world’s oceans”, will be open for signature by member states beginning September 20 during the high-level meeting of world political leaders at the UN General Assembly (UNGA).

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Science

World - Submerged Signals: MIT Unveils Pioneering Development in Underwater Communication Technology

MIT’s breakthrough underwater communication system uses minimal power to transmit signals over kilometer-scale distances. Leveraging underwater backscatter and innovative design principles, the technology has potential applications in aquaculture, climate modeling, and hurricane prediction.

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Science

UK - North Sea wrecks: Toxic legacies of war. Investigating abandoned munitions on the seabed.

Some 290 shipwrecks lie in the Belgian part of the North Sea alone, with probably more than 1,000 in the entire North Sea, many of them silent witnesses to the two world wars.

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Science

AUS - Australia’s first National Ocean Accounts

The oceans are still a largely an undiscovered resource. While there are ongoing efforts across government and the scientific community to improve our knowledge, we are still far from having a comprehensive understanding.

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Tourism

World - Climate change is set to make our holidays look very different – here’s how

Holidays are making a comeback after several years of disruption caused by the COVID pandemic. Nearly 4 billion passengers boarded international flights in 2022, up from fewer than 2 billion in 2020. Recent research suggests that people are likely to continue travelling more in 2023 and beyond.

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