Oceans
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Environment
Environment AustraliaAlgae: An Unlikely Hero in the Fight Against Climate Change
Even the most intricate pieces of our planet are proving to play a huge role in its long-term sustainability: a surprising study has found that ocean algal blooms have sucked most carbon dioxide from Australia’s recent wildfires, aiding in the fight against climate change.
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Environment
Environment USAFirst-Ever Coral Reef World Map: a Conservation Game-Changer
A team of researchers affiliated with Arizona State University, United States, created the world’s first map of all the coral reefs around the globe, a tool to better monitor and protect an ecosystem highly threatened by climate change.
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Environment
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Animals
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Society
Society Zanzibar13 Women Farm Sponges to Protect Their Ocean (and Their Income)
As ocean waters are warming, 13 women from the African island of Zanzibar now turn to sponge farming to earn a living, learning how to swim and even becoming conservationists in an effort to rebalance the ecosystem and prevent overfishing.
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Technology
Technology NorwayThis Game-Changing “Windcatcher” Can Power 80,000 Homes
The future of renewable energy is here: a company based in Oslo, Norway, is developing an impressive offshore sail that could drastically change the way wind-powered energy is produced in an era where finding environmental-friendly solutions are crucial.
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Environment
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Technology
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Animals
Animals USA1:0 for Endangered Whales against Oil Corp: Offshore Activity Stopped for 5 Years
A federal court in Alaska, United States, ruled in favor of protecting the critically endangered Cook Inlet beluga whale by restricting oil and gas activities as they are considered harmful to the mammal and other species.
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Technology
Technology USATelecommunication Cables Can Help Detect Earthquakes – Here’s How
Scientists from the California Institute of Technology, United States found a way to detect earthquakes using what's already there: the more-than-a-million kilometers of fiber optic telecommunication cables that lie at the bottom of the oceans.