Oceans
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Technology
Technology SwedenUnderwater Robots Keep Ships Clean to Cut Carbon Emissions
As the shipping industry is looking into ways to reduce carbon emissions, a new kind of underwater robot may be the solution, reducing the pollution of cargo ships by keeping them clean so they can use less energy to move around.
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Environment
Environment The CaribbeanSeven Caribbean Countries Start New Decade with Ban on Single-Use Plastic
As of the 1st of January, seven Caribbean countries have begun implementing the ban of importing and using single-use plastic and polystyrene, to help save marine species and underwater ecosystems from ocean pollution.
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Environment
Environment United Kingdom“Seafood” Made from Plants Could Relieve Stressed Oceans
A third of our planet’s oceans are over-fished, with record breaking global consumption. But companies across the world have been coming up with innovative solutions that sustainably tackle our growing demand for seafood.
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Society
Society USAOur Oceans Could Give Us Six Times More Food Than Today – If We Would Manage It Better
Two-thirds of the animal protein U.N. food experts estimate will be needed to feed the future’s global population could be cultivated from the ocean with the help of improved management and technology, according to scientists.
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Society
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Environment
Environment USAScientists Say It’s Not Too Late to Save Coral Reefs
Marine scientists have proposed the immediate implementation of three crucial strategies to save the threatened coral reefs of the Indo-Pacific: protecting reefs from human impact, recovering those damaged, and transitioning away from ones too late to rescue.
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Heroes
Heroes IrelandTeenager Uses What He Learned in Chemistry Class to Remove Microplastics from Oceans
18-year-old Irish Fionn Ferreira has invented a magnetic liquid trap that is able to affordably remove 90% of microplastics from the ocean – all thanks to an oil spill he spotted on a rock when he was kayaking that reminded him of a chemistry lesson.
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Animals
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Environment
Environment The NetherlandsThe Ocean Cleanup is Now Cleaning Rivers to Fight Plastic Pollution at the Source
The Ocean Cleanup has developed a new strategy to stop plastic waste from entering our oceans and harming marine animals, by removing trash directly from the source: rivers, or as CEO Boyan Slat likes to call it, “The arteries that carry waste from land to the…
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Environment
EnvironmentPolar Bears, Whales and Co. Take Summer Break in Canada’s Newest Marine Protected Area
With climate change increasingly affecting Arctic ice, Canada has made plans to guard its far northern Arctic region of Tuvaijuittuq, giving refuge to ice-dependent species including walruses, polar bears, seals, and narwhals.