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Oil Interests Impede Progress on Plastic Treaty
[By Jackson Ambole and Emma Bryce] In mid-November, hundreds of protestors marched through the streets of Nairobi, led by a cer...
Experts Call for Greater Role for the Ocean at Climate Talks
[By Fermin Koop] It’s only three weeks until the annual UN climate conference takes place in Dubai, United Arab Emirates....
Illegal Fishing Off West Africa Drives Maritime Migration
[By Kebba Jeffang] Fish are crucial to nutrition and livelihoods in West Africa, with an estimated 5.5 million tonnes caug...
China Hires Thousands of People to Solve a Seaweed Problem
[By Niu Yuhan] “This year’s seaweed control work is officially complete!” In 2023, the smallest amoun...
China is Bringing Aquaculture to Deep Offshore Waters
[By Yingxin Feng] Over 100 nautical miles off the coast of China in the Yellow Sea, a huge octagonal structure rests in th...
Marine "Biomimetics" Could Be the Blue Economy's Next Big Hit
[By Emma Bryce] Deep in the Pacific Ocean, a strange, diaphanous balloon drifts by. Inside, tunnels and chambers coil like a mi...
Rig Removal Law Threatens Vibrant Artificial Reef off Peru
[By María Elena Carbajal] At five o’clock in the morning, the skies begin to clear over the Los Órgano...
Illegal Industrial Fishing Reduces Food Supply in Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau, one of Africa’s poorest countries, is afflicted by chronic malnutrition that is affecting one quarter&nb...
AI and Amateur Photos Spot the Decline of China's White Dolphins
[By Niu Yuhan] On 5 March 2022, Yu Wenlin of Shantou, Guangdong shot some aerial footage of an endangered group of Chinese whit...
How Marine Heat Waves Affect the Ocean - And What Can Be Done
[By Emma Bryce] On 4 July 2023, the World Meteorological Organization declared the beginning of an El Niñ...