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Oil Interests Impede Progress on Plastic Treaty

Published Nov 28, 2023 3:13 PM by China Dialogue Ocean

Posted in: Government

[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

Published Nov 12, 2023 11:51 AM by China Dialogue Ocean

Posted in: Government

[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

Published Nov 9, 2023 8:57 PM by China Dialogue Ocean

Posted in: Government

[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

Published Oct 22, 2023 12:01 PM by China Dialogue Ocean

Posted in: Environment

[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

Published Oct 15, 2023 5:57 PM by China Dialogue Ocean

Posted in: Environment

[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

Published Oct 9, 2023 2:32 PM by China Dialogue Ocean

Posted in: Environment

[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

Published Sep 10, 2023 8:31 PM by China Dialogue Ocean

Posted in: Environment

[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

Published Aug 13, 2023 3:04 PM by China Dialogue Ocean

Posted in: Environment

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

Published Aug 6, 2023 7:05 PM by China Dialogue Ocean

Posted in: Environment

[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

Published Jul 16, 2023 3:23 PM by China Dialogue Ocean

Posted in: Environment

[By Emma Bryce] On 4 July 2023, the World Meteorological Organization declared the beginning of an El Niñ...

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