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Red Sea Diversions Surge Container Shipping Emissions Reports Xeneta
Carbon emissions from the container shipping industry are reaching record levels as ocean going vessels sail longer dist...
Read More >>Consortium to Decarbonize Corridor Between Canada, Japan, and South Korea
As momentum gains for the concept of green corridors, a consortium of carriers, terminals, and ports from North America,...
Read More >>A New Global Coral Bleaching Event is Under Way, and May Be the Worst Yet
Reports of serious coral bleaching at Australia's Great Barrier Reef, the coast of Florida, and the South Pacific ha...
Read More >>What We Know (And Don't Know) About the Ocean's Soaring Surface Temps
[By Alex Sen Gupta et al.] Over the last year, our oceans have been hotter than any time ever recorded. Our inst...
Read More >>Chinese Trawlers and Warming Waters Fuel West African Fishery Crisis
[By Robert Paarlberg] Average fish catches by traditional fishing communities along the West African coast have decli...
Read More >>NGO Sues UK Government Over International Fishing Quotas
UK’s environmental group Blue Marine Foundation has sued the British government for setting fishing quotas above s...
Read More >>IMO Moves Forward (Slowly) With Framework for Net-Zero Fuels and Fees
The eighty-first session of the Maritime Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) of the International Maritime Organizat...
Read More >>Earth's Oceans Continue Yearlong Streak of Heat Records
When the ocean's average surface temperature hit a new record high in March 2023, it set off alarm bells in the scie...
Read More >>Saving Biology With Blue Biotechnology
[A PDF version of this article with all citations and references may be found at the end of the page] The significanc...
Read More >>Huntington Beach Slick May Have Been From a Natural Seep
The U.S. Coast Guard has concluded its response to a large oil sheen off the coast of Orange County, California, and the...
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