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A study finds that seaweed, a crucial source of income for many impoverished coastal communities, has the remarkable ability to endure and flourish even in post-nuclear war environments.

A new study finds that shark mortality increased by 4 per cent in coastal fisheries and decreased by 7 per cent in pelagic fisheries, between 2012 and 2019, despite legislation to ban shark finning increasing tenfold over this period.

Last year was the warmest since records began in the mid-1800s – and likely for many thousands of years before.

A new study shows that more than 75 per cent of industrial fishing activity and almost 30 per cent of transport and energy activity in the oceans has not been tracked by public systems, revealing a significant gap in global observational data.

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By Aruna Chandrasekhar, Orla Dwyer, Robert McSweeney, Ayesha Tandon

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Keeping the planet within ‘safe’ warming limits will require dealing with other planetary boundaries being crossed. By Johan Rockström

This year at COP28, the Ocean Pavilion’s opening session stressed the need for an effective ocean strategy to limit global warming. But what do terms like ‘ocean-climate’ mean? How can investors and philanthropies contribute to action? By Naomi Clark-Shen and Kathlyn Tan

From natural seawalls to mangroves, countries are starting to combat climate change with nature-based solutions. COP28 might drive more of these efforts. By Astra Rushton-Allan and Dr Sali Jayne Bache

If unchecked, deep sea mining could impact fish stocks and Pacific Island communities along with it. By Jesse van der Grient

By Mohd Hazmi Mohd Rusli

By Raghu Dharmapuri Tirumala

By Aromar Revi, Joyeeta Gupta and Quentin Grafton

By Jennifer Morris

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A coalition of scientists and environmentalists found “widespread economic impacts” for communities in the Philippine province, heightening calls for accountability from the sunken tanker reportedly chartered by a San Miguel Corp subsidiary.

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Do children ask the toughest questions? This World Oceans Day, we get renowned oceanographer Dr Sylvia Earle, founder of Mission Blue, to field questions from curious kids on the mysteries of the deep.

Crowds descended on a beach at low tide again on Chinese New Year, despite intense media coverage of a similar occurrence in June last year.

The Philippine government has begun the process of relocating more than 200,000 families living along waterways to restore Manila Bay, the main body of water in the capital.

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Exclusive Oceanographer Dr Sylvia Earle speaks to Eco-Business in this exclusive podcast about the irreversible damage deep sea mining will cause, the link between the oceans and our global climate, and the role that we can all play in 'being at peace' with nature.

Oil clumps on a beach in the resort island of Bintan, Indonesia, near Singapore.

The waste oil dumped into the ocean by ships every year is equivalent to eight Exxon Valdez oil spills, and nowhere is the problem as severe as Southeast Asia. The EB Podcast talks to hotelier Andrew Dixon about how a clever idea using a ship tracking system can help curb an environmental crime that has been largely ignored.

EB Studio [The EB Podcast] In the third episode of the series Tomorrow’s cities: Engineering the energy transition, we explore how the shipping industry is charting a course to a low-carbon future.

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