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Greenpeace Studies Vulnerable Marine Mammals in Targeted Deep Sea Mining Area
As the Norwegian government is moving forward with the opening of Arctic waters to deep sea mining exploration, Greenpeace Nordic and Greenpeace Germany set sail with a group of scientists and campaigners...
How small grants are helping to rescue marine habitats around the world
In recent years, fishing communities in Madagascar have seen their catches dwindle, a byproduct of chronic overfishing, especially in sensitive coastal habitats like seagrass meadows.
But in some communities, fish stocks have started...
UN Environment Programme And European Investment Bank Join Forces To Reduce Pollution In The Marine And Coastal Environment
The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the European Investment Bank (EIB) launched the Global Environment Facility (GEF) Mediterranean Pollution Hot Spots Technical Assistance initiative, which aims to reduce pollution in the Mediterranean...
Comprehensive Assessment on Marine Litter and Plastic Pollution Confirms Need for Urgent Global Action
A drastic reduction in unnecessary, avoidable and problematic plastic is crucial to addressing the global pollution crisis, according to a comprehensive assessment released today by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP). An accelerated...
How Countries Are Turning the Tide on Marine Plastic Pollution
More and more countries are joining the Clean Seas campaign to fight against marine litter and plastic pollution. Over 60 countries - both coastal and landlocked - have signed up to this...
Protecting Fragile Marine Ecosystems
This year’s World Environment Day, officially celebrated on 5 June, focuses on ecosystem restoration, an important aspect of a healthy world. The EBRD’s work with the Northern Dimension Environmental Partnership (NDEP) shows...
Advanced Marine Technology From ABB Pioneers Emissions Reduction On the Waterfront
Thriving port cities and the vessels that serve them have been drivers of economic growth for decades, even centuries. Today the role played by ports and ferries in improving the environment of...
South Africa Aims to Stop Marine Litter at Its Source
The coast of South Africa’s Kwazulu-Natal province looks like it was pulled from a postcard, with wide, sandy beaches stretching for some 600 kilometres. International and local tourists flock here in normal...
More Conservation Efforts Critical to Save the Vaquita – World’s Smallest Marine Mammal
While optimism can be in short supply when it comes to wildlife conservation, the spotting of three vaquita calves in October 2019 in the Upper Gulf of California in Mexico was a...
The Wonder Trees That Nurture Marine Biodiversity
This 2020 theme for the International Day of Forests on 21 March is Forests and Biodiversity. It's an often-quoted fact that forests are home to 80 per cent of terrestrial biodiversity, but...
Submarine to Explore Why Antarctic Glacier Is Melting so Quickly
An international team of scientists has reached the Thwaites glacier in Antarctica and is preparing to drill through more than half a kilometre of ice into the dark waters beneath.
The 600-metre deep...
Plastic Alternatives May Worsen Marine Pollution, MPs Warn
Compostable and biodegradable plastics could add to marine pollution because there is no infrastructure in place to make sure they break down correctly, a committee of MPs has warned.The use of alternatives...
Marine Heatwave Hits Pacific, Raising Fears of a New Hot ‘Blob’
The ocean off the western coast of North America is five degrees Fahrenheit hotter than usual after warming at an unusually rapid rate, according to the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration...
ABB Azipod® Takes Marine Propulsion to the North Pole and Beyond
Norwegian Coast Guard’s vessel KV Svalbard has become the first ever Azipod®-powered ship to reach the North Pole, in another milestone for ABB's leadership in sustainable marine propulsion technology.With its advanced technology,...
Microplastics Found in Every Marine Mammal Surveyed in UK Study
Microplastics are being widely ingested by Britain’s marine mammals, scientists say, with samples found in every animal examined in a study.The research on 50 stranded creatures including porpoises, dolphins, grey seals and...
Trump Plan to Reduce Marine Monuments Could Put Vital Ecosystems at Risk
A report from United States Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke recommends shrinking three ocean monuments and opening them up to commercial fishing. The monuments, two in the Pacific Ocean and one...
