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Giant Oil Spill Contaminates East China Sea
BEIJING, China, January 17, 2018 (ENS) – An Iranian tanker carrying a full load of natural gas condensate that sank Sunday has been found on the bottom of the [...]
Oceans
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Oceans Dying With Too Much Heat, Too Little Oxygen
WASHINGTON, DC, January 8, 2018 (ENS) – The world’s coral reefs are dying due to global warming, finds a unique study published Friday in the journal “Science.”
For the [...]
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Mexico Launches Vaquita Roundup Using U.S. Dolphins
SAN FELIPE, Mexico, October 13, 2017 (ENS) – An international team of experts has gathered in San Felipe at the request of the Mexican Ministry of Environment and [...]
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Chile Safeguards Ocean at S. America’s Southern Tip
SANTIAGO, Chile, September 25, 2017 (ENS) – Chilean President Michelle Bachelet has pledged to create a new marine protected area in Admiralty Sound in Tierra del Fuego at [...]
Air/Climate
Giant Iceberg Breaks Off Antarctica as Climate Warms
GREENBELT, Maryland, July 13, 2017 (ENS) – An iceberg weighing one trillion metric tonnes, one of the largest ever recorded, calved away from the Larsen C Ice Shelf [...]
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U.S. Aquariums Battle Plastic Waste in Oceans, Lakes
MONTEREY, California, July 10, 2017 (ENS) – Stopping the flow of plastic pollution into oceans and lakes is the goal of a new partnership of 19 U.S. aquariums [...]
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World’s Largest Reef, Worth $56 Billion, Stressed Out
CANBERRA, Australia, June 28, 2017 (ENS) – Australian federal prosecutors are pursuing legal action against the master and owner of a ship they claim is responsible for an [...]
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All Nations Agree to Restore Ocean Health
By Suzanne Maxx
NEW YORK, New York, June 12, 2017 (ENS) – The 193 Member States of the United Nations agreed by consensus to a 14 point Call for [...]
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UN Oceans Conference Opens on World Environment Day
NEW YORK, New York, June 5, 2017 (ENS) – “This is our environment. It is the keystone of a sustainable future. Without a healthy environment we cannot end [...]
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Fiji’s Eco-Resorts Lead the Way to a Green Economy
By Suzanne Maxx
SUVA, Fiji, May 31, 2017 (ENS) – The eco-resorts of Fiji blend the pristine ecology of the blue Pacific with the economical beauty of a [...]
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Ghost Net Art Can Save Marine Life
THURSDAY ISLAND, Australia, April 30, 2017 (ENS) – To raise awareness of the harmful impact that ghost nets can have on the marine environment, the Australian Fisheries Management [...]
Energy
Trump Opens Offshore Continental Shelf to Oil Drilling
WASHINGTON, DC, April 28, 2017 (ENS) – President Donald Trump today signed an executive order that directs the U.S. Department of the Interior to study new oil and natural [...]
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Fiji Spearheads Development Beyond the Sustainable
By Suzanne Maxx
SUVA, Fiji, April 21, 2017 (ENS) – Fiji and other island nations may leapfrog the developed countries, becoming models for a greater than sustainable future – [...]
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50 Reefs: A Global Plan to Save Corals from Extinction
SYDNEY, Australia, March 12, 2017 (ENS) – Ninety percent of the world’s coral reefs are expected to disappear by 2050 due to climate change, pollution and poor fishing [...]
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UN Campaigns to ‘Turn the Tide’ on Ocean Plastics
BALI, Indonesia, February 26, 2017 (ENS) – An unprecedented global campaign to eliminate major sources of marine litter within five years was launched this week by UN Environment, [...]
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Japan Caught with Dead Whale in Australian Sanctuary
SYDNEY, Australia, January 15, 2017 (ENS) – Hours after Australia’s Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull smiled for a photo with Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Sydney on Saturday, [...]
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Obama’s Rush to Save Oceans from Oil Development
WASHINGTON, DC, December 20, 2016 (ENS) – President Barack Obama is about to invoke a seldom-used provision of a 1953 law that gives presidents the power to withdraw [...]
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U.S. Creates Atlantic Deep-Sea Coral Protection Zone
GLOUCESTER, Massachusetts, December 19, 2016 (ENS) – Working together, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA, and the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council have designated a large offshore area in [...]
Air/Climate
Sea Ice at Both Poles Hits Record Lows
BOULDER, Colorado, December 10, 2016 (ENS) – Unusually high air temperatures over the Arctic Ocean, persistent winds from the south, and a warm ocean have resulted in a [...]
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Mexico Safeguards Vast Stretches of Coast, Deep Ocean
CANCUN, Mexico, December 5, 2016 (ENS) – Much of Mexico’s Caribbean coast, Baja coast and deep ocean are to become protected areas, President Enrique Peña Nieto announced Monday [...]