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Giant Oil Spill Contaminates East China Sea

January 17, 2018 News Editor Comments Off on 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 [...]

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Oceans Dying With Too Much Heat, Too Little Oxygen

January 8, 2018 News Editor Comments Off on 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

October 13, 2017 News Editor Comments Off on 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

September 25, 2017 News Editor Comments Off on 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

July 13, 2017 News Editor Comments Off on 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

July 11, 2017 News Editor Comments Off on 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

June 28, 2017 News Editor Comments Off on 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

June 12, 2017 News Editor Comments Off on 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

June 5, 2017 News Editor Comments Off on 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

May 31, 2017 News Editor Comments Off on 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

April 30, 2017 News Editor Comments Off on 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 [...]

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Energy

Trump Opens Offshore Continental Shelf to Oil Drilling

April 28, 2017 News Editor Comments Off on 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

April 21, 2017 News Editor Comments Off on 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

March 12, 2017 News Editor Comments Off on 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

February 26, 2017 News Editor Comments Off on 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

January 15, 2017 News Editor Comments Off on 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

December 20, 2016 News Editor Comments Off on 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

December 19, 2016 News Editor Comments Off on 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 [...]

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Sea Ice at Both Poles Hits Record Lows

December 10, 2016 News Editor Comments Off on 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

December 6, 2016 News Editor Comments Off on 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 [...]

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