Tag: oceans

The International Seabed Authority (ISA), the U.N.-associated regulator of seabed mining activities in areas beyond national jurisdiction, has extended a controversial deep-sea mining exploration contract and once again failed to finalize the rules needed to regulate commercial seabed mining. The ISA’s 36-member council, which met from July 13 to 24, decided to extend the exploration […]

In every person, there is a soldier or warrior spirit, long waiting for a direction worth fighting for.

Extreme weather events have come with fury. Ocean warming is unabated and the sea level rise is accelerating. There’s urgency.

Often promoted as sustainable, fish farming can increase pressure on wild fisheries, deepen global food inequities, and damage marine ecosystems.

With nearly 6.5 million tourists flocking to Bali's beaches and rice fields, according to the island’s Central Statistics Office, the hope is to make Bali waste-free by 2027

In many offshore oil and gas settings, oilfield waste is simply being dumped right into the ocean.

This phenomenon signals a dire warning about the escalating impacts of climate change on these vital underwater ecosystems.

The investigation reveals that the ocean floor is besieged by up to 11 million tons of plastic waste, a figure that dwarfs the quantity observed on the water's surface.

One of the big reasons for the recovery is that sea otters love to eat the marsh crabs who were devouring the coastal ecosystem’s plants.

Officials said the leak might be from the Main Pass Oil Gathering Company's (MPOG) pipeline system off the coast of New Orleans.