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Manawanui sinking: an expert explains why a speedy cleanup will be crucial – and the main challenges ahead
Speed will be of the essence as salvage crews attempt to stop fuel leaking from the sunken New Zealand naval ship off the coast of Samoa.
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Seabed mining sinks offshore wind industry
Greenpeace says the decision by an offshore wind developer to cancel its plans for wind farms in New Zealand due to conflict with a seabed mining project included in the…
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UN biodiversity target set to be missed by eight decades, Greenpeace warns
While governments begin talks at the UN Biodiversity COP16 in Cali, Colombia, a Greenpeace International report released today warns that at the current rate of progress the 30x30 ocean target won't be reached till 2107.
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How the Global Ocean Treaty can boost climate action
In December 2019, Greenpeace International released 30×30 In Hot Water: The climate crisis and the urgent need for ocean protection. This makes the scientific case for creating a network of marine…
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Achieving the 30×30 target through the Global Ocean Treaty
Through the Global Ocean Treaty, the global community can deliver the 30×30 target and ensure the long-term health and sustainability of the ocean beyond borders.
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Microplastic pollution is everywhere, even in the exhaled breath of dolphins
Bottlenose dolphins in Sarasota Bay in Florida and Barataria Bay in Louisiana are exhaling microplastic fibers, according to our new research published in the journal PLOS One.
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Gambling with the deep sea: Those betting on mining the Arctic
The Norwegian government has announced a decision to open up a vast area of its continental shelf in the Norwegian and Greenland Seas to deep sea mining.
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Oceans cannot keep pace with changes caused by climate crisis, warns new report
A new Greenpeace International report released today, “In Hotter Water: How the Global Ocean Treaty can boost climate action“, presents compelling evidence of the climate crisis' disastrous impacts on the ocean and coastal communities
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Projection calls for NZ to stop destructive bottom trawling
Greenpeace is calling for New Zealand to stop bottom trawling on seamounts in the South Pacific high seas, projecting disappearing fish and destroyed coral onto a silo on Auckland’s waterfront to highlight the destruction caused by the fishing method.
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As oceans warm, deep-living algae thrive – with major potential effects for the marine ecosystem
Johan Viljoen, University of Exeter; Bob Brewin, University of Exeter, and Xuerong Sun, University of Exeter
