Ocean Sustainability

• Seaweed removal project sparks 600% coral regrowth
• Humans have pushed Earth beyond safe limits of most planetary boundaries
• Research shows fish species are shrinking, likely due to global warming
• Pacific island alliance impose deep-sea mining moratorium
• Inaction is threatening ocean sustainability: study
• $1m ocean sustainability initiative launched in Africa
• Researchers have developed 13 principles to improve ocean governance
• Report finds UK fish stocks under significant threat
• A global plastics treaty could cut production 30% by 2040
• Illicit capture of whale sharks in Indonesia continues despite ban
• Microplastics pose a major risk to the climate and marine wildlife
• 92% of UK seagrass meadows have been lost to pollution
• Gulf stream weakening could have major weather impacts: study
• Newly discovered undersea water reservoir could explain New Zealand's earthquakes
• Speeding ships threaten the endangered North Atlantic right whales
• South African penguins face extinction in just over a decade
• Microplastics threaten the Barents Sea marine ecosystem
• Deepest ever discovered coral bleaching: study
• Researchers are struggling to fully understand El Niño
• Over 10 billion snow crabs have disappeared since 2018 due to warmer seas
• Extreme weather events occurring across the globe
• Microplastic-eating rotifers may be worsening ocean plastic crisis: study
• An eddy off the Sydney coast could trigger a marine heatwave
• Human activity is significantly harming the Baltic Sea: report
• Cost of UK biodiversity regulation could be ‘catastrophic’, UK ports say
• Risks of deep-sea mining exceed its benefits: comment
• Blue bonds to boost ocean conservation investments: comment
• Source-to-sea approach combines water management and sustainability goals
• Antarctic research mission aims to enhance our understanding of the carbon-cycle
• Corals with thermally sensitive algae adapt to warmer ocean: study
• A 2C global temperature increase will cause irreversible damage: report
• Cod numbers in critical decline due to overfishing and climate change
• Drought in North America is threatening salmon populations
• Mackerel in the north-east Atlantic overfished by 44%
• Megayachts should face increased regulation: comment
• Blue Charter Project announces marine conservation grants
• $2.15bn aquarium trade industry pivotal to marine conservation: study
• Record-breaking temperatures threaten mass coral bleaching
• How to make shipping more sustainable: opinion
• Plankton are worsening the ocean plastic crisis: study
• Photodegradation of ocean plastics releases hundreds of chemicals: study
• Researchers are exploring reusing computing heat for fish farms
• The JRC releases updated marine litter guidance
• Human activity causes the Aral Sea to shrink by 90%
• PNG declares new MPAs tripling the countries covering
• Philippines oil spill may have an ecological impact long after clean up
• Study highlights the difficulties of preventing flooding on the Baltic coast
• Area bigger than UK to be opened for deep sea mining by Norway
• Twilight zone fungi could be used to develop new drugs
• Antarctic ice melt threatens Australian economy
• Norway approves dumping mining waste into fjord
• Record oceans temperatures are exacerbating extreme weather
• Plastic pellet spillage off northern Spain threatens wildlife
• 75% of industrial fishing vessels are untracked: study
• UK flood defences need improvement: report
• Land subsidence threatens US critical infrastructure: study
• Ocean 'bottom trawling' significant source of carbon pollution: study
• Middle East conflict causing shipping emissions spike
• Climate change was big driver of historic Amazonian drought, study finds
• Convex Survey Seascape research group sets out to uncover ocean's carbon secrets
• Using satellites to map reef biodiversity
• Methane-releasing wetlands in Greenland are growing
• Atlantic Ocean circulation nears tipping point: study
• Caribbean sea sponges indicate faster than expected global warming, study says
• Atmospheric rivers set to hit US west coast
• California's iconic piers threatened by climate change
• New coral heat stress levels introduced
• Action is needed to combat marine litter: study
• Molasses spill off Cumbria threatens marine wildlife
• Hermit crabs are increasingly using plastic waste as shells
• Christmas Island red crab migration disrupted by dry weather
• Blue Marine Foundation releases 2023 report
• Saildrone launches ocean mapping USV for the US navy
• AI-powered initiative aims to halt ocean plastic pollution
• UK MPAs faced over 100,000 hours of industrial fishing in 2023
• Eating more wild fish to enhance diet and sustainability
• Environmental catastrophe looms as bulk carrier sinks off Yemen
• Microbes colonise the 'plastisphere'
• Resumption of gas extraction threatens Polesine, Italy
• Dutch startup proposes innovative solution to Arctic ice melt
• Microplastics found in remote Pacific MPA
• February breaks ocean temperature record causing severe coral bleaching event
• New Antarctic MPA to protect whales and penguins
• EU announces €3.5bn funding for sustainable ocean projects at Our Ocean Conference
• Our Ocean Conference secures over $11bn in pledges
• Climate change increases deadly oceanic cold spells: study
• Sargassum seaweed crisis intensifies in the Caribbean
• Historical salmon cans offer insights into ocean health
• UN Ocean Decade Conference on the importance of marine conservation
• 880-year timeline to reach 30% ocean protection: comment
• Global coral bleaching crisis accelerating with El Niño
• Environmental risk of deep-sea mining is unjustifiable: comment
• Environmental catastrophe in the South China Sea
• Record ocean warming adds to dangers for native fish species, environment chief warns
• New IUCN report advocates for a regenerative blue economy
• Ocean temperatures are rising faster than expected
• Ocean waves emit more PFAS into air than industrial polluters: study
• Devastating coral bleaching event turns Great Barrier Reef into 'graveyard'
• Trump allies outline plan to dismantle NOAA's climate science work
• Algal bloom or 'May Rot' brings smelly sludge to Brighton beaches
• Indian fishers venture into treacherous high seas as nearshore stocks decline
• Shady fishing fleets inflict heavy economic toll on developing coastal nations
• North Pacific Fisheries Commission declines protections for Emperor Seamount Chain
• 29% of China's population live on sinking land: study
• Maritime scrubbers are causing significant ecological damage: study
• Private equity sees coral reef protection as an investment opportunity
• Most of the oceans' microplastics remain undetected: study
• NOAA predicts "above normal" 2024 Atlantic hurricane season
• Historic climate case win to protect small island states at ITLOS
• UNESCO report highlights alarming ocean warming and sea level rise
• Repopulating sea cucumbers to protect coral reefs
• El Niño ends, La Niña set to influence global weather patterns
• Sargassum seaweed threatens Caribbean ecosystems and economies
• Ghost nets threaten Tioman Island's marine ecosystem
• Non-UK vessels lead harmful bottom-trawling in MPAs
• Most of world's largest MPAs lack adequate protections: study
• Oceana sues UK government over North Sea oil licences in MPAs
• Swimmers and surfers fear sewage pollution in UK Seas
• Shipping’s carbon emissions rose by 23 million tons in H1
• Hurricane forecasts are improving, but climate change presents modelling challenges
• Marine protected areas have positive impact on recreational fisheries: study
• Yemeni fishers’ artificial reefs pose environmental threat
• Melting sea ice is negatively impacting Canadian Arctic shipping routes: study
• BALTWRECK initiative will combat shipwreck pollution in the Baltic Sea
• Biden administration launches plastic pollution initiative
• US and Mexican border towns affected by ongoing sewage spills
• US and Indonesia agree $35m coral reef ‘debt-for-nature’ deal
• US to provide $27m in funding to marine debris removal projects
• Coastal erosion may diminish Arctic Ocean's projected CO2 absorption capacity
• Southern Ocean storms drive unexpected carbon release
• Surf breaks store millions of tonnes of carbon
• UN Secretary-General urges major polluters to act during visit to Pacific Islands vulnerable to sea level rise
• Scientists identify critical zones for biodiversity preservation in the Southern Ocean
• Purina Europe joins Norwegian Marine Restoration Initiative
• 627-year Fijian coral reveals unprecedented Pacific Ocean warming
• Scotland proposes fishing gear restrictions in marine protected areas
• Atlantic Ocean's record cooling puzzles scientists
• Solent Seascape Project earns UN Decade Action status
• International Seabed Authority appoints pro-conservation Secretary General in pivotal election
• The Ocean Cleanup targets elimination of Great Pacific Garbage Patch by 2034
• Shrinking Antarctic sea ice threatens food supply for seabirds: study
• Antarctic sea ice hits near-record low, raising concerns over a permanent retreat
• Sharks abandon coral reef home as climate crisis heats oceans: study
• Pacific Islands face growing climate challenges threatening tourism and livelihoods
• El Salvador's mangrove forests threatened by climate change and urbanisation
• Research highlights the importance of marine identity in strengthening ocean conservation efforts
• Dutch government pushes to reauthorise banned electric pulse fishing
• UK becomes first nation to map its 'blue carbon' habitats
• International consortium pushes change in Indonesia's tuna fishery
• Australia to protect 52% of its oceans, more than any other country
• Oil pollution in UK waters underestimated by 43% - report
• US court grants delay to oil drilling over marine species protection ruling
• Green Marine Europe programme doubles participation in environmental certification
• Azores hosts Europe’s largest marine protected area network
• Biden administration announces $95m for fish passage projects
• Japanese sardines detected off US West Coast, likely due to climate change
• Electronic monitoring reduces sea turtle bycatch in Gulf fisheries
• Global support for IPOS gathers pace