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Pollution from ships: stricter measures to stop illegal discharges

Ships in EU seas should face dissuasive fines not only for oil spills, but also for sewage and garbage discharge, Transport and Tourism Committee MEPs say.

Maersk Supply Service extends its contract with The Ocean Cleanup

The Ocean Cleanup is an international non-profit project with the mission of ridding the world’s oceans of plastic

NOAA unveils new tool for exploring coral reef data

First-ever NOAA Geoplatform tool shows shallow coral reef ecosystem trends

Underwater robot finds new circulation pattern in Antarctic ice shelf

Equipped with thrusters, cameras, sonar and sensors for measuring water temperature, pressure and salinity, the vehicle climbed nearly 150 feet up one slope and descended the other.

TenneT places artificial reefs near offshore platform Hollandse Kust

TenneT, in collaboration with contractor Equans/Smulders, has placed several artificial reefs near the offshore transformer platform Hollandse Kust (west Alpha) to gain further knowledge about nature-inclusive construction.

NOAA announces $28 million across 2 funding opportunities to tackle marine debris

Funding from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will bolster NOAA efforts to address marine debris in U.S. waterways, the ocean and Great Lakes

Ocean-based negative emissions technologies: A governance framework review

According to scientists, the ocean's capacity to remove and store carbon dioxide from the atmosphere could be enhanced by various means, including the addition of alkaline substances

New summer ocean temperature records set for two sites on ONC’s Pacific observatory

Ocean Networks Canada (ONC) has recorded the highest daily average summertime temperatures at two of its seafloor observatory sites in the northeast Pacific Ocean since continuous live monitoring started there in 2009.

SMIT Salvage successfully transfers all oil from decaying FSO Safer to safe modern tanker

Boskalis announces that subsidiary SMIT Salvage has removed all oil from the FSO Safer, located off the coast of Yemen in the Red Sea.

PortsToronto launches canadian debut of WasteShark aquadrone

PortsToronto, in partnership with RanMarine Technology, has launched a pilot program that saw two WasteShark aquadrones make their Canadian debut in the Toronto Harbour.

Coral reefs benefit from reduced land-sea impacts under ocean warming

New research finds that simultaneously reducing land- and sea-based human impacts supports coral reef persistence in our changing climate.

Deep-Sea Trench: Garbage dump on the sea floor

Plastic waste found at a depth of 9,600 meters

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