Tag: ecology

Ecology
First discovery in 120 years: a new coral reef in Australia's Great Barrier Reef

First discovery in 120 years: a new coral reef in Australia's...

Also, researchers have successfully mapped the entire SwainSlide underwater landslide.

Safety & Regulations
IMO Environment Committee approves amendments to cut ship emissions

IMO Environment Committee approves amendments to cut ship...

Draft amendments to the MARPOL convention would require ships to combine a technical...

Ecology
U.S. coral reefs’ health assessed for the first time on a national scale

U.S. coral reefs’ health assessed for the first time on...

Condition status score is ‘fair,’ but reefs are vulnerable and declining

Ecology
The plastic rivers of Asia play a key part in the fight against plastic in the ocean

The plastic rivers of Asia play a key part in the fight...

Near half of the global plastic leakage from land to sea comes from a few countries...

Ecology
Equinor sets ambition to reach net-zero emissions by 2050

Equinor sets ambition to reach net-zero emissions by 2050

The ambition includes emissions from production and final consumption of energy....

Ecology
Research: Leaving more big fish in the sea reduces CO2 emissions

Research: Leaving more big fish in the sea reduces CO2...

An international team of scientists has found leaving more big fish in the sea reduces...

Ports
Startup ReefSystems installs artificial reef in IJmuiden

Startup ReefSystems installs artificial reef in IJmuiden

With these reefs ReefSystems creates habitats, a natural habitat, to stimulate the...

Ecology
The Ocean Cleanup introduces first product made with ocean plastic pollution

The Ocean Cleanup introduces first product made with ocean...

Sunglasses made from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, with 100% of the proceeds...

Ports
Port of Riga: new tanks for processing of polluted water have been put into operation

Port of Riga: new tanks for processing of polluted water...

Every year, about 11 thousand tons of municipal solid waste, about 50 thousand tons...

Ports
EU awards funding to Kapellskär-Naantali Maritime Bridge environmental initiative

EU awards funding to Kapellskär-Naantali Maritime Bridge...

The project will start during November 2020 and is scheduled to be completed by...

Ecology
Tilting oil tanker threatens 'environmental catastrophe'

Tilting oil tanker threatens 'environmental catastrophe'

Venezuela's opposition warned of a potential "environmental catastrophe" Thursday...

Ecology
Researchers find diverse communities comprise bacterial mats threatening coral reefs

Researchers find diverse communities comprise bacterial...

Cyanobacterial mats have posed a huge problem for coral reef health. Previously,...

Research
Arctic Ocean sediments reveal permafrost thawing during past climate warming

Arctic Ocean sediments reveal permafrost thawing during...

Sea floor sediments of the Arctic Ocean can help scientists understand how permafrost...

Ecology
TenneT investigates biodiversity improvement at North Sea cable intersections

TenneT investigates biodiversity improvement at North Sea...

TenneT starts a pilot designed to improve biodiversity at cable intersections in...

Fishing sector
NOAA supports American lobster and Jonah crab research fleet led by fishermen

NOAA supports American lobster and Jonah crab research...

Once mostly discarded in the American lobster fishery, Jonah crab landings are now...

Fishing sector
Blue BioTrade project set to improve fortunes in the eastern Caribbean

Blue BioTrade project set to improve fortunes in the eastern...

The project aims to enhance the production of and trade in queen conch for domestic,...

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