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UNEP and EIB join forces to reduce pollution in the marine environment

Ecology
The two agreed to support preparation of priority investment projects to reduce pollution in the marine and coastal environments of the three Southern Mediterranean countries, namely Egypt, Lebanon and Tunisia.

World’s largest plant discovered in Australia

Ecology
The world's largest living plant has been identified in the shallow waters off the coast of Western Australia, according to scientists.

Study: Tankers are the worst polluters in the Arctic region

Ecology
But the giant tankers, which can be 300 meters long or more, account for the largest share of CO2 emissions by far, a new analysis shows.

Ørsted trials turning offshore wind turbine foundations into safe havens for corals

Wind Energy
Ørsted is planning a world-first attempt to support coral reefs by growing corals on offshore wind turbine foundations.

Remote Indian Ocean reefs bounce back quickly after bleaching

Ecology
Coral reefs in remote or protected areas can recover quickly after mass coral bleaching events, new research shows.

NOAA’s ship to measure water depths in the Mariana Archipelago

General
These data will be collected in areas of the Marianas Archipelago that, in some cases, have not been surveyed in over 80 years—if at all.

AI transfer learning techniques help to study ocean internal waves

Ecology
"AI technology can establish fast and direct mapping relationships in studying complex marine phenomena"

Wärtsilä and Grimaldi unveil new filter system to tackle ocean microplastics

Innovations
According to the association Plastic Europe, 368 million tonnes of plastic were produced in 2019 worldwide, and around 3%, or 11.4 million tonnes, of this plastic ultimately ends up in the ocean.

WWF: Plastic pollution in oceans on track to rise for decades

Ecology
The review by Germany's Alfred Wegener Institute, commissioned by environmental campaign group WWF, examined almost 2,600 research papers on the topic

CityU study reveals poorly discarded surgical masks threaten marine ecosystem

Ecology
A mask weighing about three grams released about 3,000 microplastics.

Testing space-based marine plastic detection in an ocean wave facility

R&D
Could satellites be able to help track and map the marine plastic waste befouling our oceans?

Climate change has likely begun to suffocate the world’s fisheries

Fishing sector
New research finds the ocean’s middle depths, home to many commercially fished species, started losing oxygen at unnatural rates in 2021
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