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Marine Protected Areas Congress Seeks To Protect 30% Of Global Ocean by 2030

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Ocean conservation professionals and high-level officials are meeting in Vancouver, Canada, this week to chart a course toward protecting 30% of the global ocean by 2030.

Scientists Have Figured Out Why The Southern Hemisphere Is Stormier

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Researchers have finally figured out why the Southern Hemisphere is stormier by about 24% than the Northern Hemisphere.

New Sustainable Plastic Management Framework Developed

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Researchers from Ritsumeikan University in Japan have developed a novel behavior-based framework for sustainable plastic management.

New Initiative to Monitor Mediterranean Sea Life Launched

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A new initiative to monitor and document the status of marine life in the Mediterranean Sea has been launched.

Robots To Study Ocean Carbon Cycle

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The UK's Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) BIO-Carbon program is studying the various ways carbon dioxide is stored by marine life using robots.

UK Shark Fin Ban Moves Closer To Becoming Law

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Great Britain is getting ever closer to banning sales of shark fins in the country.

NOAA Is One Step Closer To Setting Up a Proposed Lake Ontario National Marine Sanctuary

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NOAA is one step closer to establishing a proposed National Marine Sanctuary along New York State's eastern Lake Ontario.

Deformed Seashells Provide a Look Into The Planet’s History

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Two studies have shed light on planetary events 100 million years ago by looking at the fossilized remains of deformed seashells.

Scientists Have Been Able to Turn Ocean Plastics Into Pharmaceutical Ingredients

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Researchers have managed use fungi to transform plastic refuse from the Pacific Ocean into pharmaceutical industry ingredients.

Ocean Warming Shrank Fish Sizes In The Past

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Researchers have studied the fossilized remains of fish from the ocean's "Twilight Zone" to find out how these species responded to climate warming.

Local Climate Changes Can Reduce Antarctic Ice Sheet Loss

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A new study has revealed that the loss of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet is not a foregone conclusion, and local environmental conditions can slow it.

Global Warming Reached Historic Levels In Greenland

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A recent study of high-quality ice cores taken from central north Greenland has shown that global warming has well and truly reached the island.

Nursery-Grown Corals Replanted In Reefs Off Bonaire

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Three species of coral that were taken out of reefs in Bonaire and grown in nurseries have been returned to the reefs, the Reef Renewal Foundation Bonaire announced this week.

Another Whale Freed From Entanglement In Fishing Gear

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The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced this week that "Nimbus," a 15-year-old male North Atlantic Right Whale, was spotted off the coast of Georgia entangled in a fishing net.
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