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Ten years ago, I stood with then US Secretary of State John Kerry in the spectacular Sant Ocean Hall at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC to discuss an issue that we both hold dear: the state of the world’s oceans. Before that week in 2014, no one had gathered world leaders, funders, non-profits, and academics together under one roof to dedicate time to solving some of the greatest threats facing our oceans. That all changed when Secretary Kerry created Our Ocean – an annual international conference that will meet this week, for the ninth time, in Athens, Gre...
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Coral reefs around the world are experiencing global bleaching for the fourth time, top reef scientists declared on Monday, a result of warming ocean waters amid human-caused climate change. Coral reef bleaching across at least 53 countries, territories or local economies has been confirmed from February 2023 to now, scientists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and International Coral Reef Initiative said. It happens when stressed coral expel the algae that are their food source and give them their colour. If the bleaching is severe and long-lasting, the coral can...
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The blue economy’s potential to drive global sustainable development will be front and centre this week when the Greek government hosts the ninth Our Ocean Conference here in Athens, against the backdrop of the Mediterranean Sea. Since 2014, leading figures from government, business, civil society, and academia have been gathering at the annual event to take on some of the ocean’s biggest challenges, like climate change, overfishing, pollution, and biodiversity loss. In that time, the international community has mobilized 2,160 commitments worth over $130 billion (€119.7bn) and protected hundr...
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For decades, breeding octopuses in captivity has proven a fish farming challenge too far, with numerous failed attempts to reproduce cephalopods outside their natural habitat. When Spanish company Nueva Pescanova announced in 2019 that it had achieved the unfeasible by cracking octopus reproduction in aquaculture, many hailed the news as a scientific breakthrough. To reap the rewards of its endeavour, the company is planning to open the first-ever octopus macro-farm along the shore of Spain’s Canary Islands to produce 3,000 tons of valuable cephalopod flesh each year. A number of scientists, e...
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Last month was the hottest March on record, becoming the tenth record-breaking month in a row, scientists have said. The global air temperature was 0.73°C above the 1991-2020 average for March, according to the EU’s climate service, and 0.10°C above the previous high set in March 2016. It marks the tenth consecutive month where temperatures have been hotter than ever recorded for the respective time of year, after February also broke the old record by a tenth of a degree. “March 2024 continues the sequence of climate records toppling for both air temperature and ocean surface temperatures,” sa...
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We already know that 2023 was the hottest year on record by a significant margin. But a new report from the UN’s meteorological agency reveals how many other symptoms of climate change were off the charts last year. “Climate change is about much more than temperatures,” says the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO)’s secretary-general Celeste Saulo. “What we witnessed in 2023, especially with the unprecedented ocean warmth, glacier retreat and Antarctic sea ice loss, is cause for particular concern.” The WMO’s latest State of the Global Climate report takes stock of numerous indicators of t...
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As autonomous robots become more advanced, some in the marine industry say they could replace dangerous and expensive work at sea. At a biannual ocean technology conference held in London, marine tech insiders gathered to present new high-tech vessels. Using its onboard sensors, the Norwegian company Maritime Robotics' uncrewed surface vessel "The Otter" manoeuvred across the water at the convention. Humanoid robot-maker Figure partners with OpenAI and gets backing from Jeff Bezos and tech giantsEquipped with sonar sensors and GPS mapping, it’s designed to scan the sea floor to collect informa...
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Paris (AFP) - Last month was the warmest February on record globally, the ninth straight month of historic high temperatures across the planet as climate change steers the world into "uncharted territory", Europe's climate monitor said Thursday. The last year has seen an onslaught of storms, crop-withering drought and devastating fires, as human-caused climate change -- intensified by the naturally-occurring El Nino weather phenomenon -- stoked warming to likely the hottest levels in over 100,000 years. Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) service last month said the period from Februa...
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In a world where sustainability and natural beauty increasingly dominate travellers' choices, Portugal's Praia da Falésia emerges as the crown jewel, topping Tripadvisor's prestigious Best of the Best Beaches list for 2024. This impressive stretch of white sand and colourful cliffs was noted as "best for scenic walks and sunbathing" and is up from number six in 2023. Europe prevailed in the other top spots, with Italy's Spiaggia dei Conigli in Lampedusa at number two and Spain's La Concha Beach in San Sebastian in number three. All three were recommended for spring trips. Tripadvisor award put...
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