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Delta blues

By laminating our oceans, we are choking life

This World Environment Day we need to pledge towards curbing our plastic use 

How global warming will impact oceans in the future

In the fishing industry, gear recycling is finally catching on

Old fishing nets clutter harbors and kill sea life. But entrepreneurs are changing that

50 kg plastic for every metre of coast by 2040 without drastic action: Report

Coordinated global action is needed to avoid a plastic pile up

CO2 tweaks nitrogen cycle

Can affect marine food web

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Oceans Commission proposes eight ways to reverse degradation of high seas

Report calls for urgent global action to save oceans from pollution and acidification

Sea of change

Global warming poses threat to CO2-absorbing planktons

Warmer subsurface waters in Bay of Bengal likely fuelled Amphan super cyclone: Study

This shows a link between marine heatwaves and cyclones, say experts

Recycling carbon

Heat content in oceans doubled in 10 years, finds study

Earth’s oceans have absorbed 90 per cent of the heat from global warming

Biomonitors for pollution

Seaweeds could act as indicators of heavy metal pollution in sea

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Let’s beat plastic pollution

Single-use plastics are still available; no data on how much of it a company generates

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According to Report

Plastic pollution in Nigeria: whose job is it to clean up the mess?

Nigeria’s rivers, lakes and ocean are also full of discarded plastic

Atlantic cooling may be temporary respite

Fossil-sorting robot to make it easier to study oceans, climate

New tech can automate sorting, manipulating and identifying microscopic marine fossils

Climate Emergency CoP 25: New platform linking oceans and climate launched in Madrid

The new platform aims to integrate sensible ocean-based solutions into climate targets