Noise pollution is harming sea life, needs to be prioritised, scientists say
Reuters Far beneath the ocean surface, a cacophony of industrial noise is disrupting marine animals’ ability to mate, feed and even evade predators, scientists warn. With rumbling ships, hammering oil drills and booming seismic survey blasts, humans have drastically altered the underwater soundscape – in some cases deafening or disorienting whales, dolphins and other marine […]
Profits from world’s seas dominated by 100 companies
Thomson Reuters Foundation Just 100 companies account for most of the profits from the world’s seas, researchers said on Wednesday, calling on them to help save the oceans from over-fishing, rising temperatures and pollution. Together, the companies generated $US1.1 trillion in revenues in 2018, or about 60 per cent of the total, according to a […]
Plastic pollution flowing into oceans to triple by 2040 – study
SingaporeReuters The amount of plastic waste flowing into the ocean and killing marine life could triple in the next 20 years, unless companies and governments can drastically reduce plastic production, a new study published on Thursday said. Single-use plastic consumption has increased during the coronavirus pandemic, according to the International Solid Waste Association, an NGO. […]
WOW!: FISH IN FASHION – SCIENTISTS AND DESIGNERS CREATE PRODUCTS TO SOOTHE STRESSED OCEANS
THIN LEI WIN, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on some fishy fashion…
Ocean could provide over six times more food than it does today
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation The ocean could provide over six times more food than it does now with better management and more technological innovation, scientists said on Tuesday, adding that boosting cultivation of bivalves like mussels and clams could be especially beneficial. They estimated the oceans could provide more than two thirds of the animal […]
Youth activist calls for joint effort to clean up Indonesia’s seas
Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaThomson Reuters Foundation Local leaders in Indonesia must get involved with young people to tackle the trash problem that blights the nation’s islands and surrounding seas, a leading Asian youth environmental activist said on Monday. The archipelago of 17,000 islands is the world’s second biggest contributor of plastic pollutants in the oceans, according […]
Ocean treaty needed to tackle “deep trouble”, says UN envoy
Stockholm, SwedenThomson Reuters Foundation The world’s seas are increasingly threatened by global warming, acidification and pollution, making it crucial to agree on a global treaty to protect them, the UN oceans envoy said. Peter Thomson warned in an interview with the Thomson Reuters Foundation that the oceans were “in deep trouble”. “It is worse than […]
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WOW! MAKING WAVES – FEMALE AROUND-THE-WORLD CREW TO FIGHT OCEAN PLASTIC
EMMA BATHA, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on a new initiative to raise awareness of the impact of plastic pollution in the world’s oceans…
Deep sea mining could destroy “our last frontier”, environmentalists say
New Delhi, IndiaThomson Reuters Foundation As India readies for the United Nations to give a green light to deep sea mining and boost its economy, the environmental group Greenpeace said on Wednesday that drilling the seabed could cause irreversible harm and worsen climate change. Without proper governance of the seas, mining could remove entire habitats […]