February 8, 2022 By Jon Henley The Guardian
Up to 40 world leaders are due to make “ambitious and concrete commitments” towards combating illegal fishing, decarbonising shipping and reducing plastic pollution at what is billed as the first high-level summit dedicated to the ocean.
February 8, 2022 By Michael Birnbaum & Min Joo Kim The Washington Post
Negotiators from around the world will start work this month on a treaty to reduce plastic pollution, in what diplomats say is the most ambitious round of climate diplomacy since the 2015 Paris agreement that focuses on global warming.
February 8, 2022 By Maya Wei-Hass National Geographic
A scientific instrument that collapsed in the deep sea allowed scientists to make one of the most precise calculations yet for the abyss known as Challenger Deep.
January 10, 2022 By Elizabeth Claire Alberts Mongabay
Researchers recently released the first global atlas that quantifies artificial light at night on underwater habitats.
November 29, 2021 By Lynda V. Mapes The Seattle Times
Blown off course by violent storms, a sea turtle usually at home in warm seas off the coast of Mexico was found stranded Nov. 16 by a Makah tribal member on Shi Shi Beach, a remote and wild stretch of the tribe’s reservation on the Washington coast.