The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing serious threats to lives, ecosystems, and economies. In 2024, Asia experienced its warmest or second warmest year on …
The monument, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is home to more than 7,000 marine species, including endangered sea turtles, whales, Hawaiian monk seals, Laysan albatross, Pritchardia palms, and several recently discovered species. While non-commercial fishing is allowed in the monument region by permit, commercial fishing and future mineral extraction activities …
Australian researchers have investigated signs of geological structures hidden behind the Great Barrier Reef in Queensland, and have found a much deeper reef spanning more than 6,000 square kilometres (2,316 square miles). New seafloor maps of the area have revealed a vast, underwater field of doughnut-shaped mounds, each one measuring …
The next time you're enjoying a trip to the seaside, turn your mind away from the ice-cream vans and sand dunes for a moment and spend a few minutes looking beneath your feet. If you're on a touristy beach such as Bournemouth, swept clean every morning by teams of litter …
BEIJING -- China's top legislature started to convene its bi-monthly session on Monday, reviewing the proposal to review and ratify the Paris Agreement on climate change and other matters. The session will also deliberate on draft laws on national defense transportation, the movie industry and traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). Monday's …
BEIJING -- China's top legislature on Monday reviewed a draft amendment to the Marine Environment Protection Law, imposing more severe penalties for pollution. The draft, submitted by the State Council to the National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee's bi-monthly session, echoes the central leadership's recent emphasis on "conservation culture," according …
The Gulf of Maine’s once strong population of wild blue mussels is disappearing, scientists say. A study led by marine ecologists at the University of California at Irvine found the numbers along the US gulf coastline have declined by more than 60 percent over the last 40 years. Once covering …
With the leak plugged and the substance that oozed out apparently headed downstream toward Saudi Arabia, underwater life in the Gulf of Eilat seems to have been spared any damage from the Jordanian spill. Airport planned for Israel-Jordan border complicates an otherwise amicable relationship After years in the wilderness, Israelis …
U.S. President Barack Obama will dramatically expand the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument off the coast of Hawaii on Friday, the White House said, an action that will ban commercial fishing from more than 582,500 sq miles (1.5 million sq km) of the Pacific Ocean. Obama will visit the protected area …
Environmental advocate website, Wikigreen released a video that gives in-depth insights about the highs and lows of antifouling. According to the video release entited "Toxic Time Bomb" sent to Nature World News, antifouling is found on the ship hullsthat will help ships to go faster by keeping these ships free …
Five years after the shipping carrier -M V Rak sank 20 nautical miles off the South Mumbai coast in the Arabian Sea causing marine pollution, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday slapped Rs100 crore penalty on the Qatar-based Delta Navigation as "environmental compensation" for dumping the cargo in the …
Environmental audit committee calls for ban after hearing that microbeads harm marine life and enter the food chain Cosmetics companies must be banned from using plastic microbeads in scrubs, toothpaste and beauty products because of the marine pollution they are causing, say a group of MPs. Members of the environmental …
Ataúro Island, located around 25 kilometers (15.5 miles) north of Dili, Timor-Leste’s capital, has an average of 253 reef fish species per reef site, higher than that of Raja Ampat in Indonesia’s West Papua province that previously held the record. Conservation International’s (CI’s) Rapid Assessment Program (RAP) conducted a week-long …
Delta and Adani have been directed to pay Rs 100 crore and Rs 5 crore, respectively, for polluting marine environment NGT seeks details of groundwater use by Delhi Metro The Principal bench of the National Green tribunal (NGT) today directed Delta Marine Shipping Company (Delta Shipping Marine Services SA and …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday imposed a fine of Rs 100 crore and Rs 5 crore on Qatar-based Delta Navigation and Adani Enterprises Ltd. respectively, in connection with the 2011 Mumbai oil spill case. The tribunal also sought to know from an expert committee as to what should …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday asked Panama-based Delta Shipping Marine Services SA and its two Qatar-based sister companies to pay R100 crore as damages for the 2011 Mumbai oil spill. It also asked Adani Enterprises to cough up R5 crore for polluting the marine environment. The National Green …
Researchers placed individuals of the solitary coral, Heliofungia actiniformis, into a 10-litre aquatic tank and began heating the water up. Within the first two hours of raising the water temperature, the H. actiniformis began expelling Symbiodinium, the tiny algae that lives inside its tissues, in a process called pulsed inflation. …
A Vietnamese government minister said it’s now safe to swim at most beaches in four central provinces where massive fish deaths occurred more than four months ago because of toxic chemicals released by a Taiwanese steel company. The online newspaper VnExpress quoted Environment Minister Tran Hong Ha as telling a …
The Government is being urged to order a complete ban on microbeads in cosmetic products to halt the damage caused to marine life by plastic pollution and its knock-on effects on the environment and food chain. A cross-party environmental audit committee report demands cosmetics companies be prohibited from using plastic …
Researchers have found that rising sea levels could significantly lower water temperatures around coral reefs and help reduce coral bleaching. While rapid rise in sea levels pose a threat to people and coastal habitats, it could be beneficial to other valuable residents in the planet, particularly coral reefs. Researchers at …
Anyone with internet access and a passion for seafood will soon be able to track commercial fishing trawlers all over the world, with a new tool that its developers hope will help end the overfishing that has decimated the world's fish stocks. Millions of people depend on fish to survive, …
