The red algae Griffithsia is native to coral reefs around the Canary Island. This can potentially be used as medicine to treat Covid-19. Drug manufacturers… For the third time in just five years the Great Barrier Reef is suffering coral bleaching. Even if bleaching can occur naturally and corals can… Warmer climate and less ice in the Northeast passage means the Suez and Panama canals are feeling the pressure. A possible gain for the climate… Covid-19 medicines offshore the Canary Islands?
New deadly stroke for the Great Barrier Reef
Russia has a 2300 billion dollar Arctic plan
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Week 24: Exploring ways to store CO2 in the ocean
Peter de Menocal, a marine paleoclimatologist and director of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution discusses the risks and benefits of human intervention and describes an ambitious plan to build a vast monitoring network…
Week 22: 600 initiatives by more than 70 countries for a sustainable ocean
Since its launch, the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development 2021-2030 (‘Ocean Decade’) has brought together thousands of ocean actors to develop science, infrastructure, partnerships, capacity, and innovations…
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The Atlantic ocean currents may collapse in 20 years?
There is increasing concern that the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) may collapse as early as the 2030s. The AMOC is crucial to distribute heat and cold between the Northern and Southern hemisphere as well as nutrients to marine ecosystems. 100 years after the collapse Arctic ice may extend to the southern coast of England.
