The Mekong Delta in Vietnam is home to over 20 million people and is a globally important agricultural area. The Mekong Delta is just 0.8… Plant-based plastic releases nine times less microplastics than conventional plastic. New research has looked at how two different types of plastic break down when tested… Take a look at this Reuters graphic and learn the basics about deep-sea mining. “A vast treasure of critical minerals lies on the ocean floor….
Week 14: Protecting the Mekong delta
Week 13: Microplastics champion
Week 12: Reuters deep-sea mining graphic
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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.
