In the Cook Islands, a tiny nation in the South Pacific, a controversial decision is being made. The country’s leaders believe that mining the ocean...
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Climate Change Has Caused Damage to Small Islands, But They’re Fighting Back
Small Island Developing States (SIDS) have been under the threat of rising sea levels, which is a concerning thing considering that much of the population,...
Hold On, the Ocean Is Getting Colder and It Has Coldy Killed Marine Animals?
Back in March 2021, a disturbing sight came upon the shores of South Africa. There lay manta rays on the rocks, and bull sharks as...
Inequity in Ocean Conservation Can Have Negative Effects, Study Says
In the journal Ocean Sustainability, a team of researchers have published a new paper about the importance of equity for ocean conservation. There, they talk...
Lighthouses: Not Needed Anymore but Worth Visiting and Rich in Histories
Centuries ago, before humankind relies on GPS or other digitally advanced navigation devices, mariners and seamen depended on signals of lighthouses to find their way...
We Can Actually Clean Up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
Let’s once again talk about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch that has been haunting us for too long nowadays. Having first mentioned in 1988 paper...
Bless In Disguise: How People Are Living In The Ring Of Fire
Earthquakes might be the worst fear for many people, but don’t you know that actually not all regions in the world experience it as many...