Japan to face criticism at international summit for flouting whaling ban
Japan is likely to face international criticism at a whaling summit this week for killing whales in the Southern Ocean in defiance of a court ruling and a three-decade-old ban. Japanese fleets...
Sharks are beautiful, diver says despite narrow escape
A diver whose near miss with a great white shark became a viral video sensation, viewed more than 15 million times on Youtube, says the ocean’s apex predator is “beautiful”. Chan...
Ocean warning for Pacific’s Melanesia
Marine ecosystems in one of the Pacific’s most vulnerable regions face decline unless they are better managed, a WWF report warned today. The report described the ocean as the lifeblood of...
Russia holds key to Antarctic marine sanctuaries
Talks opened in Australia on Monday to create two vast marine sanctuaries aimed at protecting the pristine wilderness of Antarctica with Russia and China key to whether they succeed. The fate of the...
UAE fishermen prepared to change their tune in face of falling stocks
As witnesses to the gradual decline in marine populations, fishermen in the UAE for years thought they had nothing to do with it. The narrative, fishermen believed, was that habitat destruction as a...
Great Fundy Coastal Cleanup collects plenty of marine debris
More than 100 volunteers scoured the shoreline of the Bay of Fundy on Sunday in search of garbage. The Great Fundy Coastal Cleanup, organized by the New Brunswick Nature Trust, brought volunteers to...
Awareness campaign in Sidon for protection of sea turtles
The Environment Committee in the Diocese of Sidon- Lebanon for Roman Catholics in cooperation with the municipality of Sidon carried on Sunday an awareness campaign along the beaches of Sidon to...
Will this plan save the oceans from noise pollution?
Noise pollution is more destructive than you think it is. Humans are affected by it negatively, and so are other living beings on Earth. Perhaps, the most affected living beings by this...
