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84% of the world’s coral reefs hit by worst bleaching event on record
Harmful bleaching of the world’s coral has grown to include 84% of the ocean’s reefs in the most intense event of its kind in ...
Mongabay News on MSN23h
“We belong to one ocean”: Indigenous leaders demand seat at the table of high seas biodiversity treaty
By Sonam Lama Hyolmo In Native Hawaiians’ genealogical stories, says Solomon Kahoʻohalahala, the coral polyp is considered ...
Global coral bleaching crisis spreads after hottest year, scientists say
More than four-fifths of the world's coral reef areas have been affected by devastating mass bleaching spurred by record-high ...
Environmental groups fear Trump’s order to speed deep-sea mining will harm ecosystems
Environmental groups are decrying an executive order signed by President Donald Trump to expedite deep-sea mining for ores ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN9d
As Norway Considers Deep-Sea Mining, a Rich History of Ocean Conservation Decisions May Inform How the Country Acts
In 1982, geologist Martin Hovland sat aboard a research ship owned by the Norwegian oil company Statoil (now Equinor) in the ...
Asharq Al-Awsat on MSN9d
KAUST: Unexpected Ecosystem Found Deep Below Red Sea Coral Reef
Scientists from Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) and the National Center for ...
Bahrain News Agency9d
Unexpected Ecosystem Found Deep below Red Sea Coral Reef
Located in Difat Farasan, also known as the Farasan Bank near the border between Saudi Arabia and Yemen, the deep ... for coral growth and survival. Dr. Mohammad Qurban, CEO of NCW, said: “This ...
Boston Herald4d
Environmental groups fear Trump’s order to speed deep-sea mining will harm ecosystems
Environmental groups are decrying an executive order signed by President Donald Trump to expedite deep-sea mining for ores ... farmers 84% of the world’s coral reefs hit by worst bleaching ...