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Ocean deoxygenation - A long predicted result of climate change
18 September, 2016
“Natural variations have obscured our ability to definitively detect this signal in observations. In this study, however, Schmidtko et al. synthesize all available observations to show a global-scale decline in oxygen that conforms to the patterns we expect from human-driven…
Pledge to make plastic a thing of the past
5 September, 2016
Avoiding plastic for any amount of time is a great thing to do – but that alone won’t end our addiction to plastic. When individuals choose not to buy or use plastic, they remove plastic from their lives. But what…
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Would you like some food with your plastic?
27 August, 2016
Plastic is choking our oceans, polluting our waterways and contaminating our food – yet still it dominates our shelves! Plastic packaging may help keep food hygienic, prolong shelf-life and make it easy to grab and go but the costs of…
Whale tourism must be ethical and sustainable
14 August, 2016
Under the theme 'Towards Responsible Tourism for Cetaceans', the International Whale Conference and Whale Heritage Sites Summit, which is taking place in Durban this week, hopes to promote ethical and sustainable tourism around this iconic species. The recovery of humpback…
Neglecting our oceans is no longer an option
14 August, 2016
When people think of climate change, pictures of melting glaciers, sweltering heat in summers and flooding of coastal areas predominate. Often lost in the imagery is the role the world's oceans play in countering the worst effects of global warming.…