Quick Dips
Curated topical articles on the Blue Economy
Valerie Volcovici, Reuters Plastics & Pollution
The decline coincides with a sharp drop in plastic waste exports, which had counted as recycled plastic.
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World Ocean Initiative, The Economist Group Shipping & Ports
Experts at the 9th annual World Ocean Summit explore investment opportunities for sustainable maritime trade & transport.
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Center for Ocean Solutions, Stanford Plastics & Pollution
A new report outlines how ocean data transparency can enable companies to avoid produce from illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing and instead choose sustainable and ethical products throughout their supply chains.
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Rachel Hopkins, The Pew Charitable Trusts Fisheries & Aquaculture
Progress on catch limits, illegal fishing and bycatch offer hope for a sustainable future for valuable tuna fisheries.
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Salomé Gómez-Upegui, The Guardian Fisheries & Aquaculture Plastics & Pollution
Study in Florida finds ‘widespread’ traces of a total of 58 medications including heart drugs, opioids, antidepressants and antifungals in increasingly rare bonefish and their prey.
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Oliver Milman, The Guardian
New research warns pressures of rising heat and loss of oxygen reminiscent of ‘great dying’ that occurred about 250m years ago.
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World Ocean Initiative, The Economist Group Shipping & Ports
Electrification, futuristic designs and energy efficiency are transforming ocean travel.
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Heather Clancy, GreenBiz Energy Solutions
Elon Musk’s willingness to throw lots of money at lots of things has been well-demonstrated, as Twitter’s board can attest.
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Can brands make reusable packaging more attractive than single-use plastic? NFTs could be the answer
Emma Samson, World Economic Forum Plastics & Pollution
The reusable packaging market could be a $10 billion opportunity to eliminate single-use plastic.
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Karen Shapiro & Emma Zhang, The Conversation Plastics & Pollution
Typically when people hear about plastic pollution, they might envision seabirds with bellies full of trash or sea turtles with plastic straws in their noses.
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Sonia Fernandez, UC Santa Barbara Fisheries & Aquaculture
With swift, concerted and careful action, the ocean can be sustainably cultivated to provide food for future populations.
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The Fish Site Fisheries & Aquaculture
The Climate Foundation’s SeaForestation project has won a Milestone XPRIZE for carbon removal, from Elon Musk’s foundation.
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Jon Ungoed-Thomas, The Guardian Energy Solutions
Experts say Wales has huge potential for generating renewable marine power, yet, so far, ambitious schemes have been ignored.
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CJ Clouse, The Guardian
Frustration among scientists as many islands, hard hit by Covid and hurricanes, struggle to fight stony coral tissue loss disease.
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Investable Oceans Fisheries & Aquaculture
The third installment of our “Cooking4Climate” Series - kelp burgers. Regenerative and really good!
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Reef Builders Fisheries & Aquaculture
You might have heard of a seed bank but have you ever heard of a Living Coral Biobank?
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Richard Orange, The Guardian Fisheries & Aquaculture
From high-protein food to plastics and fuel, Swedish scientists are attempting to tap the marine plant’s huge potential.
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The Fish Site Fisheries & Aquaculture
Aqua-spark has released its second edition of the Aqua Insights report and focuses its analysis on the investment landscape for digital aquatech.
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World Ocean Initiative, The Economist Group Shipping & Ports
The shipping industry is essential for global trade and yet also responsible for around 2.5% of greenhouse-gas emissions (GHGs), which could rise by 50-250% by 2050 if shipping is not decarbonised, according to the International Maritime Organisation (IMO).
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Carolyn Cowan, Mongabay
The seventh Our Ocean Conference took place in the Pacific island nation of Palau on April 13 and 14.
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