Quick Dips
Curated topical articles on the Blue Economy
Oliver Milman, The Guardian
Ocean heating driven by human-caused climate crisis, scientists say, in sixth consecutive year record has been broken.
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Joel Makower, GreenBiz Plastics & Pollution
It wasn’t long ago that the world seemed wrapped up in plastic: outrage over plastic drinking straws and bags, mostly, but also the entire plastics and packaging industries.
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Bonnie Waycott, Global Seafood Alliance Fisheries & Aquaculture
Projects in Denmark and England focus on education and building climate-positive models.
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Elizabeth Claire Alberts, Mongabay Fisheries & Aquaculture
A new report using core samples taken from the seabed has determined that the Humboldt Current system off the coast of Peru was home to smaller fish during the last interglacial period, 130,000 years ago.
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Cristen Hemingway Jaynes, EcoWatch Fisheries & Aquaculture
Seaweed, a term for the diverse group of large, nonflowering marine organisms known as algae, has a wide range of uses, from food and fertilizer to fuel.
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Philipp Rickenbacher, World Economic Forum
Transparency, choice and trust are needed to unlock the power of private investors in shaping sustainability.
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Royce Kurmelovs, The Guardian Energy Solutions Shipping & Ports
Port of Newcastle says move is part of plan to decarbonise the business by 2040 and ‘we don’t really have a choice’.
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Saleem Mustafa, World Economic Forum
Saving the ocean will require a firm commitment from maritime countries that deploys a mix of several approaches.
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Mogens L. Mathiesen, World Economic Forum
With collaborative action and data sharing the industry has an opportunity to build a sustainable blue economy.
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Damian Carrington, The Guardian Plastics & Pollution
New products range from washing machine filters and balls to fabrics made from kelp and orange peel.
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Marine Administration, US Department of Transportation Shipping & Ports
The Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 PIDP includes priorities related to job creation, climate change, and environmental justice impacts.
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Paul Hickin and Surabhi Sahu, S&P Global Shipping & Ports
Shipping's ability to meet decarbonization targets seem both extremely easy and very tough.
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Alice Chen, The Hill Times
There's 'huge potential' for the country to take advantage of the economy driven by ocean resources, says Independent Senator Rosa Galvez, but this comes with 'a lot of responsibility' for the government.
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Kerry Walker, National Geographic Tourism
With the Arctic warming three times faster than the rest of the planet, can travel to the region ever be sustainable? Select tours to Svalbard suggest small group trips may be a force for good.
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The Fish Site Fisheries & Aquaculture
After successful early research at Belfast’s Institute for Global Food Security (IGFS), livestock farmers throughout the UK will trial seaweed supplements to reduce methane emissions from animals.
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Offshore Source Energy Solutions
UK government to invest in tidal stream electricity in hopes of growing this emerging energy source.
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The Fish Site Fisheries & Aquaculture
Farming brown kelp (Saccharina latissima) or Royal Kombu can help safeguard the environment and when incorporated into the human food chain, can reduce the climate impacts of our diets.
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The Fish Site Fisheries & Aquaculture
The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) has published its first ever aquaculture overview, a document that covers the Norwegian Sea ecoregion.
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Ship Technology Shipping & Ports
Methanol, unlike ammonia, is safe for environment and not toxic in nature.
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K Oanh Ha, Bloomberg Plastics & Pollution
Companies experiment with ways to make the plastic used in most face coverings biodegradable, so it won't threaten marine life.
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