Tag: oceans

Ecology
Melting Arctic ice could transform international shipping routes, study finds

Melting Arctic ice could transform international shipping...

Russia has used the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea for its own...

Ecology
Scientists uncover 'missing' plastics deep in the ocean

Scientists uncover 'missing' plastics deep in the ocean

About 51 trillion microplastics are floating in the surface waters of oceans around...

Ecology
Glaciers collapse could trigger global floods and swallow islands

Glaciers collapse could trigger global floods and swallow...

The massive Thwaites glacier in West Antarctica contains enough ice to raise global...

Ecology
Research reveals how much plastic debris is currently floating in the Mediterranean Sea

Research reveals how much plastic debris is currently floating...

A team of researchers have developed a model to track the pathways and fate of plastic...

Ecology
Rivers are largest global source of mercury in oceans

Rivers are largest global source of mercury in oceans

The mercury that rivers transport into the ocean can come from atmospheric mercury...

Ecology
Russian Arctic warming leads to major ice loss

Russian Arctic warming leads to major ice loss

Сonditions in the Arctic Ocean are becoming more like those in the North Atlantic,...

Ecology
Mathematical model predicts the movement of microplastics in the ocean

Mathematical model predicts the movement of microplastics...

A new model tracking the vertical movement of algae-covered microplastic particles...

Societies
Over 300 companies join forces to help resolve a humanitarian crisis on the world’s oceans

Over 300 companies join forces to help resolve a humanitarian...

They have signed the Neptune Declaration on Seafarer Wellbeing and Crew Change

Ecology
The plastic rivers of Asia play a key part in the fight against plastic in the ocean

The plastic rivers of Asia play a key part in the fight...

Near half of the global plastic leakage from land to sea comes from a few countries...

Ecology
New innovation programme to support the development of the Blue Economy

New innovation programme to support the development of...

The UK Hydrographic Office has launched a new innovation programme to help start-ups...

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