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SEPTEMBER 2024
Former environment minister Creecy under fire from penguin conservation groups: GroundUp (Sept. 30)
As the oceans warm, deep-living algae are thriving – with major potential effects for the marine ecosystem: The Conversation (Sept. 30)
Tagging Humpbacks: Where Biology, Conservation, and Engineering meet: Sail-World Cruising: (Sept. 30)
Coral reef destruction a threat to human rights: University of Technology Sydney (Sept. 30)
90 North Foundation joins the High Seas Alliance: Oceanographic (Sept. 30)
A coupled atmosphere-ocean source mechanism was a predictor of the 2022 Tonga volcanic tsunami: Nature (Sept. 30)
Deutsche Bank Adds Ocean Protection Requirements into Financing Policies: ESG Today (Sept. 30)
Mozambique's deep dive into marine tourism: Travel Weekly (Sept. 30)
Satellite Data Opportunities for Ocean and Fisheries Monitoring: Marine Business News (Sept. 30)
32 weird ways to fight climate change that just might work: Live Science (Sept. 29)
Ocean Plastic Cleanups May Do More Harm Than Good: The Maritime Executive (Sept. 29)
Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards unveils 2024 shortlist: Daily Maverick (Sept. 29)
Risks of competing discourses of scientific responsibility in global ocean futures: Nature (Sept. 29)
SEPTEMBER - WEEK 4
Progress on high seas treaty, but change still far off: Phys.Org (Sept. 28)
From the Atlantic to the Indian Ocean, Africa has storied seas: The East African (Sept. 28)
Return to sender: waste stranded at sea stirs toxic dispute: AFP (Sept. 27)
United States Sees Progress at International Whaling Commission Meeting: NOAA (Sept. 27)
Whale Sanctuary harpooned; Japan rebuked at Whaling Commission meeting: IFAW (Sept. 26)
The Life at Sea 2024 photography awards: a rare glimpse into the highs and lows of seafaring: The Guardian (Sept. 26)
African countries eye world’s first joint 'debt-for-nature' swap: Reuters (Sept. 26)
Is the ocean becoming too acidic to sustain life?: The Guardian (Sept. 26)
Oil pollution in North Sea is ‘grossly underestimated’, suggests new report: The Conversation (Sept. 26)
‘Crazy little fish have a lot to tell us’: sea robins use ‘legs’ to taste way to prey: The Guardian (Sept. 26)
What if Everyone Did Something to Slow Climate Change?: New York Times (Sept. 25)
Scientists Find Corals With a Secret That Could Aid Reef Conservation: Science Alert (Sept. 25)
Why bringing back oyster reefs could protect coasts from climate change: Nature (Sept. 25)
Deep Ocean Sound Confused Scientists For Years. We Finally Know What Makes It: Science Alert (Sept. 25)
Global fisheries must change to avoid ocean collapse, study says: Mongabay (Sept. 25)
3 houses have collapsed into the sea within a week in Rodanthe: CBS (Sept. 25)
SEPTEMBER - WEEK 3
Five times more marine fish may be at risk of extinction: study: Mongabay (Sept. 24)
New species of "ghost shark" discovered living deep in the Pacific Ocean: CBS (Sept. 24)
South Africa’s Cape Town takes measures to respond rising sea levels: CGTN Africa (Sept. 24)
Rethinking sustainability of marine fisheries for a fast-changing planet. 11 golden rules: Nature (Sept. 23)
Inaugural Planetary Health Check finds ocean acidification on the brink: Mongabay (Sept. 23)
Climate change is a pollution problem, and countries know how to deal with pollution threats: The Conversation (Sept. 23)
The next banking crisis could come from climate change: Fortune (Sept. 23)
Climatologist Simon Gear discusses impact of climate change on KZN and Eastern Cape: Newzroom Afrika (Sept. 23)
Sea level rise: Everything you need to know: World Economic Forum (Sept. 20)
Experts detail devastating marine consequences of ships' scrubber use: American journal of Transportation (Sept. 20)
Creating a Green Marine Fuel Market in South Africa: World Bank Group (Sept. 20)
Africa must help steer the High Seas Treaty out of dire straits: ISS Africa (Sept. 20)
Saharan dust supports ocean life far from the desert: earth.com (Sept. 20)
Scientists have captured Earth’s climate over the last 485 million years. Here’s the surprising place we stand now: WaPo (Sept. 19)
‘Billions’ of golf balls could be lost in the sea every year: CNN (Sept. 19)
Light is the Next Ocean Pollutant of Concern: The Maritime Executive (Sept. 19)
Claim of ‘dark oxygen’ on sea floor faces doubts: ScienceAdviser (Sept. 18)
A moon shot for the world's oceans: University of Miami (Sept. 17)
South Africa needs more nautical scientists and maritime engineers: The Conversation (Sept. 17)
'Marine identity' can help restore the ocean, say researchers: University of Exeter (Sept. 17)
In the dark ocean, these tiny creatures can smell their way home: ScienceAdviser (Sept. 17)
Study: Protecting the ocean helps fight malnutrition: Conservation International (Sept. 17)
Antarctic krill can lock away similar levels of carbon as seagrass and mangroves: ScienceDaily (Sept. 17)
Marine art deepens our understanding of the oceans: The Conversation (Sept. 16)
A Winter Wanderer in the Weddell Sea: NASA Earth Observatory (Sept. 16)
Seriously grumpy-faced fish discovered in Red Sea: Popular Science (Sept. 16)
Abalone, against all odds: How one French shellfish producer learned to survive: Global Seafood Alliance (Sept. 16)
‘Best time in history to take action’: Duke Sustainable Ocean Alliance hosts Summit: The Chronicle (Sept. 16)
Can marine protected areas provide biodiversity advantages in well-regulated fisheries?: Global Seafood Alliance (Sept. 16)
Climate change: Ozone layer still well on track for full recovery: United Nations (Sept. 16)
NOAA, Esri team up to make ocean data more accessible and actionable: NOAA (Sept. 16)
The Ocean Cleanup Reveals Plan to Clear the Great Pacific Garbage Patch: CNET (Sept. 15)
Gigantic Wave in Pacific Ocean Was The Most Extreme 'Rogue Wave' on Record: Science Alert (Sept. 15)
SEPTEMBER - WEEK 2
Angular roughshark: The pig-faced shark that grunts when captured: Live Science (Sept. 14)
Too hot for humpbacks: The race to protect Pacific whales: BBC (Sept. 14)
The Ocean Is Too Crowded: The Atlantic (Sept. 14)
How climate change is intensifying tropical cyclones: Reuters (Sept. 13)
More than 80% of EU marine protected areas are ineffective, study shows: The Guardian (Sept. 13)
Cleaning up ocean garbage isn’t enough. We must end our plastic addiction: Los Angeles Times (Sept. 12)
Diving and Foraging for Wild Food in Cape Town’s False Bay: Condé Nast (Sept. 12)
Exceptional new fish fossil sparks rethink of how Earth’s geology drives evolution: The Conversation (Sept. 12)
Epic whale image wins the Ocean Photographer of the Year 2024: Oceanographic Magazine (Sept. 12)
An Emoji with a Mission - Reduce Plastic: Marine Watchdogs: (Sept. 12)
Oiled Birds Found as South Africa Investigates Spill from MSC Vessel: The Maritime Executive (Sept. 11)
South African team helps to restore Zanzibar’s degraded coral reefs: Daily Maverick (Sept. 10)
How Sea Otters Can Help Save the Planet: The Marine Mammal Center (Sept. 10)
Investigation Underway After MSC Containership Spills Oil in South Africa’s Algoa Bay: gCaptain (Sept. 10)
Massive sea creature was anchored to ocean floor in Namibia by rope. Watch divers step in: Miami Herald (Sept. 10)
Double dip: Antarctic sea ice sinks to new low for winter: Phys.org (Sept. 10)
Thanks to humans, Salish Sea waters are too noisy for resident orcas to hunt successfully: University of Washington (Sept. 10)
Oceana’s Retiring CEO Reflects on 21 Years at the Helm and What’s Next: Oceana (Sept. 10)
From Small Rooms to Big Waves: How You Can Support a Major Initiative to Preserve Our Oceans: Katie Couric Media (Sept. 10)
Oceans absorb 6% more carbon thanks to rain: University of Hawai'i (Sept. 10)
Surf therapy connects people to water – ocean health depends on this ‘blue attunement: The Conversation (Sept. 9)
Over 15ha of mangroves planted in Indonesia under Temasek Foundation’s efforts: CNA (Sept. 9)
The Cellular Secret to Resisting the Pressure of the Deep Sea: Quanta Magazine (Sept. 9)
Shark biologists stumble into a deep-sea murder mystery: Washington Post (Sept. 9)
Understanding MPAs as socio-ecosystems: a method for defining socio-economic criteria in marine planning: Frontiers (Sept. 9)
Project 2025 Would Be a Disaster for National Marine Sanctuaries: Center for American Progress (Sept. 9)
German memecoin OceanDoge launches with a focus on ocean preservation: Crypto Briefing (Sept. 9)
Protecting Cape fur seals from plastic pollution: CNN (Sept. 9)
Peter Benchley Ocean Awards 2025 nominations now open: blooloop (Sept. 8)
SEPTEMBER - WEEK 1
In the shadow of war, volunteers save endangered sea turtles on Lebanon's beaches: WJCT News (Sept. 7)
Northern hemisphere's summer of 2024 was world's hottest on record: Reuters (Sept. 6)
How to change people’s minds about climate change: what the science says: Nature (Sept. 6)
The World’s Largest Beach Cleanup Effort to Take Place This Month: Good Things Guy (Sept. 6)
White Shark Café: The mysterious meeting spot for great whites in the middle of the Pacific Ocean: Live Science (Sept. 6)
Scientists Accidentally Catch Sneaky Seals Exhibiting A Smart Behaviour In Deep Sea: IFL Science (Sept. 6)
Taiwan volunteers fight rise in whale and dolphin strandings: AFP (Sept. 6)
Scientists bump into 'flying spaghetti monster' on deep-sea voyage to underwater mountains: Discover Wildlife (Sept. 6)
Ancient carbon released: Nature (Sept. 6)
The jet stream may be starting to shift in response to climate change: New Scientist (Sept. 6)
Paradigm shift needed to address climate change, biodiversity loss: David Suzuki Foundation (Sept. 5)
A brief guide to the greenhouse gases driving climate change: MIT Technology Review (Sept. 5)
Footage reveals damage in the deep ocean from industrial fishing: Greenpeace (Sept. 5)
Mysterious African manatees inspire a growing chorus of champions: Mongabay (Sept. 5)
A controversial play — and what it taught me about the psychology of climate change: David Finnigan at TED (Sept. 5)
September is Green Season So Keep an Eye Out for Turtle Strandings in SA: Good Things Guy (Sept. 3)
Coral Reefs at a Crossroads: "Every Coral We See Is Fighting": Esri (Sept. 3)
MSC Boxship Becomes Third in 2024 to Lose Boxes Overboard off South Africa: The Maritime Executive (Sept. 3)
Conservationists decry shark nets due to marine life harm: Sky News Australia (Sept. 3)
Ancient Ocean Sediments Reveal Analog to Human-Influenced Warming: Columbia Climate School (Sept. 3)
Exploring steric sea level variability in the Eastern Tropical Atlantic Ocean: a three-decade study: Scientific Reports (Sept. 3)
Uncovering the sea-crets of inner space: Minderoo Foundation (Sept 2)
Helicopters Aim To End Rodent Reign Of Terror On Marion Island: St Kitts & Nevis Observer (Sept. 2)
Sea Shepherd founder Paul Watson says Japan seeking to make an example of him: The Guardian (Sept. 2)
Section of Titanic Made Famous in Movie Collapses Onto Ocean Floor: Newsweek (Sept. 2)
Tropical and Antarctic sea ice impacts of observed Southern Ocean warming and cooling trends since 1949: Nature (Sept. 2)
Pacific forum highlights hypocrisy on marine conservation: The Post (Sept. 2)
Meet NASA’s newest underwater tool to fight climate change: CNN (Sept. 2)
Penguins on the precipice: Survival in the ‘noisiest bay in the world’: Al Jazeera (Sept. 1)
NSW urged to remove 51 shark nets after hundreds of dolphins and turtles caught last summer: The Guardian (Sept. 1)
How MPAs And Fisheries Management Protect Reef Sharks: Forbes (Sept. 1)
Climate: Kazakhstan's Caspian Sea is retreating: Le Monde (Sept. 1)
Former environment minister Creecy under fire from penguin conservation groups: GroundUp (Sept. 30)
As the oceans warm, deep-living algae are thriving – with major potential effects for the marine ecosystem: The Conversation (Sept. 30)
Tagging Humpbacks: Where Biology, Conservation, and Engineering meet: Sail-World Cruising: (Sept. 30)
Coral reef destruction a threat to human rights: University of Technology Sydney (Sept. 30)
90 North Foundation joins the High Seas Alliance: Oceanographic (Sept. 30)
A coupled atmosphere-ocean source mechanism was a predictor of the 2022 Tonga volcanic tsunami: Nature (Sept. 30)
Deutsche Bank Adds Ocean Protection Requirements into Financing Policies: ESG Today (Sept. 30)
Mozambique's deep dive into marine tourism: Travel Weekly (Sept. 30)
Satellite Data Opportunities for Ocean and Fisheries Monitoring: Marine Business News (Sept. 30)
32 weird ways to fight climate change that just might work: Live Science (Sept. 29)
Ocean Plastic Cleanups May Do More Harm Than Good: The Maritime Executive (Sept. 29)
Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards unveils 2024 shortlist: Daily Maverick (Sept. 29)
Risks of competing discourses of scientific responsibility in global ocean futures: Nature (Sept. 29)
SEPTEMBER - WEEK 4
Progress on high seas treaty, but change still far off: Phys.Org (Sept. 28)
From the Atlantic to the Indian Ocean, Africa has storied seas: The East African (Sept. 28)
Return to sender: waste stranded at sea stirs toxic dispute: AFP (Sept. 27)
United States Sees Progress at International Whaling Commission Meeting: NOAA (Sept. 27)
Whale Sanctuary harpooned; Japan rebuked at Whaling Commission meeting: IFAW (Sept. 26)
The Life at Sea 2024 photography awards: a rare glimpse into the highs and lows of seafaring: The Guardian (Sept. 26)
African countries eye world’s first joint 'debt-for-nature' swap: Reuters (Sept. 26)
Is the ocean becoming too acidic to sustain life?: The Guardian (Sept. 26)
Oil pollution in North Sea is ‘grossly underestimated’, suggests new report: The Conversation (Sept. 26)
‘Crazy little fish have a lot to tell us’: sea robins use ‘legs’ to taste way to prey: The Guardian (Sept. 26)
What if Everyone Did Something to Slow Climate Change?: New York Times (Sept. 25)
Scientists Find Corals With a Secret That Could Aid Reef Conservation: Science Alert (Sept. 25)
Why bringing back oyster reefs could protect coasts from climate change: Nature (Sept. 25)
Deep Ocean Sound Confused Scientists For Years. We Finally Know What Makes It: Science Alert (Sept. 25)
Global fisheries must change to avoid ocean collapse, study says: Mongabay (Sept. 25)
3 houses have collapsed into the sea within a week in Rodanthe: CBS (Sept. 25)
SEPTEMBER - WEEK 3
Five times more marine fish may be at risk of extinction: study: Mongabay (Sept. 24)
New species of "ghost shark" discovered living deep in the Pacific Ocean: CBS (Sept. 24)
South Africa’s Cape Town takes measures to respond rising sea levels: CGTN Africa (Sept. 24)
Rethinking sustainability of marine fisheries for a fast-changing planet. 11 golden rules: Nature (Sept. 23)
Inaugural Planetary Health Check finds ocean acidification on the brink: Mongabay (Sept. 23)
Climate change is a pollution problem, and countries know how to deal with pollution threats: The Conversation (Sept. 23)
The next banking crisis could come from climate change: Fortune (Sept. 23)
Climatologist Simon Gear discusses impact of climate change on KZN and Eastern Cape: Newzroom Afrika (Sept. 23)
Sea level rise: Everything you need to know: World Economic Forum (Sept. 20)
Experts detail devastating marine consequences of ships' scrubber use: American journal of Transportation (Sept. 20)
Creating a Green Marine Fuel Market in South Africa: World Bank Group (Sept. 20)
Africa must help steer the High Seas Treaty out of dire straits: ISS Africa (Sept. 20)
Saharan dust supports ocean life far from the desert: earth.com (Sept. 20)
Scientists have captured Earth’s climate over the last 485 million years. Here’s the surprising place we stand now: WaPo (Sept. 19)
‘Billions’ of golf balls could be lost in the sea every year: CNN (Sept. 19)
Light is the Next Ocean Pollutant of Concern: The Maritime Executive (Sept. 19)
Claim of ‘dark oxygen’ on sea floor faces doubts: ScienceAdviser (Sept. 18)
A moon shot for the world's oceans: University of Miami (Sept. 17)
South Africa needs more nautical scientists and maritime engineers: The Conversation (Sept. 17)
'Marine identity' can help restore the ocean, say researchers: University of Exeter (Sept. 17)
In the dark ocean, these tiny creatures can smell their way home: ScienceAdviser (Sept. 17)
Study: Protecting the ocean helps fight malnutrition: Conservation International (Sept. 17)
Antarctic krill can lock away similar levels of carbon as seagrass and mangroves: ScienceDaily (Sept. 17)
Marine art deepens our understanding of the oceans: The Conversation (Sept. 16)
A Winter Wanderer in the Weddell Sea: NASA Earth Observatory (Sept. 16)
Seriously grumpy-faced fish discovered in Red Sea: Popular Science (Sept. 16)
Abalone, against all odds: How one French shellfish producer learned to survive: Global Seafood Alliance (Sept. 16)
‘Best time in history to take action’: Duke Sustainable Ocean Alliance hosts Summit: The Chronicle (Sept. 16)
Can marine protected areas provide biodiversity advantages in well-regulated fisheries?: Global Seafood Alliance (Sept. 16)
Climate change: Ozone layer still well on track for full recovery: United Nations (Sept. 16)
NOAA, Esri team up to make ocean data more accessible and actionable: NOAA (Sept. 16)
The Ocean Cleanup Reveals Plan to Clear the Great Pacific Garbage Patch: CNET (Sept. 15)
Gigantic Wave in Pacific Ocean Was The Most Extreme 'Rogue Wave' on Record: Science Alert (Sept. 15)
SEPTEMBER - WEEK 2
Angular roughshark: The pig-faced shark that grunts when captured: Live Science (Sept. 14)
Too hot for humpbacks: The race to protect Pacific whales: BBC (Sept. 14)
The Ocean Is Too Crowded: The Atlantic (Sept. 14)
How climate change is intensifying tropical cyclones: Reuters (Sept. 13)
More than 80% of EU marine protected areas are ineffective, study shows: The Guardian (Sept. 13)
Cleaning up ocean garbage isn’t enough. We must end our plastic addiction: Los Angeles Times (Sept. 12)
Diving and Foraging for Wild Food in Cape Town’s False Bay: Condé Nast (Sept. 12)
Exceptional new fish fossil sparks rethink of how Earth’s geology drives evolution: The Conversation (Sept. 12)
Epic whale image wins the Ocean Photographer of the Year 2024: Oceanographic Magazine (Sept. 12)
An Emoji with a Mission - Reduce Plastic: Marine Watchdogs: (Sept. 12)
Oiled Birds Found as South Africa Investigates Spill from MSC Vessel: The Maritime Executive (Sept. 11)
South African team helps to restore Zanzibar’s degraded coral reefs: Daily Maverick (Sept. 10)
How Sea Otters Can Help Save the Planet: The Marine Mammal Center (Sept. 10)
Investigation Underway After MSC Containership Spills Oil in South Africa’s Algoa Bay: gCaptain (Sept. 10)
Massive sea creature was anchored to ocean floor in Namibia by rope. Watch divers step in: Miami Herald (Sept. 10)
Double dip: Antarctic sea ice sinks to new low for winter: Phys.org (Sept. 10)
Thanks to humans, Salish Sea waters are too noisy for resident orcas to hunt successfully: University of Washington (Sept. 10)
Oceana’s Retiring CEO Reflects on 21 Years at the Helm and What’s Next: Oceana (Sept. 10)
From Small Rooms to Big Waves: How You Can Support a Major Initiative to Preserve Our Oceans: Katie Couric Media (Sept. 10)
Oceans absorb 6% more carbon thanks to rain: University of Hawai'i (Sept. 10)
Surf therapy connects people to water – ocean health depends on this ‘blue attunement: The Conversation (Sept. 9)
Over 15ha of mangroves planted in Indonesia under Temasek Foundation’s efforts: CNA (Sept. 9)
The Cellular Secret to Resisting the Pressure of the Deep Sea: Quanta Magazine (Sept. 9)
Shark biologists stumble into a deep-sea murder mystery: Washington Post (Sept. 9)
Understanding MPAs as socio-ecosystems: a method for defining socio-economic criteria in marine planning: Frontiers (Sept. 9)
Project 2025 Would Be a Disaster for National Marine Sanctuaries: Center for American Progress (Sept. 9)
German memecoin OceanDoge launches with a focus on ocean preservation: Crypto Briefing (Sept. 9)
Protecting Cape fur seals from plastic pollution: CNN (Sept. 9)
Peter Benchley Ocean Awards 2025 nominations now open: blooloop (Sept. 8)
SEPTEMBER - WEEK 1
In the shadow of war, volunteers save endangered sea turtles on Lebanon's beaches: WJCT News (Sept. 7)
Northern hemisphere's summer of 2024 was world's hottest on record: Reuters (Sept. 6)
How to change people’s minds about climate change: what the science says: Nature (Sept. 6)
The World’s Largest Beach Cleanup Effort to Take Place This Month: Good Things Guy (Sept. 6)
White Shark Café: The mysterious meeting spot for great whites in the middle of the Pacific Ocean: Live Science (Sept. 6)
Scientists Accidentally Catch Sneaky Seals Exhibiting A Smart Behaviour In Deep Sea: IFL Science (Sept. 6)
Taiwan volunteers fight rise in whale and dolphin strandings: AFP (Sept. 6)
Scientists bump into 'flying spaghetti monster' on deep-sea voyage to underwater mountains: Discover Wildlife (Sept. 6)
Ancient carbon released: Nature (Sept. 6)
The jet stream may be starting to shift in response to climate change: New Scientist (Sept. 6)
Paradigm shift needed to address climate change, biodiversity loss: David Suzuki Foundation (Sept. 5)
A brief guide to the greenhouse gases driving climate change: MIT Technology Review (Sept. 5)
Footage reveals damage in the deep ocean from industrial fishing: Greenpeace (Sept. 5)
Mysterious African manatees inspire a growing chorus of champions: Mongabay (Sept. 5)
A controversial play — and what it taught me about the psychology of climate change: David Finnigan at TED (Sept. 5)
September is Green Season So Keep an Eye Out for Turtle Strandings in SA: Good Things Guy (Sept. 3)
Coral Reefs at a Crossroads: "Every Coral We See Is Fighting": Esri (Sept. 3)
MSC Boxship Becomes Third in 2024 to Lose Boxes Overboard off South Africa: The Maritime Executive (Sept. 3)
Conservationists decry shark nets due to marine life harm: Sky News Australia (Sept. 3)
Ancient Ocean Sediments Reveal Analog to Human-Influenced Warming: Columbia Climate School (Sept. 3)
Exploring steric sea level variability in the Eastern Tropical Atlantic Ocean: a three-decade study: Scientific Reports (Sept. 3)
Uncovering the sea-crets of inner space: Minderoo Foundation (Sept 2)
Helicopters Aim To End Rodent Reign Of Terror On Marion Island: St Kitts & Nevis Observer (Sept. 2)
Sea Shepherd founder Paul Watson says Japan seeking to make an example of him: The Guardian (Sept. 2)
Section of Titanic Made Famous in Movie Collapses Onto Ocean Floor: Newsweek (Sept. 2)
Tropical and Antarctic sea ice impacts of observed Southern Ocean warming and cooling trends since 1949: Nature (Sept. 2)
Pacific forum highlights hypocrisy on marine conservation: The Post (Sept. 2)
Meet NASA’s newest underwater tool to fight climate change: CNN (Sept. 2)
Penguins on the precipice: Survival in the ‘noisiest bay in the world’: Al Jazeera (Sept. 1)
NSW urged to remove 51 shark nets after hundreds of dolphins and turtles caught last summer: The Guardian (Sept. 1)
How MPAs And Fisheries Management Protect Reef Sharks: Forbes (Sept. 1)
Climate: Kazakhstan's Caspian Sea is retreating: Le Monde (Sept. 1)
AUGUST 2024
Charlie the penguin is thriving at uShaka Sea World: South Coast Sun (Aug. 31)
I Swore Off Air-Conditioning, and You Can, Too: New York Times (Aug. 31)
To really tackle climate change, here’s what Washington needs to do: Washington Post (Aug. 31)
South African court upholds governmental ban on use of drones for fishing purposes: Seafood Source (Aug. 30)
Life on the Most Remote Human Settlement in the World – Tristan da Cunha: A&D (Aug. 30)
India commits to signing High Seas Treaty; Bay of Bengal Program working to gather more ratifications: Seafood Source (Aug. 30)
Here’s What We Know About the Oil Tanker Stuck in the Red Sea: New York Times (Aug. 29)
September Marks the Start of #TheOceanStartsHere Month: Good Things Guy (Aug. 29)
How Marine Teams Are Protecting Cape Fur Seals From Plastic Pollution: PRN (Aug. 29)
Land-sea “tag-team” devastated ocean life millions of years ago: University of Leeds (Aug. 29)
AUGUST - WEEK 4
How a viral video made turtles the face of the ocean plastic crisis - now we must do more: New Scientist (Aug. 28)
A review of elasmobranch breaching behavior: why do sharks and rays propel themselves out of the water into the air?: Springer (Aug. 28)
Wild Coast: Constitutional Court says no to Shell appeal bid: GroundUp (Aug. 28)
Maersk says ocean shipping's zero-emissions push needs government support: Reuters (Aug. 28)
The Corals That Survive Climate Change Will Be Unrecognizable: The Atlantic (Aug. 28)
New images of deep sea wonders are surprisingly adorable: Popular Science (Aug. 28)
Healthy seas, thriving fisheries: transitioning to an environmentally sustainable sector: European Environment Agency (Aug. 28)
Transforming Coastal Adaptation Through Nature-Based Solutions in Inhambane: IUCN (Aug. 28)
How Indonesian researchers are reversing the decline of coral reefs: IDRC-CRDI (Aug. 27)
New Concept for the Protection of Marine Biodiversity: The AGELESS Project: University of Bremin (Aug. 27)
UN chief issues 'SOS' for Pacific Islands worst hit by warming ocean: Reuters (Aug. 27)
Ultra Galaxy wreck removal is the next target: BMI (Aug. 26)
Revising the cost of climate change: Harvard Gazette (Aug. 26)
Scientists Are on the Cusp of Unleashing the Power of the World’s Largest Battery: Popular Mechanics (Aug. 26)
Ocean as harmscapes: Navigating the waters of southern blue criminology: Frontiers (Aug. 26)
The four best eco-friendly ocean adventures: Outside Online (Aug. 26)
An Update on Released Turtles Bheni, Nobomvu and Turbo: Good Things Guy (Aug. 26)
Far More of the World's Fisheries Are Depleted Than We Thought: The Conversation (Aug. 25)
Minister seeks legal settlement in case of South Africa’s imperilled penguins: The Guardian (Aug. 25)
The shepherd of the sea guiding small boats home to safety in South Africa: Al Jazeera (Aug 25)
Scientists are living at sea in Papua New Guinea to study one of the most biodiverse places on Earth: Euro News (Aug. 24)
Ocean's twilight zone stabilizes the marine food chain: earth.com (Aug. 24)
The High Seas Treaty: Prospects and challenges: Observer Reseach Foundation (Aug. 23)
A climate change storm is coming. Here’s how to prepare: Fast Company (Aug 23)
The OCTOPUS Act: A push to protect Octopuses from the dangers of commercial farming: University of Miami (Aug. 23)
AI analysed 1,500 policies to cut emissions. These ones worked: Nature (Aug. 23)
Watch A Spectacular Sea Hare Swimming Through The Ocean: IFL Science (Aug. 23)
Climate policies that achieved major emission reductions: Global evidence from two decades: Science (Aug. 22)
I’m obsessed with sea worms: ‘Thankfully, in 25 years of working with them, I’ve never been bitten’: The Guardian (Aug. 22)
Rising seas, sinking shores — How the V&A Waterfront is bracing for impact: Daily Maverick (Aug. 22)
Estimates of the health of the world’s fisheries may be too optimistic: New York Times (Aug. 22)
AUGUST - WEEK 3
Documentarian Craig Foster's guide to Cape Town's most epic underwater adventures: BBC (Aug. 21)
Climate Model Simulates Unusually High Heat over the Southern Ocean: Eos (Aug. 21)
What it's like to scuba dive in the South Pacific's most inexplicable feeding frenzy: BBC (Aug. 21)
Modeling study finds highest prediction of sea-level rise unlikely: Phys.org (Aug. 21)
Major Habitat Loss Looms for Top Marine Predators Amid Climate Change: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute (Aug. 21)
New ocean acidification maps of U.S. waters: NOAA (Aug. 21)
Hundreds of sea lions invade popular Monterey beach, forcing it to close: ABC News (Aug. 21)
African penguin lawsuit — Settlement talks ‘to prevent extinction’ under way: Daily Maverick (Aug. 20)
Oil Spill Clean-Up Intensifies in South Africa After ‘Ultra Galaxy’ Wreck Breaks Apart: gCaptain (Aug. 20)
New surface ocean acidification indicators developed for large marine ecosystems: NOAA (Aug. 20)
The Atlantic is cooling at record speed and nobody knows why: New Scientist (Aug. 19)
Global warming may be factor in deadly Italian shipwreck: Reuters (Aug. 19)
A Western Indian Ocean agreement aims to save a tropical paradise in trouble: UNEP (Aug. 19)
The Urgency of Marine Conservation: Why Time Is Running Out: Sea Shepherd (Aug. 19)
Overgrown gully sharks go home: The Two Oceans Aquarium and The Ocean Advocate (Aug. 19)
I Just Found Out Octopuses Don't Have Tentacles, And I Need To Lie Down: HuffPost (Aug. 18)
Ship loses 99 containers near Richards Bay in storms off South Africa: Seatrade Maritime (Aug. 18)
Civil society is ramping up litigation to stop the fossil fuel juggernaut (Part 1): Daily Maverick (Aug. 18)
Sending Signals Through the Ice on Ocean Worlds: NASA (Aug. 18)
At Least 100,000 Years Ago, Great White Sharks Split Into Three Different Populations: Current Biology (Aug. 17)
Explore the waters of the Azores | Ocean Xplorers: National Geographic (Aug. 17)
Why I love sea turtles – and why we have to save them: Big Issue (Aug. 17)
Saturn’s Ocean Moon Was Hiding in Plain Sight: The Atlantic (Aug. 17)
Artificial Intelligence in Conservation Research: Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation (Aug 17)
Another Outer Banks Home Collapses Into Ocean, a Stark Reminder of Climate Change: New York Times (Aug. 17)
South Africa: Stop New Mining On West Coast, Say Fishers: GroundUp (Aug. 16)
Booming South-South trade in fisheries and aquaculture offers a sea of opportunities: UNCTAD (Aug. 16)
Top UN court sets a December date for hearings in a landmark climate change case: ABC News (Aug. 16)
South Africa seeks feedback to proposed regulations to bunker customs regulations: Ship & Bunker (Aug. 16)
Rarely seen deep sea oarfish found off California: ABC News (Aug. 16)
Conservation roadmap sets ambitious goal to eliminate marine pollution: Seafood Source (Aug. 16)
Scientists Drill 1,268 Meters Deep Under The Atlantic Ocean, Scooping Out Huge Piece Of Earth's Mantle: IFL Science (Aug. 16)
Adin Masencamp Dodges Seaweed to Surf South Africa’s Hidden Pipeline: The Intertia (Aug. 15)
What to do when climate change feels unstoppable: TED (Aug. 15)
Want to See Coral Reefs Grow? Freeze Them: New York Times (Aug. 15)
Using Environmental DNA to Understand Biodiversity in a Marine National Monument: NOAA (Aug. 15)
‘Charlie’ the Penguin Rescued From Dangerous Shark Attack Thrives at uShaka: Good Things Guy (Aug. 15)
Bizarre fish, kaleidoscopic coral and majestic whales: images from Ocean Photographer of the Year: Discover Wildlife (Aug. 15)
Europe's marine protected areas: WISE Marine (Aug 15)
Noble pen shells: The effort to save these suddenly endangered giant clams: BBC (Aug. 15)
The unexpected cause of increased marine mammal interactions: WBUR (Aug. 15)
Computer model sheds light into climate change impact on fisheries: Global Seafood Alliance (Aug. 15)
A 600-year-old coral shows us how the Pacific Ocean has changed since 1370: The Conversation (Aug. 15)
Bleak photo of polar bear with plastic in its jaws in the remote Arctic shows pollution's 'pervasive grip': Live Science (Aug. 15)
Arctic sea cucumbers - the delicious seafloor treasure that Greenland wants a piece of: Polar Journal (Aug. 15)
Experts warn of decline in SA's sardine migration: TRT Africa (Aug. 15)
AUGUST - WEEK 2
Southern Ocean’s hidden treasures: Scientists identify crucial wildlife conservation sites: University of Colorado (Aug. 14)
Antarctica's potential key biodiversity area sites representing high-use areas for seabirds and pinnipeds: Conservation Biology (Aug. 14)
Yes, some Cape fur seals have rabies. No, ocean lovers aren't staying out of the sea: The Ocean Advocate (Aug. 14)
Ocean conservation: Protecting marine ecosystems through artificial reefs: Star Media (Aug. 14)
How climate change has pushed our oceans to the brink of catastrophe: New Scientist (Aug. 14)
Ted Danson On Single-Use Plastic And Why We Must Protect Our Oceans:Forbes (Aug. 14)
US rolls out first-of-its-kind ocean conservation strategy: The Cool Down (Aug. 14)
Will regulators OK controversial effort to supercharge ocean’s ability to absorb carbon?: Science (Aug. 14)
How AI Is Helping Restore the World’s Coral Reefs: Sify.com (Aug. 13)
From academia to a career in ocean sustainability: Nature (Aug. 13)
Surf spots are climate hotspots, study finds: Conservation International (Aug. 13)
Using seaweed and mushroom waste in chicken feed could boost Africa's food security: Feed Navigator (Aug. 13)
Salvage Continues on South Africa Shipwreck as Investigation Gets Underway: gCaptain (Aug. 13)
As waterbodies lose oxygen, are we breaching a potential planetary boundary?: Mongabay (Aug. 13)
Americans prefer ‘climate change’ and ‘global warming’ over more heated terms: Fast Company (Aug. 13)
Despair as the sea slowly swallows a Kenyan beauty spot: BBC (Aug. 13)
The tipping points of climate change — and where we stand: Johan Rockström at TED (Aug. 13)
Mars may have enough water under its surface to form a global ocean: AP (Aug. 13)
From Octopus Teacher to Amphibious Soul – filmmaker Craig Foster: Daily Maverick (Aug. 13)
Quieter seas are good news for African penguins: The Ocean Advocate (Aug 12)
Solving the zinc riddle and how its cycle in the oceans affects life: Nature Africa (Aug. 12)
Blue Crab Invasion Upends Italy’s Culinary Traditions And Ecology: SEJ (Aug. 12)
Somali piracy surges as new threat diverts resources: DefenceWeb (Aug. 12)
How Close Are the Planet’s Climate Tipping Points?: New York Times (Aug. 11)
The lazy person's guide to saving the ocean: United Nations (Aug. 11)
Too Much of Our Seafood Has a Dark Secret: New York Times (Aug. 11)
Pearlfish: The eel-like fish that lives up a sea cucumber's butt: Live Science (Aug. 10)
Can Dirt Clean the Climate?: New York Times (Aug. 10)
Inside the Race to Mine $92 Billion Worth of Deep Sea Minerals: Wall Street Journal (Aug. 10)
Sylvia Earle on the greatest threat to our oceans: Mongabay (Aug. 9)
The Many Adventures of Nitrogen in the Arctic Ocean: Eos (Aug. 9)
Down into the ocean's 'twilight zone' with Boaty McBoatface: BBC (Aug. 9)
Are marine protected areas safeguarding the Tohorā—the southern right whale?: University of Auckland (Aug. 9)
TRACEY DAVIES: No thanks, TotalEnergies: Financial Mail (Aug. 8)
Lawsuit Seeks to Protect Marine Mammals From Foreign Fishing Gear, Enforce Seafood Import Bans: CBD (Aug. 8)
‘It’s nice to help a life to live’: meet Sri Lanka’s turtle guardians: The Guardian (Aug. 8)
Kelp Forest Challenge endorsed by United Nations Ocean Decade: UNSW (Aug. 8)
Growing prominence of deep-sea life in marine bioprospecting: Nature (Aug. 8)
Ship Brings Rocky Clues to Life’s Origins Up From Ocean’s ‘Lost City’: New York Times (Aug. 8)
AUGUST - WEEK 1
400-year record heat threat to Great Barrier Reef: BBC (Aug. 7)
Climate Change Threatens the Survival and Recovery of Black Abalone: NOAA (Aug. 7)
Camera-carrying sea lions map uncharted areas of the ocean: Nature (Aug. 7)
How To Save the Oceans, With Mission Blue Founder Sylvia Earle: Sharp (Aug. 6)
Climate advocacy groups call Harris-Walz pairing a ‘winning ticket on climate’: ABC News (Aug. 6)
Turtle Conservation Hero: Talitha Noble-Trull Fights for Ocean Health: Good Things Guy (Aug. 6)
Sea-bed regulator elects secretary general as calls grow to pause deep-sea mining: Reuters (Aug. 5)
What’s at Stake on the Ocean Floor: Nieman Reports (Aug. 5)
Why local action is crucial to addressing global climate change: WEF (Aug. 5)
West Coast oil spill — inside the emergency response effort and salvage operation: Daily Maverick (Aug. 5)
Japan harpoons first fin whale in half a century: Oceanographic (Aug. 5)
‘The Adriatic is becoming tropical’: Italian fishers struggle to adapt to warm sea: The Guardian (Aug. 4)
New Papua New Guinea Study To Asses Health Of Reefs: Deeper Blue (Aug. 4)
Shining a light on China's sea turtle conservation efforts in South China Sea: Global Times (Aug. 4)
World's biggest iceberg spins in ocean trap: BBC (Aug. 4)
A critical system of Atlantic Ocean currents could collapse as early as the 2030s: CNN (Aug. 3)
Greenpeace co-founder faces extradition and 15-year prison sentence in Japan: Express Tribune (Aug. 3)
Ocean Dead Zone Is Way Beyond Average: The Weather Channel (Aug. 3)
Marine Protected Areas: Protection from whom?: The Ocean Advocate (Aug. 2)
Ocean World Dynamics: Deep Sea Weather: Astrobiology (Aug. 2)
Sustainable Adventures: A Manifesto for The Modern Traveller: Seven Seas (Aug. 2)
Why is the North Pacific warming so fast?: NOAA (Aug. 2)
Deep sea mining opponents suffer major setback: AFP (Aug. 2)
Big sharks equal big impact, but there’s a big problem: Florida International University (Aug. 1)
Big old fat fecund females: celebrating Marine Protected Areas Day: The Ocean Advocate (Aug. 1)
How climate change is speeding up the great Arctic melt: NBC News (Aug. 1)
Asia needs urgent help to turn the tide on ocean heatwaves: South China Morning Post (Aug. 1)
Saving Cabo Pulmo, Mexico’s 20,000 year old reef: Race to Zero (Aug. 1)
Oceans without sharks would be far less healthy: The Conversation (Aug. 1)
A penguin’s perspective – How tiny cameras reveal underwater theft and cooperation: Daily Maverick (Aug. 1)
Inspiring a sea change: Financial Mail (Aug. 1) - written by The Ocean Advocate
Charlie the penguin is thriving at uShaka Sea World: South Coast Sun (Aug. 31)
I Swore Off Air-Conditioning, and You Can, Too: New York Times (Aug. 31)
To really tackle climate change, here’s what Washington needs to do: Washington Post (Aug. 31)
South African court upholds governmental ban on use of drones for fishing purposes: Seafood Source (Aug. 30)
Life on the Most Remote Human Settlement in the World – Tristan da Cunha: A&D (Aug. 30)
India commits to signing High Seas Treaty; Bay of Bengal Program working to gather more ratifications: Seafood Source (Aug. 30)
Here’s What We Know About the Oil Tanker Stuck in the Red Sea: New York Times (Aug. 29)
September Marks the Start of #TheOceanStartsHere Month: Good Things Guy (Aug. 29)
How Marine Teams Are Protecting Cape Fur Seals From Plastic Pollution: PRN (Aug. 29)
Land-sea “tag-team” devastated ocean life millions of years ago: University of Leeds (Aug. 29)
AUGUST - WEEK 4
How a viral video made turtles the face of the ocean plastic crisis - now we must do more: New Scientist (Aug. 28)
A review of elasmobranch breaching behavior: why do sharks and rays propel themselves out of the water into the air?: Springer (Aug. 28)
Wild Coast: Constitutional Court says no to Shell appeal bid: GroundUp (Aug. 28)
Maersk says ocean shipping's zero-emissions push needs government support: Reuters (Aug. 28)
The Corals That Survive Climate Change Will Be Unrecognizable: The Atlantic (Aug. 28)
New images of deep sea wonders are surprisingly adorable: Popular Science (Aug. 28)
Healthy seas, thriving fisheries: transitioning to an environmentally sustainable sector: European Environment Agency (Aug. 28)
Transforming Coastal Adaptation Through Nature-Based Solutions in Inhambane: IUCN (Aug. 28)
How Indonesian researchers are reversing the decline of coral reefs: IDRC-CRDI (Aug. 27)
New Concept for the Protection of Marine Biodiversity: The AGELESS Project: University of Bremin (Aug. 27)
UN chief issues 'SOS' for Pacific Islands worst hit by warming ocean: Reuters (Aug. 27)
Ultra Galaxy wreck removal is the next target: BMI (Aug. 26)
Revising the cost of climate change: Harvard Gazette (Aug. 26)
Scientists Are on the Cusp of Unleashing the Power of the World’s Largest Battery: Popular Mechanics (Aug. 26)
Ocean as harmscapes: Navigating the waters of southern blue criminology: Frontiers (Aug. 26)
The four best eco-friendly ocean adventures: Outside Online (Aug. 26)
An Update on Released Turtles Bheni, Nobomvu and Turbo: Good Things Guy (Aug. 26)
Far More of the World's Fisheries Are Depleted Than We Thought: The Conversation (Aug. 25)
Minister seeks legal settlement in case of South Africa’s imperilled penguins: The Guardian (Aug. 25)
The shepherd of the sea guiding small boats home to safety in South Africa: Al Jazeera (Aug 25)
Scientists are living at sea in Papua New Guinea to study one of the most biodiverse places on Earth: Euro News (Aug. 24)
Ocean's twilight zone stabilizes the marine food chain: earth.com (Aug. 24)
The High Seas Treaty: Prospects and challenges: Observer Reseach Foundation (Aug. 23)
A climate change storm is coming. Here’s how to prepare: Fast Company (Aug 23)
The OCTOPUS Act: A push to protect Octopuses from the dangers of commercial farming: University of Miami (Aug. 23)
AI analysed 1,500 policies to cut emissions. These ones worked: Nature (Aug. 23)
Watch A Spectacular Sea Hare Swimming Through The Ocean: IFL Science (Aug. 23)
Climate policies that achieved major emission reductions: Global evidence from two decades: Science (Aug. 22)
I’m obsessed with sea worms: ‘Thankfully, in 25 years of working with them, I’ve never been bitten’: The Guardian (Aug. 22)
Rising seas, sinking shores — How the V&A Waterfront is bracing for impact: Daily Maverick (Aug. 22)
Estimates of the health of the world’s fisheries may be too optimistic: New York Times (Aug. 22)
AUGUST - WEEK 3
Documentarian Craig Foster's guide to Cape Town's most epic underwater adventures: BBC (Aug. 21)
Climate Model Simulates Unusually High Heat over the Southern Ocean: Eos (Aug. 21)
What it's like to scuba dive in the South Pacific's most inexplicable feeding frenzy: BBC (Aug. 21)
Modeling study finds highest prediction of sea-level rise unlikely: Phys.org (Aug. 21)
Major Habitat Loss Looms for Top Marine Predators Amid Climate Change: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute (Aug. 21)
New ocean acidification maps of U.S. waters: NOAA (Aug. 21)
Hundreds of sea lions invade popular Monterey beach, forcing it to close: ABC News (Aug. 21)
African penguin lawsuit — Settlement talks ‘to prevent extinction’ under way: Daily Maverick (Aug. 20)
Oil Spill Clean-Up Intensifies in South Africa After ‘Ultra Galaxy’ Wreck Breaks Apart: gCaptain (Aug. 20)
New surface ocean acidification indicators developed for large marine ecosystems: NOAA (Aug. 20)
The Atlantic is cooling at record speed and nobody knows why: New Scientist (Aug. 19)
Global warming may be factor in deadly Italian shipwreck: Reuters (Aug. 19)
A Western Indian Ocean agreement aims to save a tropical paradise in trouble: UNEP (Aug. 19)
The Urgency of Marine Conservation: Why Time Is Running Out: Sea Shepherd (Aug. 19)
Overgrown gully sharks go home: The Two Oceans Aquarium and The Ocean Advocate (Aug. 19)
I Just Found Out Octopuses Don't Have Tentacles, And I Need To Lie Down: HuffPost (Aug. 18)
Ship loses 99 containers near Richards Bay in storms off South Africa: Seatrade Maritime (Aug. 18)
Civil society is ramping up litigation to stop the fossil fuel juggernaut (Part 1): Daily Maverick (Aug. 18)
Sending Signals Through the Ice on Ocean Worlds: NASA (Aug. 18)
At Least 100,000 Years Ago, Great White Sharks Split Into Three Different Populations: Current Biology (Aug. 17)
Explore the waters of the Azores | Ocean Xplorers: National Geographic (Aug. 17)
Why I love sea turtles – and why we have to save them: Big Issue (Aug. 17)
Saturn’s Ocean Moon Was Hiding in Plain Sight: The Atlantic (Aug. 17)
Artificial Intelligence in Conservation Research: Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation (Aug 17)
Another Outer Banks Home Collapses Into Ocean, a Stark Reminder of Climate Change: New York Times (Aug. 17)
South Africa: Stop New Mining On West Coast, Say Fishers: GroundUp (Aug. 16)
Booming South-South trade in fisheries and aquaculture offers a sea of opportunities: UNCTAD (Aug. 16)
Top UN court sets a December date for hearings in a landmark climate change case: ABC News (Aug. 16)
South Africa seeks feedback to proposed regulations to bunker customs regulations: Ship & Bunker (Aug. 16)
Rarely seen deep sea oarfish found off California: ABC News (Aug. 16)
Conservation roadmap sets ambitious goal to eliminate marine pollution: Seafood Source (Aug. 16)
Scientists Drill 1,268 Meters Deep Under The Atlantic Ocean, Scooping Out Huge Piece Of Earth's Mantle: IFL Science (Aug. 16)
Adin Masencamp Dodges Seaweed to Surf South Africa’s Hidden Pipeline: The Intertia (Aug. 15)
What to do when climate change feels unstoppable: TED (Aug. 15)
Want to See Coral Reefs Grow? Freeze Them: New York Times (Aug. 15)
Using Environmental DNA to Understand Biodiversity in a Marine National Monument: NOAA (Aug. 15)
‘Charlie’ the Penguin Rescued From Dangerous Shark Attack Thrives at uShaka: Good Things Guy (Aug. 15)
Bizarre fish, kaleidoscopic coral and majestic whales: images from Ocean Photographer of the Year: Discover Wildlife (Aug. 15)
Europe's marine protected areas: WISE Marine (Aug 15)
Noble pen shells: The effort to save these suddenly endangered giant clams: BBC (Aug. 15)
The unexpected cause of increased marine mammal interactions: WBUR (Aug. 15)
Computer model sheds light into climate change impact on fisheries: Global Seafood Alliance (Aug. 15)
A 600-year-old coral shows us how the Pacific Ocean has changed since 1370: The Conversation (Aug. 15)
Bleak photo of polar bear with plastic in its jaws in the remote Arctic shows pollution's 'pervasive grip': Live Science (Aug. 15)
Arctic sea cucumbers - the delicious seafloor treasure that Greenland wants a piece of: Polar Journal (Aug. 15)
Experts warn of decline in SA's sardine migration: TRT Africa (Aug. 15)
AUGUST - WEEK 2
Southern Ocean’s hidden treasures: Scientists identify crucial wildlife conservation sites: University of Colorado (Aug. 14)
Antarctica's potential key biodiversity area sites representing high-use areas for seabirds and pinnipeds: Conservation Biology (Aug. 14)
Yes, some Cape fur seals have rabies. No, ocean lovers aren't staying out of the sea: The Ocean Advocate (Aug. 14)
Ocean conservation: Protecting marine ecosystems through artificial reefs: Star Media (Aug. 14)
How climate change has pushed our oceans to the brink of catastrophe: New Scientist (Aug. 14)
Ted Danson On Single-Use Plastic And Why We Must Protect Our Oceans:Forbes (Aug. 14)
US rolls out first-of-its-kind ocean conservation strategy: The Cool Down (Aug. 14)
Will regulators OK controversial effort to supercharge ocean’s ability to absorb carbon?: Science (Aug. 14)
How AI Is Helping Restore the World’s Coral Reefs: Sify.com (Aug. 13)
From academia to a career in ocean sustainability: Nature (Aug. 13)
Surf spots are climate hotspots, study finds: Conservation International (Aug. 13)
Using seaweed and mushroom waste in chicken feed could boost Africa's food security: Feed Navigator (Aug. 13)
Salvage Continues on South Africa Shipwreck as Investigation Gets Underway: gCaptain (Aug. 13)
As waterbodies lose oxygen, are we breaching a potential planetary boundary?: Mongabay (Aug. 13)
Americans prefer ‘climate change’ and ‘global warming’ over more heated terms: Fast Company (Aug. 13)
Despair as the sea slowly swallows a Kenyan beauty spot: BBC (Aug. 13)
The tipping points of climate change — and where we stand: Johan Rockström at TED (Aug. 13)
Mars may have enough water under its surface to form a global ocean: AP (Aug. 13)
From Octopus Teacher to Amphibious Soul – filmmaker Craig Foster: Daily Maverick (Aug. 13)
Quieter seas are good news for African penguins: The Ocean Advocate (Aug 12)
Solving the zinc riddle and how its cycle in the oceans affects life: Nature Africa (Aug. 12)
Blue Crab Invasion Upends Italy’s Culinary Traditions And Ecology: SEJ (Aug. 12)
Somali piracy surges as new threat diverts resources: DefenceWeb (Aug. 12)
How Close Are the Planet’s Climate Tipping Points?: New York Times (Aug. 11)
The lazy person's guide to saving the ocean: United Nations (Aug. 11)
Too Much of Our Seafood Has a Dark Secret: New York Times (Aug. 11)
Pearlfish: The eel-like fish that lives up a sea cucumber's butt: Live Science (Aug. 10)
Can Dirt Clean the Climate?: New York Times (Aug. 10)
Inside the Race to Mine $92 Billion Worth of Deep Sea Minerals: Wall Street Journal (Aug. 10)
Sylvia Earle on the greatest threat to our oceans: Mongabay (Aug. 9)
The Many Adventures of Nitrogen in the Arctic Ocean: Eos (Aug. 9)
Down into the ocean's 'twilight zone' with Boaty McBoatface: BBC (Aug. 9)
Are marine protected areas safeguarding the Tohorā—the southern right whale?: University of Auckland (Aug. 9)
TRACEY DAVIES: No thanks, TotalEnergies: Financial Mail (Aug. 8)
Lawsuit Seeks to Protect Marine Mammals From Foreign Fishing Gear, Enforce Seafood Import Bans: CBD (Aug. 8)
‘It’s nice to help a life to live’: meet Sri Lanka’s turtle guardians: The Guardian (Aug. 8)
Kelp Forest Challenge endorsed by United Nations Ocean Decade: UNSW (Aug. 8)
Growing prominence of deep-sea life in marine bioprospecting: Nature (Aug. 8)
Ship Brings Rocky Clues to Life’s Origins Up From Ocean’s ‘Lost City’: New York Times (Aug. 8)
AUGUST - WEEK 1
400-year record heat threat to Great Barrier Reef: BBC (Aug. 7)
Climate Change Threatens the Survival and Recovery of Black Abalone: NOAA (Aug. 7)
Camera-carrying sea lions map uncharted areas of the ocean: Nature (Aug. 7)
How To Save the Oceans, With Mission Blue Founder Sylvia Earle: Sharp (Aug. 6)
Climate advocacy groups call Harris-Walz pairing a ‘winning ticket on climate’: ABC News (Aug. 6)
Turtle Conservation Hero: Talitha Noble-Trull Fights for Ocean Health: Good Things Guy (Aug. 6)
Sea-bed regulator elects secretary general as calls grow to pause deep-sea mining: Reuters (Aug. 5)
What’s at Stake on the Ocean Floor: Nieman Reports (Aug. 5)
Why local action is crucial to addressing global climate change: WEF (Aug. 5)
West Coast oil spill — inside the emergency response effort and salvage operation: Daily Maverick (Aug. 5)
Japan harpoons first fin whale in half a century: Oceanographic (Aug. 5)
‘The Adriatic is becoming tropical’: Italian fishers struggle to adapt to warm sea: The Guardian (Aug. 4)
New Papua New Guinea Study To Asses Health Of Reefs: Deeper Blue (Aug. 4)
Shining a light on China's sea turtle conservation efforts in South China Sea: Global Times (Aug. 4)
World's biggest iceberg spins in ocean trap: BBC (Aug. 4)
A critical system of Atlantic Ocean currents could collapse as early as the 2030s: CNN (Aug. 3)
Greenpeace co-founder faces extradition and 15-year prison sentence in Japan: Express Tribune (Aug. 3)
Ocean Dead Zone Is Way Beyond Average: The Weather Channel (Aug. 3)
Marine Protected Areas: Protection from whom?: The Ocean Advocate (Aug. 2)
Ocean World Dynamics: Deep Sea Weather: Astrobiology (Aug. 2)
Sustainable Adventures: A Manifesto for The Modern Traveller: Seven Seas (Aug. 2)
Why is the North Pacific warming so fast?: NOAA (Aug. 2)
Deep sea mining opponents suffer major setback: AFP (Aug. 2)
Big sharks equal big impact, but there’s a big problem: Florida International University (Aug. 1)
Big old fat fecund females: celebrating Marine Protected Areas Day: The Ocean Advocate (Aug. 1)
How climate change is speeding up the great Arctic melt: NBC News (Aug. 1)
Asia needs urgent help to turn the tide on ocean heatwaves: South China Morning Post (Aug. 1)
Saving Cabo Pulmo, Mexico’s 20,000 year old reef: Race to Zero (Aug. 1)
Oceans without sharks would be far less healthy: The Conversation (Aug. 1)
A penguin’s perspective – How tiny cameras reveal underwater theft and cooperation: Daily Maverick (Aug. 1)
Inspiring a sea change: Financial Mail (Aug. 1) - written by The Ocean Advocate
JULY 2024
Positive ocean news: Marine Conservation Society (July 31)
Pen Hadow: Climate change is making my epic Arctic crossing impossible: NewScientist (July 31)
We’re Protecting the Ocean Wrong: The Revelator (July 31)
Rabies outbreak in Cape fur seals: navigating a new South African reality: Daily Maverick (July 31)
Climate change helped enable this deadly heat wave — now, it has hit the Olympics: CBC (July 31)
10,000% pollution increase from oil and gas platforms decimates ocean life: Earth.com (July 31)
Economic damage from ocean plastic could reach $434bn by 2050: BusinessGreen (July 31)
Q&A: What does deep-sea mining mean for climate change and biodiversity loss?: CarbonBrief (July 31)
The climate change game making headlines: RNZ (July 31)
Cool summer seas are a climate-linked killer: Save Our Seas (July 30)
Ocean noise pollution: What is it and why is it a problem?: IFAW (July 30)
Vanuatu fights for marine protection at pivotal UN deep-sea mining meeting: RNZ (July 30)
Top 10 Ocean Tech Startups: TechRound (July 30)
Earth’s Only Ocean Iguanas In Peril: Weather.com (July 30)
Potential Biological Removal Levels: A Tool to Conserve Marine Mammals: NOAA (July 30)
Saving the North Atlantic Right Whale: Marine Spatial Planning and Awareness: Esri (July 30)
Number of plastic bags found on UK beaches down 80% since charge introduced: The Guardian (July 29)
There’s a New Reason to Save Life in the Deep Ocean: New York Times (July 29)
Is Europe headed toward a new ice age as ocean current nears collapse?: The National (July 29)
Shark fin consumption wanes in Thailand, yet demand persists: Mongabay (July 29)
Aichi sea turtle researchers assess risks of warmer nesting sites: Japan Times (July 29)
Baltic Sea shipwreck from 19th century found with 'more than 100 bottles of Champagne': USA Today (July 29)
Revolutionizing Ocean Conservation with Advanced Technology: ELBlog (July 29)
JULY - WEEK 4
China is itching to mine the ocean floor: The Economist (July 28)
Everyone Should Become a Citizen Scientist. Here’s Why (And How): Earth.Org (July 28)
Saving Olive Ridley Turtles: The Hindu (July 28)
Without weirdo sea cucumbers our oceans might die: Salon (July 28)
Four hottest days ever observed raise fears of a planet nearing ‘tipping points’: Washington Post (July 27)
How the Ocean Is Liberating for One of South Africa’s Best Surfers: New York Times (July 27)
Tonga eruption entombed deep-sea life in ash: Live Science (July 27)
The Satellite Helping Slow Climate Change — Right Now: Millie Chu Baird, TED Talk (July 27)
Bring women to the table to talk ocean sustainability: The Interpreter (July 26)
Surprise Discovery Hints a Hidden Ocean Is Lurking in The Solar System: Science Alert (July 26)
NASA Returns to Arctic Studying Summer Sea Ice Melt: NASA (July 26)
Tagging seals with sensors helps scientists track ocean currents and a changing climate: The Conversation (July 25)
Sea urchins fed cabbage in Japan to help fight marine damage: Reuters (July 25)
California and Hawai'i lead charge against deep-sea mining of critical metals: Los Angeles Times (July 25)
New Fixes for Methane Emissions Could Be a Big Climate Help: The Wall Street Journal (July 25)
Commission report calls out SA over tardy climate action: Business Day (July 25)
The dangerous effects of rising sea temperatures: The Financial Times (July 24)
Seal attacks contribute to African penguin’s looming extinction: GroundUp (July 24)
The Role of 3D Printing in Ocean Conservation: 3Dnatives (July 24)
South Africa passes its first sweeping climate change law: Reuters (July 23)
Landmark August 12 verdict expected over illegal fishing inside Marine Protected Areas: Daily Maverick (July 23)
Supporters of arrested Sea Shepherd founder say parallels with Julian Assange are ‘disturbing’: The Guardian (July 23)
New federal survey aims to count hundreds of beluga whales: CBC (July 23)
Marine Protected Areas producing more ‘trophy-size’ fish: University of Hawai'i (July 23)
Britain's climate change plan challenged in landmark court case: Reuters (July 23)
How a Passion for Oceans Can Utilize Synergies of Technology: GOTO Conferences (July 23)
Oxygen discovery defies knowledge of the deep ocean: BBC (July 22)
‘I can’t see but I can hear the whole reef, like an orchestra’: The Guardian (July 22)
Anti-whaling activist arrested in Greenland, could be extradited to Japan: Associated Press (July 22)
Are climate change deaths increasing? Here's why experts expect humans to adapt: Salon (July 22)
Where Kamala Harris stands on Green New Deal and climate initiatives: ABC News (July 22)
JULY - WEEK 3
How Can We Save Africa’s Mysterious ‘Humpback’ Dolphin?: Forbes (July 21)
Reef-World launches Green Fins coral bleaching toolkit: DIVE Magazine (July 21)
AI-Powered Underwater Vehicles Are Helping To Transform Marine Conservation: Deeper Blue (July 21)
First-ever Sea Lab celebrates its 60th Anniversary: WMBB News 13 (July 21)
Sea creature with human-like hands could be one of world’s most endangered fish: Interesting Engineering: (July 20)
'Cocaine sharks' reveal worrying cocaine pollution in the ocean: ABC 6 (July 20)
Global study demonstrates benefit of marine protected areas to recreational fisheries: Science X (July 20)
Sea level projection tool: NASA (July 20)
Humans caused climate change. Amid the suffering, now they must solve it: Associated Press (July 20)
‘It affects everything’: why is Hollywood so scared to tackle the climate crisis?: The Guardian (July 20)
Artists for climate: (July 20)
New species of Portuguese man o' war discovered in the Tasman Sea: New Scientist (July 19)
The uncertain future for Southeast Asia’s great sea nomads: The Interpreter (July 19)
How climate change is affecting when, where and even whether people run: CBC (July 19)
15 of the most endangered animals in the ocean: IFAW (July 19)
Riverkeeper organizations intend to sue to protect Atlantic sturgeon: WAMC (July 19)
African countries must make their voices heard on deep-sea mining: Al Jazeera (July 19)
Dusty Winds May Be the Reason Why the Atlantic Ocean is Quiet for Now: The Weather Network (July 19)
Sylvia Earle Is Helping Travelers Explore- and Preserve - the World's Oceans: Condé Nast (July 18)
The impact of climate change on whales: IFAW (July 18)
Global Plastic Treaty negotiations hit impasse over which strategies to take: SeafoodSource (July 18)
Why We Map the Deep (and Why You Should Care): Esri (July 18)
To end turtle hunting, an African island state embraced the hunters: Mongabay (July 17)
Baby Bull Sharks Are Thriving In Texas And Alabama Bays: Texas A&M (July 17)
Conservation comes first as appeal court judges confirm that drone fishing remains illegal: Daily Maverick (July 17)
Mega-iceberg melt affects important marine ecosystem: British Antarctic Survey (July 17)
Energy Bills Are Rising. Climate Change Will Raise Them More: Food & Water Watch (July 17)
Biased Waters: The Skewed Science of Marine Conservation: SciTech Daily (July 17)
Money from Washington’s landmark climate law will help tribes face rising seas: Associated Press (July 17)
Presidential climate advisers propose way forward to streamline just transition financing: Business Day (July 17)
Where Are The Emojis We Need To Talk About The Climate Crisis?: Forbes (July 16)
Historic Opportunity in Seoul: Will 26 Nations Unite to Save Antarctica?: Sea Shepherd (July 16)
Call for North Atlantic Ocean ECA: Marine Link (July 16)
Tanker assesses possible Red Sea oil spill after Houthi attack: Reuters (July 16)
Expanding marine reserves will redistribute global fishing effort: Phys.org (July 16)
China-Russia sea drill starts after flotilla sails past Japan, South Korea and Philippines: South China Morning Post (July 16)
J.D. Vance Is an Oil Booster and Doubter of Human-Caused Climate Change: New Tork Times (July 16)
South Africa’s new environment minister must focus on people, not profits from fossil fuels: The Conversation (July 16)
Is climate change keeping patients from vital doctor appointments?: Drexel University (July 15)
Climate change is altering the length of days on Earth: ABC News (July 15)
Nations gather to negotiate deep sea mining code as opposition mounts: Reuters (July 15)
Sediments Reveal The Ancient Ocean During a Mass Extinction Event in South Africa: Astrobiology (July 15)
Is a vital ocean current just decades away from catastrophic collapse?: New Scientist (July 15)
Scientists seeking permit to dump chemical into ocean in experiment to fight climate change: The Byte (July 15)
World's rarest whale may have washed up on New Zealand beach: Associated Press (July 15, 2024)
Diving with penguins: tech gives ocean scientists a bird’s-eye view of foraging: The Conversation (July 15, 2024)
What happens when we fish too much?: Duke University (July 15)
El Niño Exits: Nasa's Earth Observatory: (July 15)
JULY - WEEK 2
Satellites could be put to work tracking ocean trash: Washington Post (July 14)
Smart watch helps save swimmer's life in rough seas: ABC News (July 14)
Half of all mangrove forests at risk of collapse: Dive Magazine (July 14)
After Hurricane Beryl’s destruction, climate scientists fear for what’s next: The Guardian (July 13)
What Project 2025 would mean for the fight against climate change: The Hill (July 13)
The deep dark ocean – Exploring the abyss: ABC News (July 13)
Man rowing across ocean realizes he's surrounded by over 1,000 whales: The Byte (July 13)
Bubba, a 170-kilogram sea turtle found wounded in Florida, released into Atlantic Ocean: USA Today (July 13)
How scientists are using AI to eavesdrop on dolphins: Daily Maverick (July 12)
Just Stop Oil was right about BP all along: The Telegraph (July 12)
A Leading Environmental Group Calls on Biden to Step Aside: New York Times (July 12)
Capsized vessel — Efforts stepped up in stormy weather to prevent oil spill: Daily Maverick (July 12)
UK's Labour faces legal dilemma over plan for immediate ban on new North Sea licences: The Guardian (July 11)
Unlocking the Power of Seaweed: Planet & Purpose (July 11)
Montauk Fisherman Who Took Too Much Fluke Gets a 30-Month Sentence: New York Times (July 11)
Three major fuel companies are bailing on South Africa: Business Tech (July 10)
‘All threats to the sea come from humans’: how lawyers are gearing up: The Guardian (July 10)
Seabed mining banned in Hawaii: ABC Pacific (July 9)
JULY - WEEK 1
10 ways to protect coral reefs: UN Biodiversity (July 7)
Aquaculture vs. Wild Fisheries: A Shift in Seafood Production: How to protect the ocean: Speak up for Blue (July 4)
Meet the South African researcher with a view as wide as the ocean: Financial Mail (July 4)
Urgent case to prevent extinction of African penguin heads to Gauteng High Court: Daily Maverick (July 4)
Plastic free July: Plastic Free Foundation (July 1)
Positive ocean news: Marine Conservation Society (July 31)
Pen Hadow: Climate change is making my epic Arctic crossing impossible: NewScientist (July 31)
We’re Protecting the Ocean Wrong: The Revelator (July 31)
Rabies outbreak in Cape fur seals: navigating a new South African reality: Daily Maverick (July 31)
Climate change helped enable this deadly heat wave — now, it has hit the Olympics: CBC (July 31)
10,000% pollution increase from oil and gas platforms decimates ocean life: Earth.com (July 31)
Economic damage from ocean plastic could reach $434bn by 2050: BusinessGreen (July 31)
Q&A: What does deep-sea mining mean for climate change and biodiversity loss?: CarbonBrief (July 31)
The climate change game making headlines: RNZ (July 31)
Cool summer seas are a climate-linked killer: Save Our Seas (July 30)
Ocean noise pollution: What is it and why is it a problem?: IFAW (July 30)
Vanuatu fights for marine protection at pivotal UN deep-sea mining meeting: RNZ (July 30)
Top 10 Ocean Tech Startups: TechRound (July 30)
Earth’s Only Ocean Iguanas In Peril: Weather.com (July 30)
Potential Biological Removal Levels: A Tool to Conserve Marine Mammals: NOAA (July 30)
Saving the North Atlantic Right Whale: Marine Spatial Planning and Awareness: Esri (July 30)
Number of plastic bags found on UK beaches down 80% since charge introduced: The Guardian (July 29)
There’s a New Reason to Save Life in the Deep Ocean: New York Times (July 29)
Is Europe headed toward a new ice age as ocean current nears collapse?: The National (July 29)
Shark fin consumption wanes in Thailand, yet demand persists: Mongabay (July 29)
Aichi sea turtle researchers assess risks of warmer nesting sites: Japan Times (July 29)
Baltic Sea shipwreck from 19th century found with 'more than 100 bottles of Champagne': USA Today (July 29)
Revolutionizing Ocean Conservation with Advanced Technology: ELBlog (July 29)
JULY - WEEK 4
China is itching to mine the ocean floor: The Economist (July 28)
Everyone Should Become a Citizen Scientist. Here’s Why (And How): Earth.Org (July 28)
Saving Olive Ridley Turtles: The Hindu (July 28)
Without weirdo sea cucumbers our oceans might die: Salon (July 28)
Four hottest days ever observed raise fears of a planet nearing ‘tipping points’: Washington Post (July 27)
How the Ocean Is Liberating for One of South Africa’s Best Surfers: New York Times (July 27)
Tonga eruption entombed deep-sea life in ash: Live Science (July 27)
The Satellite Helping Slow Climate Change — Right Now: Millie Chu Baird, TED Talk (July 27)
Bring women to the table to talk ocean sustainability: The Interpreter (July 26)
Surprise Discovery Hints a Hidden Ocean Is Lurking in The Solar System: Science Alert (July 26)
NASA Returns to Arctic Studying Summer Sea Ice Melt: NASA (July 26)
Tagging seals with sensors helps scientists track ocean currents and a changing climate: The Conversation (July 25)
Sea urchins fed cabbage in Japan to help fight marine damage: Reuters (July 25)
California and Hawai'i lead charge against deep-sea mining of critical metals: Los Angeles Times (July 25)
New Fixes for Methane Emissions Could Be a Big Climate Help: The Wall Street Journal (July 25)
Commission report calls out SA over tardy climate action: Business Day (July 25)
The dangerous effects of rising sea temperatures: The Financial Times (July 24)
Seal attacks contribute to African penguin’s looming extinction: GroundUp (July 24)
The Role of 3D Printing in Ocean Conservation: 3Dnatives (July 24)
South Africa passes its first sweeping climate change law: Reuters (July 23)
Landmark August 12 verdict expected over illegal fishing inside Marine Protected Areas: Daily Maverick (July 23)
Supporters of arrested Sea Shepherd founder say parallels with Julian Assange are ‘disturbing’: The Guardian (July 23)
New federal survey aims to count hundreds of beluga whales: CBC (July 23)
Marine Protected Areas producing more ‘trophy-size’ fish: University of Hawai'i (July 23)
Britain's climate change plan challenged in landmark court case: Reuters (July 23)
How a Passion for Oceans Can Utilize Synergies of Technology: GOTO Conferences (July 23)
Oxygen discovery defies knowledge of the deep ocean: BBC (July 22)
‘I can’t see but I can hear the whole reef, like an orchestra’: The Guardian (July 22)
Anti-whaling activist arrested in Greenland, could be extradited to Japan: Associated Press (July 22)
Are climate change deaths increasing? Here's why experts expect humans to adapt: Salon (July 22)
Where Kamala Harris stands on Green New Deal and climate initiatives: ABC News (July 22)
JULY - WEEK 3
How Can We Save Africa’s Mysterious ‘Humpback’ Dolphin?: Forbes (July 21)
Reef-World launches Green Fins coral bleaching toolkit: DIVE Magazine (July 21)
AI-Powered Underwater Vehicles Are Helping To Transform Marine Conservation: Deeper Blue (July 21)
First-ever Sea Lab celebrates its 60th Anniversary: WMBB News 13 (July 21)
Sea creature with human-like hands could be one of world’s most endangered fish: Interesting Engineering: (July 20)
'Cocaine sharks' reveal worrying cocaine pollution in the ocean: ABC 6 (July 20)
Global study demonstrates benefit of marine protected areas to recreational fisheries: Science X (July 20)
Sea level projection tool: NASA (July 20)
Humans caused climate change. Amid the suffering, now they must solve it: Associated Press (July 20)
‘It affects everything’: why is Hollywood so scared to tackle the climate crisis?: The Guardian (July 20)
Artists for climate: (July 20)
New species of Portuguese man o' war discovered in the Tasman Sea: New Scientist (July 19)
The uncertain future for Southeast Asia’s great sea nomads: The Interpreter (July 19)
How climate change is affecting when, where and even whether people run: CBC (July 19)
15 of the most endangered animals in the ocean: IFAW (July 19)
Riverkeeper organizations intend to sue to protect Atlantic sturgeon: WAMC (July 19)
African countries must make their voices heard on deep-sea mining: Al Jazeera (July 19)
Dusty Winds May Be the Reason Why the Atlantic Ocean is Quiet for Now: The Weather Network (July 19)
Sylvia Earle Is Helping Travelers Explore- and Preserve - the World's Oceans: Condé Nast (July 18)
The impact of climate change on whales: IFAW (July 18)
Global Plastic Treaty negotiations hit impasse over which strategies to take: SeafoodSource (July 18)
Why We Map the Deep (and Why You Should Care): Esri (July 18)
To end turtle hunting, an African island state embraced the hunters: Mongabay (July 17)
Baby Bull Sharks Are Thriving In Texas And Alabama Bays: Texas A&M (July 17)
Conservation comes first as appeal court judges confirm that drone fishing remains illegal: Daily Maverick (July 17)
Mega-iceberg melt affects important marine ecosystem: British Antarctic Survey (July 17)
Energy Bills Are Rising. Climate Change Will Raise Them More: Food & Water Watch (July 17)
Biased Waters: The Skewed Science of Marine Conservation: SciTech Daily (July 17)
Money from Washington’s landmark climate law will help tribes face rising seas: Associated Press (July 17)
Presidential climate advisers propose way forward to streamline just transition financing: Business Day (July 17)
Where Are The Emojis We Need To Talk About The Climate Crisis?: Forbes (July 16)
Historic Opportunity in Seoul: Will 26 Nations Unite to Save Antarctica?: Sea Shepherd (July 16)
Call for North Atlantic Ocean ECA: Marine Link (July 16)
Tanker assesses possible Red Sea oil spill after Houthi attack: Reuters (July 16)
Expanding marine reserves will redistribute global fishing effort: Phys.org (July 16)
China-Russia sea drill starts after flotilla sails past Japan, South Korea and Philippines: South China Morning Post (July 16)
J.D. Vance Is an Oil Booster and Doubter of Human-Caused Climate Change: New Tork Times (July 16)
South Africa’s new environment minister must focus on people, not profits from fossil fuels: The Conversation (July 16)
Is climate change keeping patients from vital doctor appointments?: Drexel University (July 15)
Climate change is altering the length of days on Earth: ABC News (July 15)
Nations gather to negotiate deep sea mining code as opposition mounts: Reuters (July 15)
Sediments Reveal The Ancient Ocean During a Mass Extinction Event in South Africa: Astrobiology (July 15)
Is a vital ocean current just decades away from catastrophic collapse?: New Scientist (July 15)
Scientists seeking permit to dump chemical into ocean in experiment to fight climate change: The Byte (July 15)
World's rarest whale may have washed up on New Zealand beach: Associated Press (July 15, 2024)
Diving with penguins: tech gives ocean scientists a bird’s-eye view of foraging: The Conversation (July 15, 2024)
What happens when we fish too much?: Duke University (July 15)
El Niño Exits: Nasa's Earth Observatory: (July 15)
JULY - WEEK 2
Satellites could be put to work tracking ocean trash: Washington Post (July 14)
Smart watch helps save swimmer's life in rough seas: ABC News (July 14)
Half of all mangrove forests at risk of collapse: Dive Magazine (July 14)
After Hurricane Beryl’s destruction, climate scientists fear for what’s next: The Guardian (July 13)
What Project 2025 would mean for the fight against climate change: The Hill (July 13)
The deep dark ocean – Exploring the abyss: ABC News (July 13)
Man rowing across ocean realizes he's surrounded by over 1,000 whales: The Byte (July 13)
Bubba, a 170-kilogram sea turtle found wounded in Florida, released into Atlantic Ocean: USA Today (July 13)
How scientists are using AI to eavesdrop on dolphins: Daily Maverick (July 12)
Just Stop Oil was right about BP all along: The Telegraph (July 12)
A Leading Environmental Group Calls on Biden to Step Aside: New York Times (July 12)
Capsized vessel — Efforts stepped up in stormy weather to prevent oil spill: Daily Maverick (July 12)
UK's Labour faces legal dilemma over plan for immediate ban on new North Sea licences: The Guardian (July 11)
Unlocking the Power of Seaweed: Planet & Purpose (July 11)
Montauk Fisherman Who Took Too Much Fluke Gets a 30-Month Sentence: New York Times (July 11)
Three major fuel companies are bailing on South Africa: Business Tech (July 10)
‘All threats to the sea come from humans’: how lawyers are gearing up: The Guardian (July 10)
Seabed mining banned in Hawaii: ABC Pacific (July 9)
JULY - WEEK 1
10 ways to protect coral reefs: UN Biodiversity (July 7)
Aquaculture vs. Wild Fisheries: A Shift in Seafood Production: How to protect the ocean: Speak up for Blue (July 4)
Meet the South African researcher with a view as wide as the ocean: Financial Mail (July 4)
Urgent case to prevent extinction of African penguin heads to Gauteng High Court: Daily Maverick (July 4)
Plastic free July: Plastic Free Foundation (July 1)
JUNE 2024
Are 'green' cruise ships good for the climate?: BBC (June 28, 2024)
Leading scientists declare animals to be conscious – they feel pain, joy and sadness: Daily Maverick (June 27, 2024)
The Vanishing Islands That Failed to Vanish: New York Times (June 26, 2024)
The German robots hunting the sea for WW2 bombs: BBC (June 25)
New Indonesia Coral Bond: ICRI (June 24, 2024)
The octopus fishermen protecting Portugal's largest reef: BBC (June 19, 2024)
Fighting Ocean Pollution Upstream: iAfrica (June19, 2024)
World Bank to issue bond to boost Amazon reforestation: Asia One (June 14, 2024)
Rabies confirmed in a seal from Cape Town: Western Cape Govt (June 11, 2024)
World Oceans Day: Awakening Africa’s Blue Economy: Stellenbosch University (June 8)
Saving the ocean through law: Ocean Vision Legal (June 7)
Ban fossil fuel ads to save climate, says UN chief: BBC (June 6, 2024)
Caleb: Beyond the bite: WILDTRUST (June 6, 2024)
Japan unveils new whaling mothership set to revitalise the industry: IFLScience (June 5, 2024)
Shell loses appeal over Wild Coast exploration ambitions: Business Day (June 3, 2024)
Are 'green' cruise ships good for the climate?: BBC (June 28, 2024)
Leading scientists declare animals to be conscious – they feel pain, joy and sadness: Daily Maverick (June 27, 2024)
The Vanishing Islands That Failed to Vanish: New York Times (June 26, 2024)
The German robots hunting the sea for WW2 bombs: BBC (June 25)
New Indonesia Coral Bond: ICRI (June 24, 2024)
The octopus fishermen protecting Portugal's largest reef: BBC (June 19, 2024)
Fighting Ocean Pollution Upstream: iAfrica (June19, 2024)
World Bank to issue bond to boost Amazon reforestation: Asia One (June 14, 2024)
Rabies confirmed in a seal from Cape Town: Western Cape Govt (June 11, 2024)
World Oceans Day: Awakening Africa’s Blue Economy: Stellenbosch University (June 8)
Saving the ocean through law: Ocean Vision Legal (June 7)
Ban fossil fuel ads to save climate, says UN chief: BBC (June 6, 2024)
Caleb: Beyond the bite: WILDTRUST (June 6, 2024)
Japan unveils new whaling mothership set to revitalise the industry: IFLScience (June 5, 2024)
Shell loses appeal over Wild Coast exploration ambitions: Business Day (June 3, 2024)
MAY 2024
No need for countries to issue new oil, gas or coal licenses: The Guardian (May 30, 2024)
Turning the tide: Oceans Not Oil (May 23, 2024)
PETER BRUCE: Draft power bill is a scoundrel's charter of note: Business Day (May 23, 2024)
SA fishers, activists in Paris to support case against TotalEnergies: News24 (May 22, 2024)
States have legal duty to cut greenhouse emissions, says top maritime court: The Guardian (May 21, 2024)
ALEXANDER PARKER: Murky amendments raise questions about draft energy law: Business Day (May 20, 2024)
Coastal communities on the frontline of the climate crisis - Dwesa-Cwebe in Hobeni: Daily Maverick (May 14, 2024)
The tiny nation at the vanguard of mining the ocean floor: New York Times (May 10, 2024)
Environmentalists, government and Total in new court battle over drilling: Moneyweb (May 10, 2024)
Ocean protection quality is lagging behind quantity: Society for Conservation Biology (May 9, 2024)
World's top climate scientists expect global heating to blast past 1.5 degree Celsius target: The Guardian (May 8, 2024)
Small-scale Langebaan fishers may not be able to continue traditions as permits throttle their lifeblood: EWN (May 7, 2024)
Plett's gas drilling fight rages on: Knysna-Plett Herald (May 2, 2024)
No need for countries to issue new oil, gas or coal licenses: The Guardian (May 30, 2024)
Turning the tide: Oceans Not Oil (May 23, 2024)
PETER BRUCE: Draft power bill is a scoundrel's charter of note: Business Day (May 23, 2024)
SA fishers, activists in Paris to support case against TotalEnergies: News24 (May 22, 2024)
States have legal duty to cut greenhouse emissions, says top maritime court: The Guardian (May 21, 2024)
ALEXANDER PARKER: Murky amendments raise questions about draft energy law: Business Day (May 20, 2024)
Coastal communities on the frontline of the climate crisis - Dwesa-Cwebe in Hobeni: Daily Maverick (May 14, 2024)
The tiny nation at the vanguard of mining the ocean floor: New York Times (May 10, 2024)
Environmentalists, government and Total in new court battle over drilling: Moneyweb (May 10, 2024)
Ocean protection quality is lagging behind quantity: Society for Conservation Biology (May 9, 2024)
World's top climate scientists expect global heating to blast past 1.5 degree Celsius target: The Guardian (May 8, 2024)
Small-scale Langebaan fishers may not be able to continue traditions as permits throttle their lifeblood: EWN (May 7, 2024)
Plett's gas drilling fight rages on: Knysna-Plett Herald (May 2, 2024)
APRIL 2024
Global honour for coastal guardians who told Shell to go to hell: Daily Maverick (April 29, 2024)
Penguin numbers dwindle 16% as top Cape Town attraction slowly disappears: News24 (April 25, 2024) - Written by The Ocean Advocate
High Seas Treaty: EU votes to ratify landmark international law: Euronews (April 24, 2024)
530 and rising: record number of stranded turtles at Two Oceans Aquarium: News24 (April 24, 2024) - Written by The Ocean Advocate
In coral fossils, searching for the first glow of bioluminescence: New York Times (April 23, 2024)
The world dumps 2,000 truckloads of plastic into the ocean each day: CNN (April 22, 2024)
An octopus took my camera, and the images changed the way I see the world: New York Times (April 22, 2024)
New plan fails to provide roadmap for sustainable use of SA's mega-biodiversity: Daily Maverick (April 22, 2024)
Carbon dioxide levels have passed a new milestone: New York Times (April 20, 2024)
Access to information requests reveal extensive corporate climate lobbying & dismal record-keeping: amaBhungane (April 18, 2024)
The widest-ever global coral crisis will hit within weeks: New York Times (April 15, 2024)
How to spot five of the fossil fuel industry's biggest disinformation tactics: The Guardian (April 14, 2024)
R3 million and counting - the amount needed for unprecedented number of stranded turtles News24 (April 14, 2024)- Written by The Ocean Advocate
Ocean heat has shattered records for more than a year. What's happening?: New York Times (April 10, 2024)
World's biggest economies pumping billions into fossil fuels in poor nations: The Guardian (April 9, 2024)
European court rules human rights violated by climate inaction: BBC (April 9, 2024)
'Simply mind-boggling': world record temperature jump in Antarctica: The Guardian (April 6, 2024)
Searching for gold before the rainbow disappears in the toxic haze of fossil fumes: Daily Maverick (April 1, 2024)
Global honour for coastal guardians who told Shell to go to hell: Daily Maverick (April 29, 2024)
Penguin numbers dwindle 16% as top Cape Town attraction slowly disappears: News24 (April 25, 2024) - Written by The Ocean Advocate
High Seas Treaty: EU votes to ratify landmark international law: Euronews (April 24, 2024)
530 and rising: record number of stranded turtles at Two Oceans Aquarium: News24 (April 24, 2024) - Written by The Ocean Advocate
In coral fossils, searching for the first glow of bioluminescence: New York Times (April 23, 2024)
The world dumps 2,000 truckloads of plastic into the ocean each day: CNN (April 22, 2024)
An octopus took my camera, and the images changed the way I see the world: New York Times (April 22, 2024)
New plan fails to provide roadmap for sustainable use of SA's mega-biodiversity: Daily Maverick (April 22, 2024)
Carbon dioxide levels have passed a new milestone: New York Times (April 20, 2024)
Access to information requests reveal extensive corporate climate lobbying & dismal record-keeping: amaBhungane (April 18, 2024)
The widest-ever global coral crisis will hit within weeks: New York Times (April 15, 2024)
How to spot five of the fossil fuel industry's biggest disinformation tactics: The Guardian (April 14, 2024)
R3 million and counting - the amount needed for unprecedented number of stranded turtles News24 (April 14, 2024)- Written by The Ocean Advocate
Ocean heat has shattered records for more than a year. What's happening?: New York Times (April 10, 2024)
World's biggest economies pumping billions into fossil fuels in poor nations: The Guardian (April 9, 2024)
European court rules human rights violated by climate inaction: BBC (April 9, 2024)
'Simply mind-boggling': world record temperature jump in Antarctica: The Guardian (April 6, 2024)
Searching for gold before the rainbow disappears in the toxic haze of fossil fumes: Daily Maverick (April 1, 2024)
MARCH 2024
Ramaphosa and Creecy defend controversial 'biodiversity business' plan: Daily Maverick (March 27, 2024)
False Bay bombed again - with no timeline for alternative site: News24 (March 22, 2024) - Written by The Ocean Advocate
Small-scale fishers threaten to take government to court: GroundUp (22 March, 2024)
Creecy taken to court over protections for endangered African penguins: News24 (March 22, 2024) - Written by The Ocean Advocate
Teeny turtle #1 marks the beginning of hatchling stranding season: News24 (March 12, 2024) - Written by The Ocean Advocate
Mass die-offs among farmed salmon on the rise around the world: BBC (March 8, 2024)
Ramaphosa and Creecy defend controversial 'biodiversity business' plan: Daily Maverick (March 27, 2024)
False Bay bombed again - with no timeline for alternative site: News24 (March 22, 2024) - Written by The Ocean Advocate
Small-scale fishers threaten to take government to court: GroundUp (22 March, 2024)
Creecy taken to court over protections for endangered African penguins: News24 (March 22, 2024) - Written by The Ocean Advocate
Teeny turtle #1 marks the beginning of hatchling stranding season: News24 (March 12, 2024) - Written by The Ocean Advocate
Mass die-offs among farmed salmon on the rise around the world: BBC (March 8, 2024)
FEBRUARY 2024
DFFE finalising a policy for the small-scale fishing sector in the Western Cape: Voice of the Cape (Feb. 29, 2024)
US sanctions target Russian ship surveying for Antarctic oil and gas via Cape Town: Daily Maverick (Feb. 28, 2024)
Scientists are freaking out about ocean temperatures: New York Times (Feb 27, 2024)
Whale song mystery solved by scientists: BBC (Feb. 22, 2024)
Underwater photographer of the year 2024 winners: BBC (Feb. 19, 2024)
Cape Town's ocean-bound sewage options unveiled: GroundUp (Feb 9, 2024)
Sunfish, sharks, sea slugs - global marine superstar helps protect False Bay's special species: News24 (Feb 9, 2024): - Written by The Ocean Advocate
2024 begins with more record heat worldwide: New York Times (Feb. 7, 2024)
One small step for False Bay, one giant leap for the environment: News24 (Feb 3, 2024) - Written by The Ocean Advocate
Underwater explosives go off in Simon's Town, near endangered African penguin colony: News24 (Feb 1, 2024) - Written by The Ocean Advocate
DFFE finalising a policy for the small-scale fishing sector in the Western Cape: Voice of the Cape (Feb. 29, 2024)
US sanctions target Russian ship surveying for Antarctic oil and gas via Cape Town: Daily Maverick (Feb. 28, 2024)
Scientists are freaking out about ocean temperatures: New York Times (Feb 27, 2024)
Whale song mystery solved by scientists: BBC (Feb. 22, 2024)
Underwater photographer of the year 2024 winners: BBC (Feb. 19, 2024)
Cape Town's ocean-bound sewage options unveiled: GroundUp (Feb 9, 2024)
Sunfish, sharks, sea slugs - global marine superstar helps protect False Bay's special species: News24 (Feb 9, 2024): - Written by The Ocean Advocate
2024 begins with more record heat worldwide: New York Times (Feb. 7, 2024)
One small step for False Bay, one giant leap for the environment: News24 (Feb 3, 2024) - Written by The Ocean Advocate
Underwater explosives go off in Simon's Town, near endangered African penguin colony: News24 (Feb 1, 2024) - Written by The Ocean Advocate
JANUARY 2024
A record-sized deep sea coral reef was mapped in the Atlantic, and it's breathtaking: Science Alert (Jan. 26, 2024)
Orca spotted in Kalk Bay harbour: 2oceansvibe (Jan. 25, 2024)
2023 Ocean art contest winners: Underwater Photography Guide (Jan. 17, 2024)
Beautiful bioluminescence at Muizenberg: GroundUp (Jan. 17, 2024)
A record-sized deep sea coral reef was mapped in the Atlantic, and it's breathtaking: Science Alert (Jan. 26, 2024)
Orca spotted in Kalk Bay harbour: 2oceansvibe (Jan. 25, 2024)
2023 Ocean art contest winners: Underwater Photography Guide (Jan. 17, 2024)
Beautiful bioluminescence at Muizenberg: GroundUp (Jan. 17, 2024)
DECEMBER 2023
Two trapped sharks rescued from Durban's dry dock: News24 (Dec 22, 2023) - Written by The Ocean Advocate
Blasted seismic blasting is back, but why? News24 (Dec 14, 2023)- Written by The Ocean Advocate
Australian firm to begin 'detrimental and damaging seismic survey off West Coast: Daily Maverick (Dec. 7, 2023)
The oceans are diverse. Their champions should be, too: New York Times (Dec 5, 2023)
High Seas Treaty: Africa's role in saving the world's blue lungs: Institute for Security Studies (Dec. 5, 2023)
1.5 degrees is not the problem: New York Times (Dec. 4, 2024)
Two trapped sharks rescued from Durban's dry dock: News24 (Dec 22, 2023) - Written by The Ocean Advocate
Blasted seismic blasting is back, but why? News24 (Dec 14, 2023)- Written by The Ocean Advocate
Australian firm to begin 'detrimental and damaging seismic survey off West Coast: Daily Maverick (Dec. 7, 2023)
The oceans are diverse. Their champions should be, too: New York Times (Dec 5, 2023)
High Seas Treaty: Africa's role in saving the world's blue lungs: Institute for Security Studies (Dec. 5, 2023)
1.5 degrees is not the problem: New York Times (Dec. 4, 2024)
NOVEMBER 2023
Global marine life is on the move due to sea temperature rises: Phys Org (Nov. 28, 2023)
Conservation of South Africa's protected areas is tenuous as long as the law is weak: Daily Maverick (Nov. 26, 2023)
2023 ocean photographer or the year - in pictures: BBC (Nov. 21, 2023)
I'm a climate scientist. I'm not screaming into the void anymore: New York Times (Nov. 18, 2023)
Little lives lost: Australian Geographic (Nov. 14, 2023)
Health risks linked to climate change are getting worse: New York Times, (Nov. 14, 2023)
The price of fish & chips: the shark slayers and an unfolding disaster: Daily Maverick, (Nov. 2, 2023)
Global marine life is on the move due to sea temperature rises: Phys Org (Nov. 28, 2023)
Conservation of South Africa's protected areas is tenuous as long as the law is weak: Daily Maverick (Nov. 26, 2023)
2023 ocean photographer or the year - in pictures: BBC (Nov. 21, 2023)
I'm a climate scientist. I'm not screaming into the void anymore: New York Times (Nov. 18, 2023)
Little lives lost: Australian Geographic (Nov. 14, 2023)
Health risks linked to climate change are getting worse: New York Times, (Nov. 14, 2023)
The price of fish & chips: the shark slayers and an unfolding disaster: Daily Maverick, (Nov. 2, 2023)