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US beach town bans balloons to save the ocean

Experts say more cities should join the growing legislative trend to reduce trash, save birds and protect against wildfires

The Guardian - US

Australia to make area the size of Germany a marine park in Southern Ocean

Plan to triple size of Macquarie Island protection zone to shield ‘remote wildlife wonderland’

The Guardian - AU

Biden considers 1st offshore wind auction in Gulf of Mexico

The Biden administration said Wednesday it is considering the first-ever lease sale for offshore wind energy in the Gulf of Mexico, a key part of a push to deploy 30 gigawatts of offshore wind by 2030 to help fight climate change

The Independent UK

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NFL star Peyton Hillis opens up on heroically saving his two children from drowning

The NFL folk hero jumped into the ocean to save his two children from drowning and was in ICU after suffering severe lung and kidney damage where he remained in hospital for three weeks

Daily Mirror

Weakened Cyclone Freddy batters Madagascar, killing 4

A weakened Cyclone Freddy which pummeled Madagascar Tuesday night with heavy rains and strong destructive winds has killed four people and is continuing to wreak havoc in the southwest of the Indian Ocean nation

The Independent UK

Jane Fonda campaigns to save 'our brethren in the ocean'

Actress and activist Jane Fonda is campaigning for a treaty to save marine creatures that are hunted for food including sharks, swordfish, octopus and tuna, saying they feel joy, feel sadness when they lose their offspring, and “are our brethren in the ocean.”

The Independent UK

Analysis-How North Korea could use a Pacific 'firing range' to perfect its missiles

If North Korea follows through on its threat to turn the Pacific Ocean into a "firing range", it would allow the isolated and nuclear-armed state to make technical advances in addition to signalling its military resolve, analysts said.

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104 shark and ray species now receive new protections, but are they enough?

Shark populations have been declining for years, largely due to overfishing. And for years, the solutions offered by researchers have included increasing the number, size and effectiveness of marine protected areas (MPA) and improving the global management of sharks and stingrays in fisheries that catch them.

The Conversation

Cyclones in southern Africa: five essential reads

Tropical cyclone Freddy was, on 21 February 2023, bearing down on Mauritius and Madagascar. Mauritius grounded flights and, news agency Reuters reported, emergency teams in four regions of Madagascar were braced for “heavy rains, floods and landslides”.

The Conversation

Stronger El Niño events may speed up irreversible melting of Antarctic ice, research finds

New study shows impact of weather phenomenon could have a ‘double whammy’ effect, leading to worsening extreme weather and accelerating sea level rise

The Guardian - AU

Cyclone Freddy Putting The Nation Of Madagascar On Alert As The Storm Expected To Make An Impact

Fierce Tropical Cyclone Freddy has been on the watch of meteorologists since its beginnings in the far eastern Indian Ocean.

Zenger

'The market is forever changing': Property prices adjusted in Newcastle's top end to meet the market

The house was previously on the market for 127 days.

Newcastle Herald

US protesters turn ire on wind farms to explain whale deaths – but where’s the evidence?

Controversy stirs in New Jersey along political lines as some scientists say wind turbine theory is ‘cynical disinformation’

The Guardian - US

Mauritius closes airport in anticipation of cyclone Freddy

The Foreign Office has issued a travel alert for the Indian Ocean island

The Independent UK

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Countries gather to thrash out U.N. ocean protection treaty

Delegations from hundreds of countries will meet in New York this week in an attempt to hammer out a new legally binding ocean protection treaty that green groups believe will decide whether efforts to safeguard global biodiversity can succeed.

WEKU

U.N. talks to safeguard the world's marine biodiversity will pick back up this week

The goal of the U.N. meetings is to produce a unified agreement for the conservation and sustainable use of the world's vast marine ecosystems.

The Independent UK

UN ocean treaty talks resume with goal to save biodiversity

United Nations members gather Monday in New York to resume efforts to forge a long-awaited and elusive treaty to safeguard the world’s marine biodiversity

The Independent UK

Battered by Cheneso, Madagascar braces for Cyclone Freddy

Two weeks after Tropical Cyclone Cheneso devastated Madagascar, leaving 30 dead, the Indian Ocean island nation and its neighbors are bracing for a more powerful Cyclone Freddy

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The Independent UK

Russia to test missile in drills with China and South Africa

Russia, China and South Africa are set to begin naval drills off South Africa’s Indian Ocean coast in a demonstration of the countries’ close ties amid Russia’s war in Ukraine

ABC News

Divers hope new marine park will address ocean littering at Lucky Bay leafy sea dragon hotspot

Damien Isoard was dismayed by the amount of beer bottles and discarded fishing gear he found while diving off the coast of a world-famous Australian beach. But he hopes a planned marine park could help reduce ocean litter.

Inverse

75 Years Ago, an Astronomer Found the Weirdest Moon in the Solar System

The high cliffs of Miranda barely scratch the surface of why Uranus' moon is so unique.

Zenger

Formidable Cyclone Freddy, Taking An Unusual Track, Sets Sights On Madagascar

Freddy, a potent tropical cyclone, is anticipated to continue moving into Madagascar next week

Daily Mirror

UK coastal towns face being swamped by 5ft ocean rise in just 40 years - check your area

A new report by scientists in South Korea says the world's oceans will rise and doom coastal communities should the world not achieve net zero emissions in the coming decades

The Independent UK

Mother and teenage daughter found dead in burger van they were decorating

Carbon monoxide poisoning suspected after son finds bodies on his birthday

Daily Mirror

Incredible new footage of doomed Titanic expedition to be released to the public

An expedition by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in 1986 took incredible footage of the doomed Titanic ship, a year after it was first discovered in the depths of the Atlantic

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