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Meet 5 remarkably old animals, from a Greenland shark to a featherless, seafaring cockatoo

Some animals can live to a startlingly old age, from the famous 392-year-old “Greenland shark” to a 190-year-old tortoise in the Seychelles. Two science studies published last week brings us closer to understanding why some animal species can live for so long – far longer than humans.

The Conversation

Biden aims at China in new illegal fishing policy framework

The Biden administration is stepping up efforts to combat illegal fishing by China and ordering federal agencies to better coordinate amongst themselves in a bid to promote sustainable exploitation of the world’s oceans

The Independent UK

'Not worth the risk': Pacific leaders call for deep-sea mining moratorium

Concerned about the potential impacts of deep-sea mining on ocean biodiversity, the Pacific islands of Palau and Fiji on Monday launched an "alliance" to call for a moratorium of the nascent industry.

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Sri Lanka Stops Fuel Supply to Non-essential Services as Crisis Worsens

Sri Lanka will shut schools and only allow fuel supplies to services deemed essential like health, trains and buses for two weeks starting Tuesday, a minister said, in a desperate attempt to deal with a severe shortage. Sri Lanka is suffering its worst economic crisis, with foreign exchange reserves at…

Asharq Al-Awsat

World faces ‘ocean emergency’, UN warns, as activists urge action

The five-day UN Ocean Conference in Lisbon is focused on restoring the health of the oceans.

Al Jazeera

Chilling drawings show bleak view of the future of the oceans - through children's eyes

School children were asked to draw pictures of how they imagined the world's oceans in 2070 - and the images were filled with plastic pollution and dead fish

Wales Online

One weird type of exoplanet could support life outside the habitable zone

Hydrogen and helium atmospheres could keep exoplanets warm enough to be habitable, even at huge distances from their stars.

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UN pushes for sea change to save oceans in crisis

The head of the United Nations has warned the world’s seas are in crisis as an international conference aimed at restoring the health of our oceans got underway on Monday in Portugal.

Radio France Internationale

UN head declares ‘ocean emergency’ as global leaders gather in Lisbon

António Guterres says the world must turn the tide of rising sea levels, ocean heating, acidification and plastics pollution

The Guardian - UK

Scots woman hit by shopping trolley thrown from multi-storey car park as cops hunt reckless youths

The metal cart was pushed off a higher level of the Red Car Park at Ocean Terminal Shopping Centre in Edinburgh - striking a 30-year-old woman below.

Daily Record

Edinburgh woman hit with shopping trolley hurled from multi-storey car park

Police are now investigating after the metal carrier was thrown from a higher level of the Red Car Park at Ocean Terminal Shopping Centre in Police by a group of youths at around 5.30pm on Saturday, June 25.

Edinburgh Live

Stormy Ocean, Ballerina, and Enid Blyton excel

BENGALURU: Stormy Ocean, Ballerina, and Enid Blyton excelled when the horses were exercised here on

The Hindu

UN Oceans Conference Eyes Steps toward High Seas Agreement

The United Nations is hoping that a conference starting Monday will bring fresh momentum for protracted efforts to find an international agreement on protecting the world’s oceans. The five-day UN Ocean Conference in Lisbon, Portugal has drawn senior officials and scientists from more than 120 countries to the Atlantic port…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Tuvalu minister pulls out of UN ocean conference after China blocks its Taiwanese delegates - media

The foreign minister of Tuvalu pulled out of the United Nations Ocean Conference opening in Portugal on Monday after China blocked the participation of three Taiwanese included in the tiny Pacific island nation's delegation list, according to Radio New Zealand.

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Adaptive surfing competitor Chloe Murnane a placegetter in Hawaii competition

Before learning to surf in February, Chloe Murnane spent some of her life in a wheelchair — but the sport is improving her strength and mobility.

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KAUST Announces Partnership with Ocean Aero for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles

King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) announced a new collaboration agreement with Ocean Aero, a manufacturer and service provider of ocean-going Autonomous Underwater and Surface Vehicles (AUSVs). Ocean Aero and Shelf Subsea, a service company for the marine industry, will bring the AUSVs into Saudi Arabia, which will…

The Independent UK

UN oceans conference eyes steps toward high seas agreement

The United Nations is holding a conference it is hoping will bring fresh momentum for efforts to find an international agreement on protecting the world’s oceans

Zenger

Plastic Ocean Wasteland: Maori Artist Gives Glimpse Of Plastic Bottle Future Water World

New Zealander artist George Nuku has presented his latest work as an installation that imagines the state of the world’s oceans 100 years in the future where plastics have totally changed the marine environment.

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Sri Lanka sends 2 ministers to Russia for oil amid crisis

Sri Lanka is sending two ministers to Russia to negotiate for fuel, a necessity that the Indian ocean island nation has almost run out of amid its ongoing economic crisis

The Independent UK

To combat coral bleaching, Kenya turns to reef nurseries

The marine area off the coast of Kenya at Wasini Island, jointly managed by a foundation and the island’s community, has been planting over 8,000 corals a year since 2010 and placed about 800 artificial reef structures in the channel in a bid to restore Wasini’s coral gardens

The Guardian - AU

Tanya Plibersek declares environment ‘is back front and centre’ in Australia at UN ocean conference

Environment minister receives enthusiastic welcome in Lisbon and flags five blue carbon projects to safeguard ocean health

AAP

New cash splash on blue carbon: Plibersek

Five new blue carbon projects will be funded across Australia in the battle against climate change, the environment minister has told the UN Ocean Conference.

Tribune News Service

2 storm systems brewing in Atlantic; 1 expected to become tropical depression

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A tropical depression is likely to form this week from a tropical wave making its way across the Atlantic Ocean toward the southeastern Caribbean Sea, forecasters said Sunday.

Asharq Al-Awsat

On and off Screen, Aquaman’s Jason Momoa Fights for World’s Oceans

In superhero blockbuster Aquaman, popular Hollywood actor Jason Momoa plays the role of protector of the deep, but with the world's oceans under threat in real life, he is also taking the fight off-screen. "Without a healthy ocean life, our planet as we know would not exist," Momoa said with…

The Guardian - AU

Oyster and kelp farmers join calls to future-proof NSW south coast’s blue economy

Experts warn the region’s marine environment is undergoing a ‘dynamic state of change’ due to climate warming, freshwater runoff and storms

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