The Ocean Decade endorsed ninety-four new Decade Actions across all ocean basins, building global momentum for ocean knowledge-based solutions ahead of major upcoming global summits on climate and biodiversity. This latest endorsement announcement features 94 new Decade Actions covering activities across the world’s ocean basins. Central to the newly endorsed Decade Actions are projects led … Read more
The Atlantic: The driving force behind ocean circulation and our taste for cod Fishing boats coming into Le Guilvinec, Brittany, France, at the end of the day. Photoneye/Shutterstock Suzanne OConnell, Wesleyan University and Pascal Le Floc’h, Université de Bretagne occidentale “Did the Atlantic close and then reopen?” That was the question posed in a 1966 … Read more
The World Economic Forum and its Digital Platform for Crowdsourcing are asking for a second Ocean Solutions Sprint. Dateline is October 31, 2020. Take Action. UpLink is an effort to accelerate the delivery of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It is an open platform designed to engage anyone who wants to offer a contribution … Read more
Since 2012/13, we have been battling seaweed named Sargassum in the Caribbean. While Sargassum is a normal part of ocean life, and an important habitat, the warmer waters produced by climate change allow it to proliferate at an explosive rate. Appearing in such vast quantities, Sargassum quickly turns dangerous. Aggregations of Sargassum can block the … Read more
Based on an article on the BBC web site around 20 percent of the ocean floor is mapped. The Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project was launched in 2017. Three years ago only 6% of the global ocean bottom had been surveyed. Today the figure is at 19%, up from 15% in just the last year. … Read more
A sustainable ocean economy in 2030? The report “A sustainable ocean in 2030: Opportunities and challenges.” of the World Ocean Initiative assesses the challenges facing key sectors, including seafood, shipping, tourism and renewable energy. Is the Blue Economy losing its conceptual independence? It is interesting to see how the concept of the Blue Economy, apparently … Read more
Today The Economist organized a webinar on the occasion of World Oceans Day. The topic was an interesting question. What would you do if you had a billion dollars available to protect the oceans? Peter Thomson, UNSG’s Special Envoy for the Ocean, Alexandra Cousteau, granddaughter of Jacques Cousteau and advisor to Oceana, and Maria Damanaki, … Read more
On World Oceans Day on June 8th, people around the world celebrate the ocean. This year’s theme: Innovation for a Sustainable Ocean. World Oceans Day has been celebrating the ocean on June 8th every year since 2002. And while Covid-19 and social distancing are changing how we recognize our blue planet this year, the need for action … Read more
Researchers following a Schmidt Ocean Institute ROV (remotely operated vehicle) dive near Queensland spotted a wild event when a tornado-like formation appeared on camera during a livestream on Thursdat. The dive was part of a larger effort to study a “virtually unmapped and mostly unexplored” area called the Queensland Plateau. The German newspaper “Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung” speculates … Read more
The Benioff Ocean Initiative has allocated one million USD to the Ocean Cleanup Project for the Kingston Harbour Bay. This is a great idea and fantastic news! Kingston Harbour Bay needs all the attention it can get to restore it to its former glory. It is a Herculean task and requires all the energy in … Read more