Quick Dips
Curated topical articles on the Blue Economy
Robin Pomeroy, World Economic Forum
Veteran environment journalist Alister Doyle shares stories from the UN conference halls to the remotest parts of the Earth facing global warming.
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Tiffany Duong, EcoWatch Plastics & Pollution
HuiZero, Hawaii's first zero-waste to-go container program, has just launched at participating restaurants across the island of Maui.
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Thomas Hickey, The Pew Charitable Trusts Energy Solutions
Protecting coastal wetlands is a ‘triple win’ for planet and people—and a model for future climate action.
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Rob Fletcher, The Fish Site Fisheries & Aquaculture
Europe’s growing band of seaweed producers could be generating revenues of €2.7 billion and providing 85,000 jobs by 2030.
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Lucas Kruitwagen, The Conversation Energy Solutions
We built a machine learning system to detect these facilities in satellite imagery and then deployed the system on over 550 terabytes of imagery using several human lifetimes of computing.
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Stephanie Walden, Business Insider Tourism
The not-for-profit The Sigmund Project connects sustainability-focused innovators in tourism.
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World Ocean Initiative, The Economist Group
A guest blog from Karen Sack and Chip Cunliffe, co-chairs of the Ocean Risk and Resilience Action Alliance, on the freshly launched #BackBlue initiative.
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Guitouni, A. et al., The Conversation Shipping & Ports
For most of us, supply chains are no longer an abstract concept. The COVID-19 pandemic raised our awareness about the interdependence of our economic systems.
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Fiona Harvey, The Guardian Energy Solutions
Top climate official issues strong warning on effect of unchecked greenhouse gases ahead of summit.
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Amanda Schupak, The Guardian Plastics & Pollution
More than 70% of Americans report ordering takeout or delivery one to three times a week – resulting in hundreds of billions of single-use products.
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Karen McVeigh, The Guardian Fisheries & Aquaculture
Young’s Seafood joins calls for sustainable quotas of mackerel, herring and blue whiting to be agreed in line with scientific advice.
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United Nations Plastics & Pollution
Plastic pollution in oceans and other bodies of water continues to grow sharply and could more than double by 2030, according to an assessment released on Thursday by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP).
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Maya Yang, The Guardian Plastics & Pollution
American plastics industry, described by experts as ‘the new coal’, releasing at least 232m tons of gas annually.
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El-Shahat, S. et al., World Economic Forum Energy Solutions
Increased interest in ESG investing means metals extraction must take into account its social risks.
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VanderWright, W. et al., The Conversation Fisheries & Aquaculture
Sharks, rays and chimeras are now the second-most threatened vertebrate group, after amphibians. In a recent study, we found that over one-third of sharks and rays are threatened with extinction.
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Donna Lu, The Guardian Plastics & Pollution
Study author calls for coordinated efforts to remove discarded fishing nets before they reach threatened marine life in gulf’s ‘high biodiversity region’
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UN Environment Programme
The Status of Coral Reefs of the World: 2020 is a report by the Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network (GCRMN), a network of the International Coral Reef Initiative (ICRI).
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Graeme Green, The Guardian Plastics & Pollution Tourism
Diving with tiger sharks off Fuvahmulah brought a tourist boom that has led to a destructive tide of plastic waste. But now locals are pushing back.
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Weronika Strzyżyńska, The Guardian Energy Solutions
Dutch team designed and built two-person van with kitchen, bed, shower, loo and range of up to 450 miles a day.
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Mike Williams, Futurity/WEF Fisheries & Aquaculture
A new study shows the algae that are important to corals are able to reproduce through sex.
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