Quick Dips
Curated topical articles on the Blue Economy
Victoria Masterson, World Economic Forum Energy Solutions
Energy accounts for two-thirds of total greenhouse gas, so embracing cleaner sources is key to fighting climate change.
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Coastal News Today
On this two-part episode, Peter Ravella and Tyler Buckingham introduce Admiral Tim Gallaudet, host of the new "American Blue Economy Podcast," coming out this month on ASPN.
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Nicola Jones, Yale Environment 360 Energy Solutions
Seagrasses, mangrove forests, and coastal wetlands store vast amounts of carbon, and their preservation and restoration hold great potential to bank CO2 and keep it out of the atmosphere. But can the blue carbon market avoid the pitfalls that have plagued land-based programs?
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Giles Exley, The Conversation Energy Solutions
Solar power is now the cheapest source of electricity in history, according to a 2020 report by the International Energy Agency. But there’s something holding this clean energy powerhouse back: space.
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Lou Cooperhouse, Medium Fisheries & Aquaculture
In July 2018, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) held its first public meeting on the topic of “Food Produced Using Animal Cell Culture Technology.”
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Robert Jones, et al., The Fish Site Fisheries & Aquaculture
How kelp farms can provide habitat for fish and marine invertebrates, whether there are any negative impacts on fish and marine invertebrates during maintenance and harvesting cycles, and how the benefits of restorative aquaculture can be optimised for both the aquaculture industry and nature, are among the key questions to be answered in a new study.
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Ahmed Al-Khateeb, World Economic Forum Tourism
Success hinges on international coordination and collaboration across the public and private sectors.
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Molly Masterton & Brad Sewell, NRDC Fisheries & Aquaculture
New NRDC report examines “essential fish habitat” in U.S. fisheries management.
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Aaron Sheldrick & Yuka Obayashi, Reuters Plastics & Pollution
Japan will release more than 1 million tonnes of contaminated water from the destroyed Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea, the government said on Tuesday, a move China called “extremely irresponsible”, while South Korea summoned Tokyo’s ambassador in Seoul to protest.
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David Shiffman, The Revelator
Clickbait stories of happy animals returning to suddenly quiet habitats paint an overly rosy picture of COVID-19’s impact on the marine environment.
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Damian Carrington, The Guardian Plastics & Pollution
Rising levels of microplastic pollution raise questions about the impact on human health, experts say.
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Bertrand Alfandari, Investors' Corner
As awareness of the importance of the blue economy grows, finance can – and must – make a major contribution.
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World Ocean Initiative, The Economist Group Fisheries & Aquaculture
A guest blog by François Mosnier, financial analyst at Planet Tracker.
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Ocean Conservancy
Under the Biden Budget Blueprint, the Biden administration is proposing to increase the budget for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to a record-setting $6.9 billion dollars for the fiscal year 2022.
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Ashifa Kassam, The Guardian Fisheries & Aquaculture
Ángel León made his name serving innovative seafood. But then he discovered something in the seagrass that could transform our understanding of the sea itself – as a vast garden.
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Alessandra Prentice & Christophe Van Der Perre, Reuters Fisheries & Aquaculture
Hundreds of miles from the nearest shore, ribbon-like fronds flutter in the ocean currents sweeping across an underwater mountain plateau the size of Switzerland.
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Phil Hosegood, The Conversation
If you’ve ever been seasick, “stable” may be the last word you associate with the ocean. But as global temperatures rise, the world’s oceans are technically becoming more stable.
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The Fish Site Fisheries & Aquaculture
The lack of literature relating to the welfare of many farmed aquatic species has raised grave concerns in a group of reseachers.
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Carole Excell, World Resources Institute Plastics & Pollution
A whopping 8 million tons of plastic winds up in the ocean each year, endangering wildlife and polluting ecosystems.
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Kenny Stancil, Common Dreams
The concentration of atmospheric carbon dioxide surged past 420 parts per million for the first time in recorded history this past weekend, according to a measurement taken at the Mauna Loa Observatory on the Big Island of Hawaii.
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