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Analysis: Moving the dial on ocean-based CO2 removal

A Greener Life

Two reports published in the US look seriously at the practicalities and responsibilities of altering the ocean to tackle the climate crisis. Yet the technologies needed to do this, collectively known as carbon dioxide removal (CDR), remains nascent, underfunded and largely unregulated. The ocean as a carbon sink.

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Luzerne County Native Dr. Kate Moran Honored For Ocean Science And Planet Sustainability Leadership By Canada

PA Environment Daily

On June 30, Ocean Networks Canada's CEO Dr. Kate Moran was recognized for her contributions to support ocean and planet sustainability with her appointment as Officer of the Order of Canada by Her Excellency the Right Honourable Mary Simon, Governor General of Canada.

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The Problems with Liquefied Natural Gas

Ocean Conservancy

With more than 90% of global trade moving by ocean transport, maritime shipping is a major driver of the world economy. Please try again or contact 1.888.780.6763 Enter Your Email.loading Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. Unfortunately, international shipping has been increasing its investments in LNG.

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Introducing the Global Ghost Gear Initiative Small Grants Recipients of 2022

Ocean Conservancy

Ocean Conservancy’s Global Ghost Gear Initiative® (GGGI) engages with international leadership as well as grassroots projects around the world to combat ghost gear—abandoned, lost or otherwise discarded fishing gear (ALDFG). Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. Never miss an update. Enter Your Email.loading.

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Listening Sessions with a Marsh: Port Susan Bay Preserve’s Estuary Restoration

Washington Nature

by Sara Adams, freelance writer Estuaries—where a river meets the ocean—are some of Washington’s most ecologically and culturally important ecosystems. Aerial view of Port Susan Bay and the surrounding agricultural lands after the 2012 restoration, showing the small and shallow channels that formed across the landscape.

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Don’t Make the Same Mistake Twice

Vermont Law

The space treaties and conventions of the 1960s and 1970s failed to account for today’s rapid growth of technological capabilities in space, especially the proliferation of non-state commercial activity in space. [9]. We cannot wait decades to act like we did with earth’s oceans. [22]. link]. ). [2]. 7, 2019). [4]. Kleiman ET AL.,

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Back in Black: Creating positive changes by focusing on a short-lived pollutant

HumanNature

Net atmospheric warming is problematic for a number of reasons – it leads to crop and vegetation stress which threatens our food security, it causes more intense dry seasons which lead to bigger wildfires that cause severe economic and environmental damage, and it leads to rising oceans levels which threaten existing infrastructure.