Quick Dips
Curated topical articles on the Blue Economy
Charlotte Edmond, World Economic Forum Plastics & Pollution
From the way plastics effect marine environments to how they are disposed of, here’s how they are adding to the climate change problem.
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Damian Carrington, The Guardian Plastics & Pollution
Study calls for cap on production and release as pollution threatens global ecosystems upon which life depends.
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Hannah Evans & David Obura, World Economic Forum Plastics & Pollution
A circular economy project in Africa is working with scientists to research the effects of plastic on the ocean.
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Claudia Geib, Mongabay Fisheries & Aquaculture
In many places, Indigenous communities are working to restore seaweed species that have been traditional food sources or supported traditional diets.
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The Fish Site Fisheries & Aquaculture
Forever Oceans has signed a deal with the Brazilian Government for what they claim is the “world’s largest offshore concession for sustainable seafood production”.
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Markus Steilemann, World Economic Forum Plastics & Pollution
Plastics play a big role in daily life - and in the technology that will power the green transition.
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Stockholm Resilience Center
The 100 largest companies that operate within eight ocean industries took an estimated 60% of all revenues. The next step will be to explore their environmental footprint.
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Jim Palardy, The PEW Charitable Trusts
Deep-sea mining, coastal wetland protection, and wildlife DNA analysis among issues likely to have global impact.
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World Ocean Initiative, The Economist Group Shipping & Ports
Leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) for carbon-neutral shipping? Challenge winner Casimir Morobé of Toqua tells us how winning has impacted his start-up.
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The Fish Site Fisheries & Aquaculture
Indonesian aquatech start-up eFishery* today announced that it has successfully closed a US$90 million Series C funding round, making it the largest fundraise by an aquaculture technology startup in the world.
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Arlie McCarthy, The Conversation Shipping & Ports
The best way to protect against this is to prevent any non-native species arriving in the first place.
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Russell Thomas, The Guardian Plastics & Pollution
From ‘bubble barriers’ to floating drones, a host of new projects aim to stop plastic pollution before it ever reaches the ocean.
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Oliver Milman, The Guardian
Ocean heating driven by human-caused climate crisis, scientists say, in sixth consecutive year record has been broken.
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Joel Makower, GreenBiz Plastics & Pollution
It wasn’t long ago that the world seemed wrapped up in plastic: outrage over plastic drinking straws and bags, mostly, but also the entire plastics and packaging industries.
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Bonnie Waycott, Global Seafood Alliance Fisheries & Aquaculture
Projects in Denmark and England focus on education and building climate-positive models.
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Elizabeth Claire Alberts, Mongabay Fisheries & Aquaculture
A new report using core samples taken from the seabed has determined that the Humboldt Current system off the coast of Peru was home to smaller fish during the last interglacial period, 130,000 years ago.
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Cristen Hemingway Jaynes, EcoWatch Fisheries & Aquaculture
Seaweed, a term for the diverse group of large, nonflowering marine organisms known as algae, has a wide range of uses, from food and fertilizer to fuel.
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Philipp Rickenbacher, World Economic Forum
Transparency, choice and trust are needed to unlock the power of private investors in shaping sustainability.
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Royce Kurmelovs, The Guardian Energy Solutions Shipping & Ports
Port of Newcastle says move is part of plan to decarbonise the business by 2040 and ‘we don’t really have a choice’.
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Saleem Mustafa, World Economic Forum
Saving the ocean will require a firm commitment from maritime countries that deploys a mix of several approaches.
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