Tag: ocean
Strong reaction from China to Japan’s dumping of waste water from the nuclear power plant into the ocean! “We strongly condemn”
The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs made a statement on the release of water stored at the Fukushima nuclear power plant into the ocean by the Japanese government today. “China…
Gabon restructures its debt and commits to invest to preserve the ocean
Gabon announces that it will restructure a small part of its debt in exchange for its commitment to invest 163 million dollars in the preservation of the oceans. The announcement…
Ivory Coast: in Grand-Bassam, the ocean devastates tourist establishments
Monday, August 14, the awakening was brutal for the owners of hotels and restaurants in Grand-Bassam. The high tides hit for four days and caused considerable damage. Gutted swimming pools,…
Less plastic waste ends up in the ocean than thought, estimates a new study – however, the total amount of waste is still increasing
Less plastic waste ends up in the sea than previously estimated. But its number is still increasing. According to the UN, more than a million seabirds and about 100,000 marine…
Baltic Sea: what we know about the Russian military exercise “Ocean Shield 2023”
Russia announced on Wednesday, August 2, that it launched naval maneuvers involving around fifty ships and aviation in the Baltic, a sea essentially bordered by NATO countries that Moscow considers…
Timothy and Bella were rescued after months in the Pacific Ocean
For three months, Timothy Lyndsay Shaddock, 54, and dog Bella were lost in the middle of the Pacific Ocean – after his boat broke up in a storm. They both…
Marine heatwaves: the disastrous consequences of ocean overheating
On the satellite maps some areas turn bright red. While the planet experienced its warmest month on record in June, the seas and oceans are following a similar dynamic and…
Ocean Mining: The Battle of the Seabed
Kingston is rarely the epicenter of international negotiations. In this month of July, however, it is in a gray and featureless building in the capital of Jamaica that part of…
They were on their way 15 days ago! 3 boats carrying hundreds of irregular migrants disappeared in the Atlantic Ocean
Helena Maleno, spokesperson of the Spanish non-governmental organization “Caminando Fronteras” (Walking borders), which works to help immigrants, told Reuters that more than 300 irregular migrants who came from Senegal to…
Fukushima: four questions about the controversial project to discharge treated water into the ocean
Tokyo approves, Seoul and Beijing protest. A controversial project aims to discharge into the ocean treated water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan, devastated by the triple disaster…