Tag: Oceans
The Great Barrier Reef is undergoing another “mass bleaching”
Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is undergoing a process of “mass bleaching”, a deterioration caused by climate change, authorities announced on Friday. 1 min “ We know that the greatest threat…
European Parliament calls for international moratorium on seabed mining
The European Parliament voted on Wednesday February 7 for a resolution on Norway’s recent decision to authorize mining explorations in the Arctic seabed. The text adopted in Strasbourg calls on…
In disputed South China Sea, Manila and Beijing blame each other for ship collision
This Sunday, December 10, a Philippine boat and a Chinese coast guard vessel collided in the waters of the Spratly Islands. The two countries blame each other for the incident…
Ryan Gosling and Margot Robbie The new Oceans film’s connection to the George Clooney series is reportedly well known
The dream team of the year returns. Barbie stars Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling are set to come together again for the planned prequel to the Ocean’s Eleven series. And…
Manila wants to better monitor Beijing’s ships
This Friday, December 1, the Philippines announced the installation of a coast guard station on Thitu, the largest of its islands in the South China Sea, in order to monitor…
the National Maritime Museum is getting a makeover at the Palais de Chaillot
After more than five years of renovations, the emblematic Maritime Museum reopened its doors to the public on November 17 at the Palais de Chaillot, in Paris. With a new…
French Navy seizes 2.4 tonnes of cocaine in the Gulf of Guinea
The French army and the Atlantic maritime prefecture announced that a frigate engaged in Operation Corymbe, a permanent mission to monitor and secure the Gulf of Guinea, seized 2.4 tonnes…
Anne-Sophie Roux: “Treaty on the high seas, the idea is to protect international waters”
Opening at the UN on the sidelines of the 78th General Assembly of this organization, of the signatures of the treaty on the protection of the high seas. Anne-Sophie Roux,…
This is how warm oceans contribute to catastrophic storms
previous full screen Next Many thousands of people have died in the city of Darnah in Libya since storm Daniel and the devastating downpours moved in. The picture is from…
Billions of tons of sand torn from the oceans: what consequences for the environment?
Some six billion tonnes of sand are torn from the oceans each year, an exploitation at the limit of what is sustainable and with dramatic consequences for the environment and…