Ocean Conservation

The heroic effort to save Florida’s coral reef from devastating ocean heat

https://news.clemson.edu/the-heroic-effort-to-save-floridas-coral-reef-from-devastating-ocean-heat/

Armed with scrub brushes, young scuba divers took to the waters of Florida’s Alligator Reef in late July to try to help corals struggling to survive 2023’s extraordinary marine heat wave.

After decades, a tribe’s vision for a new marine sanctuary could be coming true

https://www.npr.org/2023/08/10/1192122040/chumash-tribe-california-marine-sanctuary

Becoming the Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary would mean the waters are largely protected from development, like oil rigs and wind turbines.

Royal Navy sailors on HMS Dauntless clear dangerous plastic from turtle nesting site

https://www.itv.com/news/meridian/2023-08-10/royal-navy-sailors-clear-dangerous-plastic-from-turtle-nesting-site

Royal Navy sailors from the Portsmouth-based HMS Dauntless helped remove ‘dangerous’ plastic waste from a turtle nesting site in the Caribbean.

Coral reefs benefit from reduced land- sea impacts under ocean warming

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06394-w

Coral reef ecosystems are being fundamentally restructured by local human impacts and climate-driven marine heatwaves that trigger mass coral bleaching and mortality.

The U.S geopolitics behind Japan’s discharge of toxic waters

https://news.cgtn.com/news/2023-08-10/The-U-S-geopolitics-behind-Japan-s-discharge-of-toxic-waters-1m9oVF47D0Y/index.html

The recent confirmation by Japan that it will soon discharge the nuclear-contaminated water from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant starting this month has created corresponding shockwaves around the world.