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Surging waves threaten Aussie coastline, researchers warn

Ocean waves in the Southern Hemisphere are becoming more powerful, adding to Australia’s coastal erosion, according to an international oceanographic team. Dr Tom Mortlock, an...

World Oceans Day: Environmentalists seek end to plastic pollution

On World Oceans Day, stakeholders have called for an end to indiscriminate dumping of plastics into the nation’s water bodies. The experts made called for...

Seoul seeks IMO’s involvement in dispute over Fukushima radioactive water

South Korea has asked the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) to explore ways to cooperate with the UN nuclear watchdog to ensure safety in Japan’s...

Urgent climate action needed to safeguard world’s oceans, says UN report

Governments need to take the world’s oceans more strongly into account while considering how to curb greenhouse emissions and adapting to the impacts of...

Groups create Blue Nature Alliance to protect planet’s ocean

A new ocean conservation initiative is underway to catalyse the protection and conservation of 18 million square kilometres of the ocean (7 million square...

Australian deep-sea reef study could uncover new species

Australian researchers have embarked on an expedition to explore previously undocumented deep-sea coral reefs off the country’s north coast. Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS)...

World Water Day: Group calls for protection of Nigerian waters from marine litter

A non-governmental organisation (NGO), Connected Advocacy for Empowerment and Youth Development Initiative, has urged the President Muhammadu Buhari to implement policies geared towards the...

Oxygen content in deep sea surged 600m years ago – Study

A recent study revealed that the deep-sea oxygen content surged 600 million years ago, which laid the foundation for the emergence of multicellular organisms. Paleontologists...

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World Malaria Day: UK supports Nigeria’s fight against malaria with £1bn

United Kingdom has contributed about £1 billion to the global fund against malaria and other diseases in Nigeria for...
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World Malaria Day: Over half of world at risk of mosquito-borne diseases

Scientists on Thursday, April 25, 2024, warned that by the end of the century more than half of the...

China continues to battle flood in Pearl River Basin

China’s Ministry of Water Resources is intensifying precautionary measures against flooding as heavy rain continues to lash southern China. The...

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