oceans
Staying near seas can be good for mental health
Having access to the coast helps in enhancing well-being.
In Madagascar, fishermen plant mangroves for the future
Mangroves serve not only as fish nurseries, but also filter water and shield coastal areas from the force of waves whipped up by cyclones.
Science Says: Amount of straws, plastic pollution is huge
437 million to 8.3 billion plastic straws are on the entire world's coastlines.
Space study fashionable, waste management isn’t
A huge economic opportunity arises from incorporating good waste management.
What nations are doing to stem flow
Concerted action in the form of a $5 billion annual spending on waste-management could trigger revamp packaging systems, and let the ocean thrive.
Water may exist in Earth's lower mantle, shows diamonds study
The pressures that formed these deeper diamonds are estimated at about 24 to 25 gigapascals.
Taiwan to ban disposable plastic items by 2030
The island started recycling plastic and pushing to reduce single-use plastic items more than a decade ago.
Low oxygen levels, coral bleaching getting worse in oceans
A study revealed that severe bleaching outbreaks are hitting coral reefs four times more often they used to a few decades earlier.
Finding Nemo may become even harder: climate study
A study said many of the real-life Nemos swimming in children’s fish tanks around the world were caught using cyanide.
Wind farms in Atlantic could power the world: study
Wind farms in the open ocean can generate far more renewable energy than those on land.