Oceans

• World’s oceans were warmest on record in 2021, climate report says

  The world's oceans grew to their warmest and most acidic levels on record last year, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Wednesday.

  World

  May 18, 2022
  
• Shark researchers to increase sample size of tagged great white sharks in Nova Scotia

  Expedition Nova Scotia 2020 started in Main-a-dieu on Sept. 8 and will move down the coast before ending near Lunenburg on Oct. 6.

  Environment

  Sep 14, 2020
  
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• Dalhousie professor outlines harmful human impacts on oceans in global report

  Wildlife population found in freshwater habitats 'have suffered the starkest average population decline of 84 per cent.'

  Environment

  Sep 10, 2020
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• Canada joins international alliance on ocean protection

  The Global Ocean Alliance, founded by Great Britain last year, seeks to protect 30 per cent of the world's oceans by 2030.

  Canada

  Jul 9, 2020
• Plastic waste from personal protective equipment — the other coronavirus ‘plague’

  "It's another plague, unfortunately. It's another plastic plague that we're facing now," said Dr. Hilary Nash

  Environment

  Jun 7, 2020
• Healthy, clean oceans still a possibility — but it might take 30 years, say scientists

  Species of animals have seen a resurgence in parts of the world, proving the ocean is rebounding, according to new scientific research.

  Environment

  Apr 2, 2020
• 10th North Atlantic right whale calf of the season spotted off South Carolina

  NOAA identified the mom as 31-year-old Palmetto who last gave birth in 2009. This is her fifth calf.

  Environment

  Feb 12, 2020
• 3 North Atlantic right whale calves spotted off coasts of Florida, Georgia

  'Any calf is a good sign. We count each one as a sign of hope. [But] we need a lot more,' says research scientist Philip Hamilton.

  Environment

  Feb 5, 2020
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• 300 million people currently live in areas threatened by rising sea levels, study finds

  China contains the largest affected population, followed by Bangladesh, India, Vietnam, Indonesia and Thailand. 

  Canada

  Oct 29, 2019
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• New device catches trash in rivers before it reaches oceans: Dutch inventor

  The vessel is designed to be moored in rivers and has a nose shaped to deflect away larger floating debris like tree trunks.

  Environment

  Oct 26, 2019