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Water

Microplastics contaminate sea salt from Indonesia’s Lombok Island: study

The findings underscore how marine plastic pollution is contaminating everyday food products, with microplastics detected in all sea salt samples tested.
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Policy & Finance

UN regulator delays deep-sea mining rules, extends disputed exploration deal

The International Seabed Authority (ISA), the UN-associated organisation that oversees deep-sea mining activities in international waters, held a council meeting from 13 to 24 July in Kingston, Jamaica.
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Carbon & Climate

What makes multinational companies conserve mangroves in India?

The country’s biggest corporate mangrove projects are yet to generate carbon credits. But they could lay the foundation for a blue carbon market, experts say.
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Policy & Finance

Q&A: ‘To avoid war, we need to invest in climate solutions’

Small island states are optimistic about the ocean but tired of richer nations’ hypocrisy over climate change, Angelique Pouponneau tells Dialogue Earth.

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4 August 2026

Plastic pollution found among juvenile fish in Indonesia

Waste

Deep-sea snails and mussels in Indian and Pacific Oceans contain microplastics: study

3 August 2026

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Policy & Finance

Behind the race to host the high seas treaty

30 July 2026

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Waste

Bangladesh shipbreaking industry opposes stricter environmental standards

21 July 2026

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Water

How a Philippine community is protecting sea turtle hatchlings

15 July 2026

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Carbon & Climate

American biologist who advocated for Philippine marine conservation killed

2 July 2026

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Water

Seafood trade nearly equals meat trade worldwide, FAO finds

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Water

‘Challenge is implementation’ as global ocean summit hears big promises

23 June 2026

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Waste

Plastic food packaging is the biggest source of coastal litter, study finds

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Water

New data-sharing pact aims to curb illegal fishing across borders

17 June 2026

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Water

Mangrove reforestation boosts food security for Lombok fishers

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Water

‘We really are going blind’: Scientists warn world losing sight of the ocean

15 June 2026

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Water

Fishers live in fear as looming El Niño and fuel crisis pile on pressure

9 June 2026

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Water

Majority of Malaysia’s marine protected areas at risk from oil and gas expansion, warns think tank

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Water

Scientists warn US ocean sensor cuts could create climate blind spot

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Corporate Responsibility

Asian insurers slow to curb LNG cover in marine-rich Coral Triangle

8 June 2026

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Water

Survey shows majority of South Koreans back expanding marine protected areas

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