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Giant yellow crustacean in an aquarium turns out to be new species
A new species of creamy-yellow isopod was hiding in plain sight in Japan’s Enoshima Aquarium. It was first found in…
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Japanese shipping giant to take part in tidal power project planned for Singapore
Buildings in Singapore at dusk. Asia is already home to a number of tidal power projects. Guvendemir | E+ |…
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The world’s most powerful tidal turbine just got a major funding boost
Orbital Marine Power’s O2 turbine at the Orkney Islands, north of the Scottish mainland, in September 2021. Scotland has become…
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How The Nature Conservancy’s Blue Bond Helped Belize Restructure Its Debt And Conserve Its Oceans
Starting about seven or so years ago, the folks at The Nature Conservancy (TNC) were looking for a way to…
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World’s largest hybrid ship set to ferry passengers between Britain and France
An artist’s impression of the Saint-Malo at sea. According to Brittany Ferries will have a battery capacity of 11.5 megawatt…
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Melting ice could open up an Arctic Sea route not controlled by Russia
The Russia-controlled Northern Sea Route is one of the only ways ships can sail through the Arctic. Melting sea ice…
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This start-up is trying to help Indonesia’s fishermen get a fair price for their catch
Utari Octavianty is no stranger to imposter syndrome. The 28-year-old is the co-founder of Aruna, an Indonesian farm-to-table e-commerce start-up…
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In the fight against climate change, seaweed could be a surprising — but vital — weapon
Like many coastal communities around the world, people living by the sea in the United Kingdom have harvested and consumed…
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Scientists are hoping to grow coral reefs at the base of wind turbines in Taiwan
Alongside their natural beauty, coral reefs have an important role to play in the natural world. According to the National…
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Corals further from pollution were more resistant to Hawaiian heatwave
A study of more than 200 square kilometres of reefs in the Hawaiian islands found that those further from pollution…
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