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A Greenpeace activist holds a sign as he confronts the deep sea mining vessel Hidden Gem, commissioned by Canadian miner The Metals Company, as it returned to port from eight weeks of test mining in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone between Mexico and Hawaii, off the coast of Manzanillo, Mexico November 16, 2022. REUTERS/Gustavo Graf

23 May 2023 6 minute read

The race is on to stop deep-sea mining

Graeme Green reports on why this is a critical year to stop destructive deep-sea mining from taking hold of...

30 Sep 2019 4 minute read

This article is more than four years old.

Deep-sea dilemma

Sea-bed mining promises many riches, but at great risk. Should we pause for thought? asks marine biologist Diva Amon...

29 Sep 2019 4 minute read

This article is more than four years old.

High seas, low deeds

Slavery, murder, abandonment. Where human rights do not reach.

26 Sep 2019 5 minute read

This article is more than four years old.

Marine gene rush

The race is on to patent all marine life – and some have got a head start. Marine...

14 Nov 2017 4 minute read

This article is more than six years old.

COP23: Fiji’s ‘presidency of the oceans’?

Fran Mills and Mona Hosseini report on positive...

19 Oct 2017 4 minute read

This article is more than six years old.

We need to talk more about Storm Ophelia

The West is not learning its lessons fast enough, says Daniel Macmillen Voskoboynik.

8 Aug 2016 2 minute read

This article is more than seven years old.

Protect ocean ecosystems, not exploit them, is what the ISA must do

Risky commercial experiments put these mostly unexplored and fragile areas at risk, writes Payal Sampat.

1 Mar 2016 1 minute read

This article is almost eight years old.

Ocean litter-pick off the Netherlands

Researchers from the Ocean Clean Up will place a 100-kilometre-long floating barrier off the Dutch coastline, Beulah...

2 Apr 2014 3 minute read

This article is almost ten years old.

Beneath the tide, a different sort of harvest

Filmmaker Kat Zoula visits the seaweed farmers of Zanzibar.

18 Nov 2010 1 minute read

This article is more than 13 years old.

Last gasp for the tuna

Representatives of the International Convention for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) are meeting in France to decide...

1 Nov 2010 7 minute read

This article is more than 13 years old.

That petrol emotion: BP's 'cleanup' of the Gulf of Mexico

Adam Ma’anit peers beyond the smoke and mirrors at BP’s ‘clean up’ of the Gulf of Mexico.

28 Nov 2007 2 minute read

This article is more than 16 years old.

Dreaming of a Fair Trade Christmas

This week, as the holiday shopping season gets into full swing, we examine some of the impacts our consumption patterns have...

13 Oct 2007 1 minute read

This article is more than 16 years old.

Planet Ocean Book Launch

Take a deep breath and jump in to Planet Ocean
Come and join us for the UK book launch, ...

14 Feb 2007 7 minute read

This article is almost 17 years old.

The Bay of Napoli

*Horatio Morpurgo* visits the scene of the _Napoli_, a container ship grounded off the coast of Britain, to see what lies...

Radio New Internationalist - A wave from the ocean

2 Feb 2007 1 minute read

This article is almost 17 years old.

Radio New Internationalist - A wave from the ocean

Just what is on the very bottom of the world's ocean? Dive in as New Internationalist co-editor David Ransom...

1 Jan 2007 6 minute read

This article is almost 17 years old.

Planet Ocean

*David Ransom* discovers there’s just one Ocean, and it’s not looking good.

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