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Agreement sets framework for creating marine reserves and sharing biodiversity profits.
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With the continent holding enough ice to raise sea levels by many metres if it was to melt, polar scientists are scrambling for answers.
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After years of debates and discussions, nations have agreed on a High Seas Treaty to protect marine biodiversity and provide oversight of international waters.
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Visible from space, an explosion of harmful seaweed now stretches like a sea monster across the ocean. Could robots save us from it – and store carbon in the process?
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Nations have reached a historic agreement to protect the world's oceans following 10 years of negotiations.
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Plastic pollution garners headlines, but a plethora of other chemicals and contaminants—mostly unseen—are likely doing as much, if not greater, harm to ocean health.
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In December, the first of five Intergovernmental Negotiations Committee (INC) meetings took place in Uruguay, with over 2,000 delegates formulating a work plan for the Global Plastics Treaty.
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A new treaty regarding biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction (BBNJ) is being developed by CARICOM under the auspicies of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).
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Almost two-thirds of the world’s ocean lies outside national boundaries.