Great Barrier Reef Is Hit by Another Mass Bleaching Event
The Great Barrier Reef is undergoing its sixth mass bleaching event, as unusually warm waters stress corals, authorities say. Mass beachings have grown more frequent with rising temperatures, afflicting the reef in 1998, 2002, 2016, 2017, 2020, and again this year. Read more on E360 →
Aqua superPower electrifies 580km of Catalonian coast
The Catalan Association of Tourist Marinas (ACPET) has partnered with Aqua superPower to create a network of connected marine fast-charging services for electric boaters to use along Catalonia’s coastline. The association has 46 members of the 53 ports in Catalonia, which accounts for 87 per cent of all port concessions granted in Catalonia. Through the partnership, Aqua superPower will supply and install its high-power smart grid […]
Plug in Power Infrastructure for Electric Boats fast-tracked in Europe
Aqua superPower announced a strategic partnership with AC charge point developer e-concept, which has developed a novel design of charging posts that have been approved for use in certain sensitive environments including the canals in Venice.
Environmentalists in the 2022 Newport Bermuda Race
In addition to all the usual crew positions – skipper, navigator, tactician – there’s a new choice for those registering for the 2022 Newport Bermuda Race: Environmentalist.
Red seas and no fish: Nickel mining takes its toll on Indonesia’s spice islands
HALMAHERA, Indonesia — Yoksan Jurumudi came home with a long face after spending the whole day looking for fish in the waters off the Obi Islands in Indonesia’s North Maluku province. The fisherman dumped out his catch, but it was only enough to feed his own family. There was nothing left over that could be […]
Single-Use Plastic Free Accreditation recipients
The Green Blue and Final Straw Foundation have announced the first business, sailing club, and marina, to receive the Bronze Certification Award as part of the collaborative standard: Single-Use Plastic Free Accreditation.
Iceland to end whaling in 2024 as demand dwindles
Japan’s return to commercial whaling in 2019 has left few buyers for Iceland’s meat Iceland, one of the only countries that still hunts whales commercially, along with Norway and Japan, plans to end whaling from 2024 as demand dwindles, the fisheries minister has said. “There are few justifications to authorise the whale hunt beyond 2024,” […]
Puffins trek, a new approach to coastal sailing
Based in Brittany, Puffins Trek offers a new way of sailing, by organizing coastal dinghy trips. For a reduced budget, Puffins Trek combines adventure and sport sailing, while adapting to the program of each one.
Great Barrier Reef on verge of another mass bleaching after highest temperatures on record
Exclusive: ‘Shocked and concerned’ US government scientists say heat stress over Australia’s ocean jewel is unprecedented Get our free news app; get our morning email briefing Temperatures over the Great Barrier Reef in December were the highest on record with “alarming” levels of heat that have put the ocean jewel on the verge of another […]
Coral crusaders: Costa Rica’s young divers learn to protect their seas
In Puerto Viejo, scuba diving was once just for tourists, but a centre is training young people with few opportunities to care for the ocean on their doorstep “I put fresh almond leaves in your underwater masks as anti-fogging – a way to avoid using chemicals. You can remove them once in the water, just […]
