Sri Lanka’s criminal investigators began questioning the crew of a burning cargo ship Monday, as the Singapore-registered carrier smouldered for a 12th straight day in one of the island’s worst-ever marine ecological disasters. A fire broke out aboard the MV X-Press Pearl, which was carrying 25 tonnes of nitric acid and a huge amount of […]
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People may one day live on top of the ocean in this ‘floating city’—take a look
Would you live in city that floats, produces its own food and is resilient to natural disasters like hurricanes and floods? It may one day become a reality, according to Oceanix, a company of architects, engineers and sustainability experts who design and build floating cities. It recently unveiled the design of its”Oceanix City,” a collection […]
Clues emerge in ‘missing’ ocean plastics conundrum
It’s a puzzle that has perplexed scientists for years: humanity dumps millions of tonnes of plastics into the world’s oceans annually, yet only a tiny fraction remains visible on the surface. Now an international team of researchers believe they may be closer to determining where Earth’s “missing plastics” end up, using an unprecedented global effort […]
World’s biggest sovereign fund pleads to save oceans
Companies should be doing more to protect the world’s oceans, including combatting plastic waste pollution, Norway’s sovereign wealth fund, the world’s biggest, said on Wednesday. “The ocean is a vital part of the biosphere and an important part of the global economy,” said Yngve Slyngstad, the head of the fund valued at 8.66 trillion kroner […]