'Ghost' fishing gear: The rubbish haunting ocean wildlife

ON BOARD THE ARCTIC SUNRISE, South Africa: Far out in the South Atlantic Ocean, invisible to the South African coastline, diver Pascal Van Erp surfaced with an abandoned lobster cage covered in algae and other marine organisms.

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East Africa: Indian Ocean Dipole Spells Flood Danger for East Africa

Geneva — Hundreds of thousands of people in East Africa are affected by heavy rains and floods linked to record-breaking temperature changes in the Indian Ocean.

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A Key to Coral Bleaching Events? Location, Location, Location

A new study, carried out by the Wildlife Conservation Society and an international team of researchers, evaluated 26 different environmental factors at 226 sites throughout the Indian and Pacific Oceans during the 2016 El Niño event to determine which factors were the best predictors of coral bleaching.

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Oceans’ wellbeing must be seen as an investment priority

As a key variable in the fight against climate change, the world’s oceans cannot be a mere afterthought on the global economic and environmental agenda, writes Emma Navarro.

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African islands in the Indian Ocean- Looking beyond Delhi’s strategic blindness

The western Indian Ocean continues to remain at the periphery of India’s strategic calculations while remaining a blindspot for the Indian Navy despite the region marked as an area of interest in its 2015 maritime security strategy.

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Ocean Innovation Africa 2019 to bring together tech startups, players in sea protection

OceanHub Africa, which claims to be the first African ocean-impact catalyst, will next month host a one-day event in Cape Town, which aims to gather key regional players of the ocean economy and tech ecosystem.

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