African ocean-impact catalyst OceanHub is launching in Cape Town in a bid to tap into the city’s startup scene to find solutions to major environmental problems.
The awards, which are open to all South African residents, are grouped into four categories: Technology or Technical Design, Product Development, Inspire through Creativity, and Action.
Watch The Ocean Cleanup unveil its new automated system The Interceptor, which will be deployed to catch plastic debris in rivers before it reaches our oceans.
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.
An ocean cleanup device has recovered plastic from the sea, The Guardian reported. This event marks the first time such a tool has done so. It provides an example of the human impact on the oceans.
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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