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Move comes after efforts at UN ocean summit to establish marine protected areas in international waters

World leaders gathered for the UN Ocean Conference in Nice on Monday called for strict rules to govern deep-sea mining and warned against racing to exploit the ocean floor. This comes amid growing anxiety over US President Donald Trump's unilateral push to fast-track the practice in international waters.

The potential of blue carbon - using the power of the seas - will feature prominently in Australia's official climate plans following a landmark agreement.

Isle of Portland, Dorset: After scanning the cliffs and seas for guillemots and razorbills, I need to go low and slow to see a down shieldbug

Move to narrow classification of Pfas and weaken regulation is ‘politically and/or economically motivated’

Albanese’s commitment to the climate crisis appears too often to be built on the idea that being better than the Coalition is enough – but that’s not how it works

Speaking at summit in France, António Guterres calls for bold pledges to stop deep sea becoming ‘wild west’

Call to include forest comes amid frustration at time it is taking Minns government to declare park’s boundaries and meet its election commitment

A new initiative to monitor the health of the world’s oceans was unveiled Sunday at the United Nations Ocean Conference in Nice. The Starfish barometer provides an annual snapshot of ocean conditions — from biodiversity loss and sea level rise to human impact and emerging solutions.