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Son of Trump’s CDC chief seriously hurt in Florida golf cart accident. His family wants answers

MIAMI — A Maryland man is in a coma with a severe head injury after falling off a golf cart last month at the exclusive Ocean Reef Club in North Key Largo.

Miami Herald

Microplastics: are plastic alternatives any safer for our health?

Plastic pollution is now pervasive in our environment, contaminating everywhere from our homes and workplaces to the planet’s deepest recesses. The problem regularly makes headlines, with the spotlight turned toward ocean pollution in particular.

The Conversation

More than £260m worth of cocaine found floating in Pacific Ocean

New Zealand says seizure of more than three tonnes of cocaine is the country’s largest drugs seizure

The Independent UK

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Deal to curb harmful fishing devices a ‘huge win’ for yellowfin tuna stocks

Agreement to restrict use of aggregating apparatus in the Indian Ocean hailed as a ‘giant step forward’ for conservation of stocks

The Guardian - UK

Saving the world’s largest animal can help reduce carbon emissions, study shows

The entire body biomass of a whale, which weighs up to 150 tons and can live over 100 years, is largely composed of carbon

The Independent UK

Why helping whales to flourish can help fight climate change

The ocean is one of the planet’s great carbon sinks, absorbing nearly a third of the atmosphere’s greenhouse gas emissions.

Los Angeles Times

New Zealand police find 3.2 tonnes of cocaine floating in the Pacific Ocean

It marks the country’s biggest-ever drugs seizure, and is thought to be enough to supply all of Australia for a whole year

Evening Standard

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New Zealand police find 3.5 tons of cocaine in Pacific Ocean

New Zealand police have found more than 3 tons of cocaine floating in a remote part of the Pacific Ocean after it was dropped there by an international drug-smuggling syndicate

The Independent UK

New Zealand authorities recover 3.2 tonnes of cocaine from Pacific Ocean, believed to be bound for Australia

New Zealand authorities believes 3.2 tonnes of cocaine floating at sea was bound for Australia.

ABC News

New Zealand intercepts 3.2 tonnes of cocaine worth $500m floating in Pacific Ocean

Authorities say the haul, which is the largest seizure of illicit drugs made by the country’s law enforcement, was destined for Australia

The Guardian - AU

Travel to learn, understand and satisfy your curiosity on Viking cruise

A long-awaited journey is usually the result of hard work, saving and preparation, and the subject of excited chats with friends and family.

The New Daily

Sharper on AppleTV+ review: Ocean’s Eleven with none of the fun

The new Apple TV+ original movie fails to match up to its TV series siblings and leaves viewers wanting something a little flashier

Evening Standard

First images of Chinese spy balloon debris pulled from Atlantic Ocean released by US Navy

The photographs are dated 5 February, the day after the balloon was shot down off the coast of South Carolina

The Independent UK

Great Bear Sea: vast new marine zone a ‘mindset shift’ for conservation

Political and Indigenous leaders hope to replicate success of British Columbia’s Great Bear Rainforest conservation area

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The Conversation

Hurricane Harvey more than doubled the acidity of Texas' Galveston Bay, threatening oyster reefs

Most people associate hurricanes with high winds, intense rain and rapid flooding on land. But these storms can also change the chemistry of coastal waters. Such shifts are less visible than damage on land, but they can have dire consequences for marine life and coastal ocean ecosystems.

The Independent UK

US military releases photos of mission to salvage debris from downed Chinese ‘spy’ balloon

Balloon falls six miles off the coast of Carolina after being shot down by US military

Tribune News Service

Chinese balloons were spotted near US bases during Trump’s era

WASHINGTON — Alleged Chinese spy balloons were spotted on several occasions during President Donald Trump’s administration, including three instances where they traveled near sensitive U.S. military facilities and training areas, according to people familiar with the matter.

The Conversation

Bacteria use life's original energy source to thrive in the ocean's lightless depths

There are more than a billion bacteria in just one litre of seawater. How do all of these organisms find the energy and nutrients they need to survive?

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The Independent UK

New Indian Ocean fishing rules in big win for coastal states

Indian Ocean states agreed Monday to temporarily halt the use of industrial fishing gear that is drastically depleting tuna stocks in a win for oceanside states that rely on smaller-scale fishing methods to prop up the livelihoods of communities across coastal regions

The Guardian - UK

Leaked video footage of ocean pollution shines light on deep-sea mining

Company rebuts claims by scientists that ‘uncontrolled and unscientific’ practices highlight dangers of going ahead with seabed mining

Al Jazeera

US Navy working to recover debris from Chinese ‘spy balloon’

The craft, which Beijing says was a meteorological airship blown off course, was shot down in the Atlantic Ocean.

WEKU

An unusually high number of whales are washing up on U.S. beaches

The unexpected deaths are hitting humpbacks and North Atlantic right whales on the East Coast and gray whales on the West Coast — populations that were already under watch.

Tribune News Service

The EU’s ban on Russian diesel won’t really stop fuel flows

For decades, a steady stream of ocean tankers has filed back and forth between a small cluster of ports in northwest Europe and the Baltic Sea. Typically, each would bring about 40 million liters of diesel to help keep Europe’s economy humming. Starting Sunday, that will be banned — along…

The Guardian - US

US shoots down suspected Chinese spy balloon over east coast

Chinese foreign ministry accuses US of ‘overreacting’ and ‘violating international practice’ after balloon was downed

ABC News

US shoots down Chinese spy balloon over Atlantic Ocean

US President Joe Biden orders the Pentagon shoot down a suspected Chinese spy balloon, as China expresses its "strong dissatisfaction" to the move, threatening "further necessary reactions".

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