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‘He’s maybe got a few screws loose’: the slab surfer taking extreme sport to new levels

Despite the acute danger posed by the monstrous waves he seeks out, Kerby Brown values the ocean’s therapeutic nature

The Guardian - AU · Jul 15, 2022

Louise Hardman's Shruder invention recycles plastic cleaned from ocean

Inventor Louise Hardman says she feels great joy watching communities go from feeling shame about their plastics problem to feeling pride in their solution.

ABC News · Jul 14, 2022

How the Tour de France helped me think about geology in a new way

As I write this, the Tour de France has reached its halfway point, with the cyclists climbing the Alps. Or, to put it another way, the race has left Armorican continent and entered the folded relics of the Valais Ocean and the Briançonnais microcontinent.

The Conversation · Jul 14, 2022

Coronation Street newcomer Jamie Kenna suffered breakdown after panic attack whilst swimming in ocean

A keen open swimmer, his problems began in 2011 after he got into difficulties while 200m out in a rough sea

Manchester Evening News · Jul 13, 2022

Sri Lanka riots: how the tiny Indian Ocean island nation got into such a mess

The chaos in Sri Lanka has deepened after the country’s president, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, fled to the Maldives. The president and his family left Colombo on a military jet just hours before he was due to resign in the face of massive popular protests which culminated on July 9 with crowds…

The Conversation · Jul 13, 2022

Global Call for Adopting ‘Blue Finance’ to Support Sea Life Sustainability

An international report stressed the importance of blue finance to support the sustainability of marine life, beaches, and oceans. Richard Attias Foundation issued a report on the need to engage the private finance, business, and investment community to protect the oceans and create a healthy future. A significant milestone was…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jul 13, 2022

TUI issues update on Sri Lanka holidays amid ongoing civil unrest

Holidays to the Indian Ocean island have been cancelled until at least July 31 after the Sri Lanka government declared a state of emergency

Wales Online · Jul 13, 2022

Africa looks to private sector to fund ocean climate action

Countries on Africa’s west coast are increasingly turning to climate funding initiatives to boost livelihoods of oceanside communities, aid biodiversity and take climate action

The Independent UK · Jul 13, 2022

We have international laws to stop plastic pollution from fishing vessels now. Why are we not enforcing them?

Ocean plastic pollution was a focus at the recent UN oceans conference, which issued a declaration in support of an earlier decision by the UN Environment Assembly to start negotiations for a global plastics treaty.

The Conversation · Jul 13, 2022

Hawaii national park gets land where ancient villages stood

Hawaii Volcanoes National Park on the Big Island has been given new land in a deal that will protect and manage an ocean bay area that is home to endangered and endemic species and to culturally significant Native Hawaiian artifacts

The Independent UK · Jul 12, 2022