Coral reefs: What they are, why they are dying, and those on the brink of extinction
Coral reefs, crucial for marine biodiversity, are suffering immensely from climate change, ocean acidification, pollution, ...
Why Labour’s Chagos handover is a win for China – and a disaster for the ecosystem
Without British oversight, experts fear fishing vessels will have free rein to harvest the region, damaging its pristine reef ...
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Coral Reefs News
Severe Cold-Water Bleaching and Mortality of Deep-Water Reef Observed in ... in the Indo-Australian Archipelago and Its Rise as a Hotspot June 28, 2024 — The Coral Triangle, also known as ...
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Historic ocean liner could soon become the world’s largest artificial reef
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The conservancy that oversees a storied but aging ocean liner and its landlord have resolved a years-old rent dispute that will clear the way for a Florida county to turn the ...
Hindustan Times6d
Chagos freed, sun finally sets on the British Empire
It is critical to recall that in 1964, to serve security interests, the UK and the United States (US) decided that Diego Garcia, the largest island of the Chagos Archipelago, would be an ideal ...
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Mauritius Expects Multibillion-Rupee UK Payment for Chagos Deal
Mauritius expects to receive billions of rupees from the UK following an agreement under which Britain ceded sovereignty of the Chagos archipelago to the Indian Ocean island nation. “England has ...
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Inside the $14m Egyptian Red Sea Initiative aimed at protecting Egypt's coral reefs
In collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the Global Fund for Coral Reefs, and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), this project aims to protect ...
Cyprus Mail5d
Chagos Islands and the British bases in Cyprus
Putting aside the intricacies of the 1960 London-Zurich Agreement, one sees clear parallels, albeit on the surface, between that of the Chagos Archipelago and the two British bases on Cyprus.