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Annual ocean conference nets $9.1 billion for initiatives, despite US absence

A Honduran reef stumps conservationists with its unlikely resilience

The Metals Company applied to the U.S. for a deep-sea mining license

Scientists warn coral restoration can’t keep pace with global reef collapse

With deep-sea mining plans in limbo, Norwegian companies fold or dig in

In an ancient Javanese sultanate, coastal women battle climate fallout

In Panama, Indigenous Guna prepare for climate exodus from a second island home

‘Substantial’ transshipment reforms adopted at North Pacific fisheries summit

Deep-sea miner TMC seeks U.S. approval, potentially bypassing global regulator

Polar sea ice continues steep decline; but will a troubled world notice?

With climate change, cryosphere melt scales up as a threat to planetary health

Lawsuit is latest push to curb bottom trawling in protected European waters

The world’s kelp needs help — less than 2% is highly protected

2024’s top ocean news stories (commentary)

Photos: Top new species from 2024

Electrochemical removal of ocean CO2 offers potential — and concerns

‘Shifting baselines’ in Cabo Verde after 50 years of declining fish stocks

After historic 2024 coral bleaching, hope remains for Mesoamerican Reef

Leaders fail to address overfishing near Europe at ‘fraught’ international meeting

India advances deep-sea mining technology in the Andaman Sea

Mapping ‘gloop and mud’ sheds light on seabed carbon storage

Coral biodiversity hotspot at risk from fossil fuel expansion, report warns

More krill fishing and no new protected areas for Antarctic seas after latest talks

Protecting coral reefs boosts fish numbers by 10%: Study

Norway poised to sail past opposition with deep-sea mining licensing plans

Plan for close season rings alarm bells for Liberia’s artisanal fishers

Inaugural Planetary Health Check finds ocean acidification on the brink

Lab-grown corals resisted bleaching during Caribbean’s worst marine heat wave

The ocean ‘belongs to all of us’: Interview with Palau President Whipps

Six months after first Houthi ship sinking, attacks slick Red Sea with oil

Not merely ‘exploration’: PNG deep-sea mining riles critics & surprises officials

As waterbodies lose oxygen, are we breaching a potential planetary boundary?

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