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"Norway’s Deep Sea Mining Ban Strengthens Global Movement for Ocean Protection"
#Norway #Oceans #Environment

Norway's Deep Sea Mining Ban Strengthens Global Movement for Ocean Protection | Happy Eco News
Norway's deep sea mining ban will protect Arctic waters until 2029 after environmental pressure and green party negotiations. The decision ends public funding for mineral mapping and strengthens global resistance to ocean floor extraction. Over 40 countries now support pausing deep sea mining while recycling alternatives could provide needed minerals without environmental destruction.

My notebooks these days are filled with strange wanderings and shards of tales both short and long.
https://salrandolph.substack.com/p/sea-of-ice-and-other-portable-tales

Sea of Ice & Other Portable Tales
Some strange wanderings in the form of several very short stories.

King tides offer a stark preview of future sea levels on California coast | Courthouse News Service
https://www.courthousenews.com/king-tides-offer-a-stark-preview-of-future-sea-levels-on-california-coast/

"#GitHub Actions Is Slowly Killing Your Engineering Team"
#Azure over GitHub. Yes, they managed to make something worse. Much worse.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #WoPop
Iko Chérie:
🎵 Tears In The Sea
#IkoChérie
https://ikocherie.bandcamp.com/track/tears-in-the-sea
https://open.spotify.com/track/61iVwGbHu3NWTWyadoqy3X

"Norway postpones deep-sea mining activities for four years"
#Norway #Environment #Oceans

Norway postpones deep-sea mining activities for four years
Norway on Wednesday postponed the first licenses to permit deep-sea mining in its Arctic waters for four years, a delay environmentalists hope signals the "nail in the coffin" of the plans.

I wonder how Sea-Monkeys would do in my CPAP humidifier tank

International Seabed Authority chief urges EU to back deep-sea mining rules | Euractiv
https://www.euractiv.com/news/international-seabed-authority-chief-urges-eu-to-back-deep-sea-mining-rules/

Arctic sea ice extent is steadily decreasing. We're now at a record low for this time of the year.
https://zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-ice-extentconcentration/
(That's @…

Arctic: Sea-Ice Concentration/Extent
Near real-time visualizations [Arctic Climate Seasonality and Variability] [Arctic Sea-Ice Extent and Concentration] [Arctic Sea-Ice Volume and Thickness] [Arctic Temperatures] [Antarctic Sea-Ice E…

A ‘new baseline‘: Study captures accelerating sea-level rise in Africa https://news.mongabay.com/2026/01/a-new-baseline-study-captures-accelerating-sea-level-rise-in-africa/

A ‘new baseline‘: Study captures accelerating sea-level rise in Africa
Sea-level rise has accelerated across Africa in recent decades, thanks to global warming and, in particular, to the melting of ice sheets and glaciers, according to a recent study. The study, published Dec. 15 in the journal Communications Earth & Environment, found that sea levels across the continent have risen four times faster since 2010, […]

We are working on which countries will guarantee air, sea, and land security, Zelenskyy said #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/06/we-are-working-on-which.html

At a time of simultaneous climate and biodiversity crises, protecting land and sea is key for conservation.
However, for protected areas to function as effective engines of knowledge generation, they must adapt to rapid changes and be adequately equipped to monitor environmental change both as individual sites and as nodes in a larger knowledge network.
The Jack and Laura Dangermond Preserve
—a nearly 25,000-acre property that sits at Point Conception in Santa Barbara Coun…

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Solomon Fox:
🎵 Sea Of Monsters
#SolomonFox
https://solomonfox.bandcamp.com/track/sea-of-monsters
https://open.spotify.com/track/6eZTV3H3EQq1uPqGAeBmZX

Polar Bears are in Better Physical Shape than 25 Years Ago, Despite Sea Ice Losses https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/polar-bears-are-in-better-physical-shape-than-25-years-ago-despite-sea-ice-losses/

Polar Bears are in Better Physical Shape than 25 Years Ago, Despite Sea Ice Losses
Polar bears are healthier, with more fat reserves, than they were 25 years ago, despite a decrease in Arctic sea ice around Svalbard islands.

Ingeniero costarricense lanza juego de mesa para que personas aprendan sobre ciberseguridad
https://semanariouniversidad.com/pais/ingeniero-costarricense-lanza-juego-d…

“What they call defence spending… this government in London has chosen to prioritise weapons of war whilst people are struggling to pay their food bills & heat their homes.”
"There are any number of criticisms of Sinn Fein on the Irish left which is as it should be: over here we must recognise that a unionist first minister at Stormont would never have criticised British warmongering."
Lessons in anti-imperialism from across the Irish Sea

💥 Cyclones, mines and a murder: The cursed story of the floating hotel that traveled the Pacific and ended up in North Korea
https://english.elpais.com/opinion/2025-11-…

Cyclones, mines and a murder: The cursed story of the floating hotel that traveled the Pacific and ended up in North Korea
The first ‘flotel’ in history, a seven-story behemoth with tennis courts, opened in 1988 in the middle of the sea. It was a success. That is, until everything went wrong...

Analysis of pine tar caulking shows that the #Hjortspring boat—a raiding vessel preserved in a Danish bog in the 4th century BCE—originated in the #Baltic, and not in northwestern Germany, as had been previously suspected.

A 2,000-Year-Old Fingerprint May Solve Mystery of Scandinavia’s Oldest Wooden Boat
A single fingerprint in ancient tar is rewriting the story of one of Scandinavia’s earliest seaborne raids. Researchers have identified a fingerprint preserved in the tar used to seal the oldest known wooden plank boat in Scandinavia, offering a rare physical connection to the sea raiders who use

I'm preparing a briefing on #SeaLevelRise and my hunt for an image led me to the wikipedia page and holy moly it's good...
If you want to learn about many different aspects, I'd definitely start there.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_level_rise

Drink The Sea: “Gastamos nuestro dinero en grabar discos y salir de gira. No hay mejor forma de envejecer”
https://www.rockdelux.com/musica/drink-the-sea--gastamos-nuestro-dinero-en-grabar-discos-y-salir…

Some amazing photos in this collection at London's Natural History Museum. You can vote for your favorite through Wednesday, 18 March.
https://www.nhm.ac.uk/wpy/peoples-choice/2025-along-for-the-ride

Along for the Ride | Wildlife Photographer of the Year | Natural History Museum
Against the darkness of the night-time sea, a juvenile swimming crab hitches a ride on a jellyfish. Chris spotted this scene while scuba diving at night in Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. The relationship between the crab and the jellyfish is not clearly understood. The crab could be catching a ride to save energy. It could be using the stinging tentacles as protection from predators. Or it could be using the jellyfish as a platform to spy out small fish to eat. For Chris, the s…

In 'Historic Victory' for Oceans, Norway Pauses Controversial Deep-Sea Mining Plans | Common Dreams
https://www.commondreams.org/news/norway-d

Several species of fish are claimed to produce hallucinogenic effects when consumed,
a condition known as ichthyoallyeinotoxism.
For example, Sarpa salpa, a species of sea bream referred to as the "dream-fish", is commonly claimed to be hallucinogenic.
These widely distributed coastal fish are normally found in the Mediterranean and around the Iberian Peninsula,
west to the Azores and along the west and south coasts of Africa.
Occasionally they are fo…

Hallucinogenic fish - Wikipedia

Cheap flights! Cheap flights!
We should’a gone by fecking sea!
There’s no such fecking thing
as a fecking flight for 50p!
https://youtu.be/uVASZ2lCY5Y

Splashy sea today!
#sea 🌊

Was looking at the Chaos Communications Congress agenda & this session caught my eye:
A cool civilian terrestrial backup for GPS Satellite that is interference resistant.
✅ Who cares about the Baltic Jammer?
https://

[39c3] Who cares about the Baltic Jammer? – Terrestrial Navigation in the Baltic Sea Region
Since 2017, our team at DLR and partners across Europe have been working on an alternative to satellite navigation: **R-Mode**, a backup system based on terrestrial transmitters. Our main testbed spans the Baltic Sea — a region now infamous for GN...

Offshore wind farms are about to get a second job: charging stations for electric ships.
Two Danish companies are pioneering this integration at Bornholm, a designated "energy island" in one of Europe's busiest shipping corridors. The concept could provide 17 terawatt-hours of clean power for battery-powered ferries and cargo vessels, saving €2 billion in oil imports while slashing marine emissions.

Offshore wind farms could be used as charging hubs for electric and hybrid ships
Two Danish companies are exploring the possibility of integrating offshore wind with marine electrification – essentially, charging infrastructure for battery powered vessels at sea.

Ukrainian sea drones strike Russia’s ‘shadow fleet’, squeezing oil revenues beyond sanctions: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/01/ukrainian-sea-drones-strike-russias.html

"Sea levels are rising—but in Greenland, they will fall"
#Greenland #Oceans
https://phys.org/news/2026-01-sea-…

Sea levels are rising—but in Greenland, they will fall
Even as global warming causes sea levels to rise worldwide, sea levels around Greenland will likely drop, according to a new paper published in Nature Communications. "The Greenland coastline is going to experience quite a different outcome," says lead author Lauren Lewright, a Ph.D. student in geophysics working at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, which is part of the Columbia Climate School. "Sea level in Greenland is actually projected to fall."

11 South Florida Species Move Closer to Endangered Species Protection https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/11-south-florida-species-move-closer-to-endangered-species-protection-2026-02-04/

11 South Florida Species Move Closer to Endangered Species Protection
Center for Biological Diversity: Snakes, Lizards, Plants at Risk From Sea-Level Rise, Development

The US has a carrier group in the South China Sea and another near the Philippines. Either could start a blockade of the Strait of Malacca, strangling China’s oil supply. So China may not “take” Taiwan today.
Tomorrow however…
#USpol #China

Death Toll Up to 128 People as Trump Pentagon Commits Two More Killings at Sea | Common Dreams
https://www.commondreams.org/news/are-trumps-boat-strikes-legal

What we witnessed was not journalism but the choreography of propaganda.
CBS, in particular, offered thirty uninterrupted minutes of state-sanctioned fantasy,
anchored by a fawning interview with Secretary of War Pete Hegseth,
a man implicated in the killing of more than one hundred people at sea without evidence, accountability, or due process.
Rather than interrogating power, the networks shifted seamlessly into spectacle.
At no point did either network rais…

As Trump Expands Imperial Aggression In Venezuela, Corporate Media Falls in Line
What we are witnessing is fascism unbound, armed with military force and insulated with media complicity.

Stefan Christoff Open to the Sea – Demand the Impossible / The Sofia Intuition
https://mahorka.bandcamp.com/album/demand-the-impossible-the-sofia-intuition

Another way of saying those people were just murdered....
"The clips show some of the boats were already stopped at sea when they were detected, and the people onboard were potentially within reach of U.S. forces before they were blown up."

What the Pentagon’s Attack Videos Reveal About the Boat Strikes at Sea
The military has released 21 video clips of U.S. attacks on vessels it says are trafficking drugs. But they tell only part of the story.

New report confirms 2025 among Hawai'i's driest, warmest on record #Hawaii

New report confirms 2025 among Hawai'i's driest, warmest on record
In 2025, Hawaiʻi experienced its second-driest year in more than a century, alongside persistently above-average temperatures throughout the year—a stark reality detailed in the inaugural Hawai'i Annual Climate Report 2025. Published by the University of Hawai'i Sea Grant College Program, this first-of-its-kind report uses plain language, along with easy-to-interpret maps and figures, to summarize statewide rainfall, temperature, and drought conditions over the past year.

Weekend #Plankton Factoid 🦠🦐
In recent years it has been found that phytoplankton productivity can be fueled by deep-sea hydrothermal vents. These vents produce iron and dense microbial blooms which can locally stimulate algae blooms, but it wasn't clear how this linkage of ecosystems separated by kilometers was possible. Now, an Antarctic study suggests that earthquakes can cause violen…

Uhh #mountainMonday again? Okay, this is a view from one of my recent walks.
As usual it was just nice to escape the fog in the valley. It's always the same - when you're below or in the clouds for a couple of days ... it's all just grey and dimm.
And by the minute when I break through into the sunshine, I immediately feel the impact to my mood.

"Greenpeace set to take UK Government to court over deep-sea mining licences"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Greenpeace #Environment

Viking, n.:
1. Daring Scandinavian seafarers, explorers, adventurers,
entrepreneurs world-famous for their aggressive, nautical import
business, highly leveraged takeovers and blue eyes.
2. Bloodthirsty sea pirates who ravaged northern Europe beginning
in the 9th century.
Hagar's note: The first definition is much preferred; the second is used
only by malcontents, the envious, and disgruntled owners of waterfront
property.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #TheMorningAfterMix
Dirty Three:
🎵 Sea Above, Sky Below
#DirtyThree
https://dirtythree.bandcamp.com/track/sea-above-sky-below
https://open.spotify.com/track/2AHotK0a0MEskqZGmLptss

In 'Historic Victory' for Oceans, Norway Pauses Controversial Deep-Sea Mining Plans | Common Dreams
https://www.commondreams.org/news/norway-deep-sea-mining-2674367383

🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
Black Sea Dahu:
🎵 Ruth (Edit)
#NowPlaying #BlackSeaDahu
https://blackseadahu.bandcamp.com/track/ruth-2
https://open.spotify.com/track/1RI2qxSeqmZNdA3arPMOTQ

“Pete Hegseth, much like the president he serves, sees himself as, essentially, above the law, as unconstrained by legal procedure.”
Foreign policy analyst Matt Duss discusses the brewing conflict within the Trump administration over the leadership of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth,
including his involvement in a leaked announcement of U.S. strikes on Yemen in March
and the chain of command behind U.S. strikes on boats in the Caribbean Sea and the eastern Pacific Ocean.

Will Hegseth Go? Defense Secretary Faces Anger from Congress over Boat Strikes, Signal Chat
“Pete Hegseth, much like the president he serves, sees himself as, essentially, above the law, as unconstrained by legal procedure.” Foreign policy analyst Matt Duss discusses the brewing conflict within the Trump administration over the leadership of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, including his involvement in a leaked announcement of U.S. strikes on Yemen in March and the chain of command behind U.S. strikes on boats in the Caribbean Sea and the eastern Pacific Ocean. Legal experts say th…

Fleet of UPS planes grounded after deadly crash expected to miss peak delivery season
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/fleet-ups-planes-grounded-deadly-crash-expected-miss-peak-delivery-sea-rcna246296
With 9% of it's planes out if service UPS has a major problem to solve in the busiest time of the year...

Eine neue Studie des Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution zeigt, dass der #Meeresspiegelanstieg entlang der US-Küste deutlich schneller voranschreitet als bislang von offiziellen Stellen dargestellt.
Demnach hat sich die Anstiegsrate seit 1900 mehr als verdoppelt. Die Analyse widerspricht einem Bericht des US-Energieministeriums, der keine Beschleunigung erkannte.

New study finds sea level rise is speeding up, contradicting federal report
Research from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution finds the rate of U.S. coastal sea level rise has more than doubled in the past 125 years. The study contradicts a federal Department of Energy report issued in July, which found “no obvious acceleration in sea level rise” and downplayed the risks from rising seas.

Finland seizes ship suspected of damaging subsea cable in Baltic Sea https://therecord.media/finland-seizes-ship-suspected-damaging-undersea-cable

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #Audioasis
Boy Eats Drum Machine:
🎵 The Crack in the Sea
#BoyEatsDrumMachine
https://boyeatsdrummachine.bandcamp.com/track/the-crack-in-the-sea
https://open.spotify.com/track/1MiIbpi8uaI6umgPPRvi9e

Studly Mitch goes to admonish the old creep for perving on the GILF next door
#DavidHasselhoff #RichardJaeckel
Season 2 Episode 15 "Sea of Flames"
#RandomBaywatch

Given that the US has effectively declared war on Venezuela I kinda wonder about the reciprocal authority that that imbues upon Venezuela to attack US assets - not just military assets - around the world?
And might the laws regarding neutrality come into play and force third party nations to limit the use of their seaports (and airports) by ships and aircraft of the combatant nations (US and Venezuela)?
Venezuela may not have much ability to hit US ships at sea, but that does not…

#Taiwan’s first Indigenous Defence #Submarine (IDS), Hai Kun (SS-711), also known as #Narwhal, successfully completed its first submerged sea trials on January 29, 2026.

Fascinating - and a cheering tale:
Raiders of the lobster pot: wily wolves learn to haul in Canadian crab traps
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/20/canadia-british-coumbia-sea-wolves-…

"Solar-Powered Fishing Nets Cut Sea Turtle Bycatch by 63%"
#Fishing #SolarPower #Turtles

Solar-Powered Fishing Nets Cut Sea Turtle Bycatch by 63% | Happy Eco News
Solar-powered fishing nets reduce sea turtle bycatch by 63% in Mexico experiments. The LED buoys operate for five days without sunlight and maintain target fish catches.

It begins: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/581225/man-dumps-home-insurance-over-tower-insurance-s-sea-surge-assessment - people being unable to afford insurance for their homes due to climate-related risks they don'…

Sunset and evening star,
And one clear call for me!
And may there be no moaning of the bar,
When I put out to sea,
But such a tide as moving seems asleep,
Too full for sound and foam,
When that which drew from out the boundless deep
Turns again home.
Twilight and evening bell,
And after that the dark!
And may there be no sadness of farewell,
When I embark;
For tho' from out our bourne of Time and Place
The flood may bear…

Si on ne change rien, 79 % des glaciers mondiaux auront disparu d'ici 2100, mettant en péril l'approvisionnement en eau de 2 milliards de personnes et provoquant une élévation spectaculaire du niveau des mers.
#climat

Damn - a picture from last year at Tipaza, Algeria just came up and that hit hard - it _really_ matters they we get out there and see stuff. The world is amazing.

Happy Andrew's day

14 countries close the Baltic Sea to Russia’s shadow fleet, vow to detain stateless tankers: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/28/countries-close-the-baltic-sea.html

Thailand’s endangered ‘sea cows’ are washing ashore – pointing to a crisis in our seas https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jan/22/thailand-dugong-sea-cow-population-sea-biodiversity-crisis

🎗️ North Sea project promises to return carbon to exactly where it came from
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/12/22/climate-change/co2-denmark-north-sea/
🆓

North Sea project promises to return carbon to exactly where it came from
The Greensand project off Denmark is expected to store 400,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide per year, in its reservoir beneath a small, wind-swept oil platform in the North Seam.

Petitie tegen, hoe zal ik het noemen, internationale dierenmishandeling, of in elk geval de uitwassen daarvan.
https://secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/3000_cows_at_sea_1_0/?copy…

End the floating death camp
Urgent: 3,000 cows are trapped at sea, starving and dying in horrific conditions. Sign now to help save them!

The ‍Baltic Sea region is on high alert after a string of power cable,
telecom link and gas pipeline outages since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, ‍
and the NATO military alliance has boosted its presence with frigates, aircraft and naval drones
The latest incident was made public five days after Finnish police seized a cargo vessel en route from Russia to Israel on suspicion of sabotaging ‌an undersea telecom cable running from Helsinki across the Gulf of Finland to Estoni…

Russia attacks sea port, energy, and railway infrastructure across Ukraine: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/26/russia-attacks-sea-port-energy.html

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #Roadhouse
Art Lown:
🎵 Deep Blue Sea
#ArtLown
https://anthologyrecordings.bandcamp.com/track/deep-blue-sea
https://open.spotify.com/track/2lpzhEeNGO0Nrrrz5e2sep

@… ¿Cómo es posible que ya sea diciembre? 😱😱😱

Drilling for 'cleaner' natural gas in the North Sea - with low methane leakage - will only reduce global greenhouse gas emissions if it keeps an equivalent amount of 'dirty' natural gas - e.g. US shale gas - in the ground. Which remains to be seen.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Deep Sea Diver:
🎵 Billboard Heart
#DeepSeaDiver
https://thedeepseadiver.bandcamp.com/track/shovel
https://open.spotify.com/track/6y5BbtRIpHrmASBZql2vK7

North and Baltic seas show widespread contamination by MRI contrasting agents #sea

North and Baltic seas show widespread contamination by MRI contrasting agents
A comprehensive study by the CritMET research group, led by Prof. Michael Bau, a geochemist at Constructor University in Bremen, provides evidence of widespread contamination of the North Sea and the Baltic Sea with MRI contrast agents. As modern wastewater treatment plants cannot remove these contaminants from the wastewater, they can freely enter the environment and pollute rivers and lakes. Recently published research from a Bremen area group has shown that rare earth elements directly attri…

RUSSIA IS LOSING! "Sub Sea Baby" killer drones sink submarines, skies locked down!: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/22/russia-is-losing-ampquotsub-sea.html

"What changed for deep-sea mining in 2025? Everything."
#DeepSeaMining
https://grist.org/global-indigenous-affairs-desk/w…

What changed for deep-sea mining in 2025? Everything.
Trump reshaped the industry this year, even as it faced opposition from the United Nations, scientists and Indigenous peoples.

One excavator,
10,000 bodies,
a sea of rubble:
inside Gaza’s effort to retrieve and bury its dead
Under the relative calm of a ceasefire,
Civil Defense crews in Gaza are undertaking the monumental feat of recovering thousands of bodies still trapped under the rubble.
The level of decomposition in the bodies is very high,
which makes it difficult for families to identify them.
The lack of tools and technology for advanced DNA testing has also …

One excavator, 10,000 bodies, a sea of rubble: inside Gaza’s effort to retrieve and bury its dead
Under the relative calm of a ceasefire, Civil Defense crews in Gaza are undertaking the monumental feat of recovering thousands of bodies still trapped under the rubble.

"‘Forever chemical’ contamination could undermine sea otters’ fragile recovery in Canada"
#Canada #PFAS #ForeverChemicals

‘Forever chemical’ contamination could undermine sea otters’ fragile recovery in Canada
Sea otters living along the coastline of Canada’s British Columbia province carry residues of “forever chemicals” in their bodies, according to a new study,  and those living near dense human populations or shipping lanes are the most heavily impacted. The research was published in the journal Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, authored principally by scientists at […]

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Lone:
🎵 Sea Spray
#Lone
https://lone.bandcamp.com/track/sea-spray
https://open.spotify.com/track/4EIqU3sBm3YqAwVpSRGx9i

The deep sea and the Arctic must be included in efforts to tackle climate change
https://phys.org/news/2025-11-deep-sea-arctic-efforts-tackle.html

After Kyiv’s uncrewed fleet succeeded in curbing the movements of Russia’s once-dominant Black Sea navy
The commander of sea-drone operations for Ukraine’s military intelligence agency
says more complex strikes against Russian forces are expected next year
In an interview with The Associated Press, the head of the specialized maritime drone unit, Group 13,
said Ukraine’s attacks have forced Russia to adapt,
limiting opportunities for major Black Sea strikes seen…

Ukraine's sea drone commander says AI targeting will add pressure on Russia
A top Ukrainian sea-drone commander says more complex attacks on Russian forces are expected next year as Kyiv’s uncrewed fleet continues to restrict the once-dominant Black Sea navy. The officer, known as “13th,” told The Associated Press that Russia has adapted by keeping ships in port and operating at greater distances, reducing opportunities for high-profile strikes. The defense intelligence agency's Group 13 operates Magura drones that have played a key role in limiting Russian movem…

"Canada’s Whale Sanctuary Gives Former Captive Whales a Place to Heal"
#Canada #Whales #Animals

Canada’s Whale Sanctuary Gives Former Captive Whales a Place to Heal | Happy Eco News
Canada’s whale sanctuary in Nova Scotia will become the country’s first natural-sea refuge for retired captive whales. Not built specifically for Marineland’s belugas, it nonetheless offers them and other whales a humane, long-awaited alternative to concrete tanks. The project could shape global standards for cetacean welfare.

Turkey voices concern over tanker attacks in Black Sea: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/01/turkey-voices-concern-over-tanker.html

Study provides new forecasts of remote islands' vulnerability to sea level rise #environment

Study provides new forecasts of remote islands' vulnerability to sea level rise
In the summer of 2022, 20 islands in the Maldives were flooded when a distant swell event in the Indian Ocean coincided with an extremely high tide level.

We are grieving the loss of
#Kristina #Gjerde, who passed away yesterday, 26 December 2025, of cancer.
She was a lawyer — graceful, thoughtful, and elegantly articulate — who championed the Ocean, particularly the deep sea.
Read our full statement here:

We are grieving the loss of Kristina Gjerde, who passed away yesterday, 26 December 2025, of cancer. She was a lawyer — graceful, thoughtful, and elegantly articulate — who championed the Ocean… | Schmidt Ocean Institute
We are grieving the loss of Kristina Gjerde, who passed away yesterday, 26 December 2025, of cancer. She was a lawyer — graceful, thoughtful, and elegantly articulate — who championed the Ocean, particularly the deep sea. Her legacy is tremendous. She was co-founder of the Deep Ocean Stewardship Initiative, the Deep Sea Conservation Coalition, and the High Seas Alliance. Along with many other colleagues around the world, she fought for the High Seas Treaty, also known as the Biodiversity B…

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MiddayShow
Deep Sea Diver:
🎵 Billboard Heart
#DeepSeaDiver
https://thedeepseadiver.bandcamp.com/track/shovel
https://open.spotify.com/track/6y5BbtRIpHrmASBZql2vK7

Historic Kremlin failure at sea! How Ukraine destroyed the myth of Russia's Black Sea Fleet: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/13/historic-kremlin-failure-at-sea.html

"UK joins European offshore windfarm plan to create world’s largest ‘clean energy reservoir’"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #WindTurbines

Scientists find rare tusked whale alive at sea for the first time — and shoot it with a crossbow [to collect DNA; whale's fine] | Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/animals/whales/scientists-find-rare-tusked-whale-alive-at-sea-for-the-first-time-and-shoot-it-with-a-crossbow

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Sea Lemon:
🎵 Slow Burn
#SeaLemon
https://sealemonmusic.bandcamp.com/track/slow-burn-kacey-musgraves-cover
https://open.spotify.com/track/5JBoWa49nMe1bxaEDbMAxS

As Greenland loses ice, global sea levels will rise—and its own will fall https://www.science.org/content/article/greenland-loses-ice-global-sea-levels-will-rise-and-its-own-will-fall

Explosion in Russian Black Sea port of Tuapse amid reported sea drone attack: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/10/explosion-in-russian-black-sea.html

Ukrainian sea drones on Wednesday hit and disabled
a tanker involved in trading Russian oil
as it sailed through Ukraine’s exclusive economic zone in the Black Sea
to the Russian port of Novorossiysk.
The attack is the third sea drone strike in two weeks
on vessels part of Russia’s
“shadow fleet” of unregulated and often western-sanctioned ships helping Moscow export oil to fund the war.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Deep Sea Diver:
🎵 Impossible Weight
#DeepSeaDiver
https://thedeepseadiver.bandcamp.com/album/impossible-weight
https://open.spotify.com/track/23y2DjW3Ljd7o0ZcFnqRo9

"Mediterranean Coral Reef Discovery Unveils Rare Deep-Sea Ecosystem Off Naples Coast"
#Mediterranean #CoralReef #Oceans

Mediterranean Coral Reef Discovery Unveils Rare Deep-Sea Ecosystem Off Naples Coast | Happy Eco News
A Mediterranean coral reef discovery off Naples reveals massive white coral formations at 500 meters depth, providing crucial insights into threatened deep-sea ecosystems and supporting conservation efforts.

"China commissions world’s largest 1 GW open-sea offshore solar project"
#China #SolarPower #Energy #Renewables

China commissions world’s largest 1 GW open-sea offshore solar project
China has brought a 1 GW offshore solar power plant online off the coast of Dongying, Shandong province, combining PV with energy storage and aquaculture in what is now the world’s largest open-sea solar project in commercial operation.

Ukraine claims first Sea Baby underwater-drone strike on Russian submarine: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/15/ukraine-claims-first-sea-baby.html

German emissions cuts slow, North Sea has warmest year on record #Germany

German emissions cuts slow, North Sea has warmest year on record
Germany's greenhouse gas emission cuts slowed sharply in 2025 as the North Sea experienced its warmest year on record, piling pressure Wednesday on the conservative-led government to boost climate protection efforts.

The US military struck five alleged drug-smuggling boats over two days,
killing a total of eight people
while others jumped overboard and may have survived,
US Southern Command said in a social media post on Thursday.
Similar attacks have occurred in the Caribbean Sea and the eastern Pacific Ocean.
A video of Tuesday's attack posted by Southern Command on social media shows three boats travelling in a close formation, which is unusual
The military said…

US strikes five more alleged narcoboats killing at least eight
The latest attacks bring the total number of known boat strikes to 35 and the number of people killed to at least 115 since early September, according to official figures.

Russian ‘shadow fleet’ tankers hide off Turkey’s coast, fearing Ukrainian sea drones: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/31/russian-shadow-fleet-tankers-hide.html

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Sea Lemon:
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"Europe to Ramp Up Offshore Wind in Push for Energy Independence"
#Europe #Energy #Renewables

Europe to Ramp Up Offshore Wind in Push for Energy Independence

Ankara warns of Black Sea escalation after Russian strike on Turkish ship in Odesa: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/13/ankara-warns-of-black-sea.html

"Sea urchin species on brink of extinction after marine pandemic"
#Oceans #SeaUrchin

"Norway hits pause on deep-sea mining until 2029 amid growing environmental pressure"
#Norway #Oceans #Environment

Norway hits pause on deep-sea mining until 2029 amid growing environmental pressure | The Optimist Daily