Ocean Photographer Awards & Updates on Marine Protection

In Today's Email:

• Ocean Photographer of the Year 2023 Awards

• UN Maritime Law Court Holding A Hearing On Ocean Protection

• Sea Weeding Could Potentially Help Coral Reef Regrowth

Ocean Photographer of the Year 2023 Awards

📸 The Ocean Photographer of the Year 2023 awards just dropped, and they’re making waves (pun intended 🌊). Evolutionary Biology student and blackwater shutterbug, Jialing Cai, snagged the top prize with a captivating shot of a paper nautilus chilling on a drifting wooden stick.

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Dive into the full gallery here.

UN Maritime Law Court Holding A Hearing On Ocean Protection

⚖️ Maritime Law: The high seas are heating up – not just temperature-wise. The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea is pondering a big question: Do countries have a legal duty to curb CO₂ emissions that the ocean absorbs? Sparked by an inquiry from the Commission of Small Island States, the tribunal is untangling obligations under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). The verdict? It could reshape how nations approach ocean protection in a changing climate.

Sea Weeding Could Potentially Help Coral Reef Regrowth

Move over, home gardening, it's time for some sea-weeding! 🌱 In a world where seaweed is staging a hostile takeover of our beloved coral reefs, innovative minds have come up with a gardening solution that's making waves. Yup, it's called sea-weeding. Think of it as underwater gardening where the goal is to restore balance and beauty to our submerged rain-forests. Diving into this new method might just be the green thumb our oceans need. Dive in to learn more. 🌊 #SaveTheReefs

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