Category: News

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Drones monitor health of declining Australian sea lions

January 25, 2020 Giacomo Abrusci, SEVENSEAS Media Editor-in-Chief Issue 57 - February 2020, News, Ocean Literacy, Technology

The Australian sea lion population has never recovered from the impact of the commercial sealing that occurred mainly in the[…]

No harm no foul: Marine coating draws copper from seawater

January 8, 2020 Giacomo Abrusci, SEVENSEAS Media Editor-in-Chief News, Stories from the Sea

By Andrew Spence Australian researchers are set to test a marine coating that can take up copper from seawater and release[…]

The largest man-made oyster reef system was completed when seven million oysters were released in South Australia

December 26, 2019 Giacomo Abrusci, SEVENSEAS Media Editor-in-Chief Issue 56 - January 2020, News, Terrestrial Topics

By Andrew Spence The largest man-made oyster reef system in the Southern Hemisphere is completed when seven million native oysters were[…]

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SOI Maps a Million Km² of Seafloor and Joins Monumental Mapping Initiative

December 23, 2019 Giacomo Abrusci, SEVENSEAS Media Editor-in-Chief Issue 56 - January 2020, News, Technology

By Carlie S. Wiener, Ph.D., Director of Marine Communications Schmidt Ocean Institute, a non-profit dedicated to advancing the world’s understanding of[…]

Greta Thunberg: ‘They try so desperately to silence us’

December 21, 2019 Giacomo Abrusci, SEVENSEAS Media Editor-in-Chief Issue 56 - January 2020, News

By Mark Friedman, Special Report from Europe Swedish activist Greta Thunberg said young people are “bringing change” to the Madrid climate[…]

Rice University launches bold climate change initiative with Shell

December 18, 2019 Giacomo Abrusci, SEVENSEAS Media Editor-in-Chief Issue 56 - January 2020, News

Game-changing’ idea: Don’t burn hydrocarbons, split them into hydrogen energy and valuable carbon materials Rice University has launched Carbon Hub,[…]