07 MAR 2024 Images of paradise beaches buried under bottles and ocean animals swimming past carrier bags are the all-too-familiar evidence of how humanity’s addiction to plastic has polluted the marine world. But a less visible problem with plastic is increasingly capturing scientists’ attention: the microbes that have colonized the …
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04 MAR 2024 A chemical used in agriculture around the world is tightly regulated in the United States, but a preliminary study suggests it could be widespread in the country’s food supply anyway. Scientists at the controversial US nonprofit Environmental Working Group (EWG) found the chemical chlormequat in four out of five urine samples …
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28 FEB 2024 With the Red Sea Crisis continuing to unfold, Rosie Goncare, partner in the marine, trade and energy team, at law firm Hill Dickinson, and Reema Shour, senior knowledge lawyer at Hill Dickinson, discuss the legal implications of the crisis. They highlight the rights of the ship owner/carrier, …
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27 FEB 2024 The sex of human and other mammal babies is decided by a male-determining gene on the Y chromosome. But the human Y chromosome is degenerating and may disappear in a few million years, leading to our extinction unless we evolve a new sex gene. The good news …
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26 FEB 2024 Chinese authorities are reporting that a small cargo ship traveling on the Hingqili near the industrial southern city of Guangzhou hit a bridge crossing the waterway causing a section of the roadway to collapse. At least five vehicles plunged off the bridge with the latest reports saying …
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23 FEB 2024 A common preservative used in food products from beer to sausages to cheese has the potential to interact with the human gut microbiome in unexpected and perhaps damaging ways, according to a new study. These latest findings, from researchers at the University of Chicago and the University …
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22 FEB 2024 The Philippines’ Undersecretary in the country’s Department of Foreign Affairs confirmed that one of the eighteen Filipino seafarers aboard the seized oil tanker St. Nikolas was released earlier in the month. He did not provide further details while also calling on the agency to replace the other …
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22 FEB 2024 Canada’s Foreign Minister Melanie Joly on Sunday said China should play a role in keeping the Red Sea safe for commerce because Chinese ships are at risk there as well, and urged Beijing to stop helping Russia sidestep international sanctions. In an interview, Joly said she told China’s Foreign …
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19 FEB 2024 The world’s coral reefs are close to 25% larger than we thought. By using satellite images, machine learning and on-ground knowledge from a global network of people living and working on coral reefs, we found an extra 64,000 square kilometers of coral reefs – an area the size of Ireland. …
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13 FEB 2024 On February 1, MITAGS instructor and professional mariner Captain Rich Madden delivered a live seminar for U.S. National Weather Service forecasters from the container ship Maersk Columbus, which was transiting off the coast of West Africa. It may be among the first educational seminars delivered remotely from a merchant ship …
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