24 FEB 2022 According to NGO Shipbreaking Platform, injuries and fatalities, exploitation of migrants and environmental pollution continue to characterize the ship dismantling industry in South Asia, which accounted for over two thirds of the tonnage recycled last year. NGO Shipbreaking Platform’s 2021 ship dismantling data shows that a total of …
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23 FEB 2022 In the last few years, the deeply frustrating medical area of chronic migraine prevention has been revolutionized thanks to the discovery that a protein called calcitonin gene-related peptide, or CGRP, plays a role in the condition. While several drugs containing antibodies that block or bind the protein have now entered the market and are …
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22 FEB 2022 All manner of croaks, chirps, and deep trombone moans permeate Earth’s waters, just like the cacophony of sounds that fill its forest air. For example, reefs are surprisingly noisy places, and many of the noisemakers are fish. “We’ve known for a long time that some fish make sounds, but fish …
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15 FEB 2022 In Nairobi this month, the world’s governments will discuss the path towards the first global treaty to tackle plastic pollution. But with multiple proposals on the table, the scope and ambition of a future treaty hangs in the balance. The UN Environment Assembly, which is scheduled for 28 …
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14 FEB 2022 With U.S. domestic natural gas trading at the highest prices seen since 2014, America’s LNG exporters are ramping up gas exports at a record rate, sending cargoes overseas for consumers in Europe and Asia – where prices are far higher. According to Bloomberg, U.S. LNG exporters set …
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09 FEB 2022 The British second officer aboard the ”Scot Carrier” who was the helmsman when the vessel collided with the Danish barge Karin Høj in December has been extradited to Denmark to stand trial. The 30-year-old seaman is facing charges of negligent manslaughter and gross negligence leading to the death of the two …
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21 FEB 2022 “The dark oceans were the womb of life: from the protecting oceans life emerged.” These were the words in a prophetic speech by Arvid Pardo to a UN meeting in 1967. It was amongst the first sessions convened to deliberate creation of a body of laws to …
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20 FEB 2022 Without extreme caution, we may pull high-carbon fuels into the value chain in pursuit of the zero-emissions dream. Countries around the world are adopting greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions targets of zero emissions by 2050. The global marine shipping industry is also evaluating whether to increase the current …
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19 FEB 2022 Scientists deliberately infected young, healthy volunteers with SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 – and now, they’ve shared their first results from that experiment. The new study, published Tuesday (Feb. 1) in Springer Nature’s preprint database, In Review, has not yet been peer-reviewed, but it could provide insight into how mild COVID-19 unfolds, from …
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18 FEB 2022 Value chain disruptions are increasingly blamed for inflationary tendencies, although there are multiple other factors that can drive consumer prices up. Since the summer of 2020, continuous challenges caused by tighter capacity of boxes, ships, port infrastructure and hinterland transport have caused far reaching impacts on supply …
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