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Oceans began warming in the mid-1800s, study says

Around 1830, just decades after the start of the Industrial Revolution, something happened around the world: As factories fueled by coal power spread across...

Stemming the tide of plastics in oceans

Plastic pollution seems to be everywhere, from Atlantic beaches to Arctic sea ice to huge swirling vortexes of trash in the Pacific Ocean. Plastics...

Global warming: Food security concerns as Lake Tanganyika’s fish population declines

New research has revealed some alarming insights about the effects of climate change on one of the world’s oldest and largest lakes. A study...

Countries move to enforce maiden illegal fishing treaty

More than 30 countries have formally deposited their instruments of adherence with the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) to enforce...

Save Great Barrier Reef, Australian leader, Turnbull, told

A group of civil society leaders from India to the USA on Wednesday 29 June, 2016 called in an open letter to the Australian Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull, to...

Climate change depleting oxygen in oceans, says study

A reduction in the amount of oxygen dissolved in the oceans due to climate change is already discernible in some parts of the world...

Shipowners’ role in Paris Agreement, by Ban Ki-moon

Secretary-general of the United Nations (UN), Ban Ki-moon, has told the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) it has an important role to play in translating...

Marine litter: Plastic to outweigh ocean’s fish by 2050

Plastic litter in the world’s oceans is projected to outweigh fish by 2050, according to new documents released by the World Economic Forum. Because...

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Nigerians outline hopes, expectations for health sector in 2025

As world enters a new year, citizens across Nigeria are expressing high hopes and expectations for a better-performing health...
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Army uncovers 20 illegal refineries, arrests 11 operators in four states

The Nigerian Army has uncovered 20 illegal refining sites and apprehended 11 suspected operators of the facilities during ongoing...

Climate activist bags traditional title of ‘Jakadiyan Climate Kudenden’ in Kaduna

A climate activist, Ms. Gloria Bulus, founder and Executive Director of Bridge That Gap Initiative, an NGO, has been...

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