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Learn about the extensive threat posed by ghost gears or ghost nets to the marine eco-system. Abandoned by fishermen at sea, these gears continue to trap fish and threaten aquatic eco-systems. Find out how organizations like Veraval research centre of ICAR’s Central Institute of Fisheries Technology (CIFT), Marine National Park (MNP), Jamnagar, and Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) are working towards mitigating this issue.

A team of freedivers from the Honolulu-based nonprofit organization Papahānaumokuākea Marine Debris Project returned on Saturday from a 28 day cleanup expedition to the remote Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. 

A team from the Papahānaumokuākea Marine Debris Project, a Hawaiʻi-based nonprofit organization, returned to Honolulu on Wednesday, with 86,100 pounds of marine debris removed from shallow coral reefs and shorelines of the islands and atolls within Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument. 

The country’s ‘first mining boom’ drove its oyster reefs to near extinction. But a new generation of artists has a voice their ancestors never did

"People should get involved with any kind of conservation."

China has a toxic culture of overwork. People work from 9 am to 9 pm, six days a week. China has record unemployment, falling pay scale, and shrinking job market. So people who are employed are working longer and harder to keep their jobs. But is overwork the solution to happiness? What are the other countries with a similar crisis of overwork? Our next report tells you.

Vast fungi networks are the solution to climate change. They are our formidable allies in this climate fight. And they are hidden underground. They are helpful in a number of ways. Yet we know so little about them. Why? Our next report tells you.

French President Emmanuel Macron has voiced his objections against a NATO proposal to set up an office in Tokyo, arguing that the transatlantic security alliance must focus on the North Atlantic region. This stance, amidst escalating tensions in the Indo-Pacific region, complicates NATOs plans and could potentially impact the alliances relationships. Watch this detailed analysis with Vantage on Firstpost.

Around 4,000 jobs were lost to artificial intelligence in the month of May. Does this signal the beginning of AIs job takeover? Or is it a symptom of a gloomy economic outlook?

Californias governor Gavin Newsom threatened Ron DeSantis with kidnapping charges after he allegedly flew Latin American migrants to Sacramento. Is DeSantis doubling down on his anti-migrant rhetoric ahead of elections?