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endIndex: Deo Onda, the Filipino scientist who participated in the dive into third deepest spot on Earth talks about the promises of deep sea exploration and why microbial oceanography matters to the Philippine community. Screenshot from CALADAN OCEANIC/YOUTUBE "When I accepted this, I never thought this would be history-making and that it would gain traction from the Filipino people,” says oceanographer Deo Florence Onda over a call, referring to the invite to descend into Emden Deep with...

Shayle Matsuda conducting field work. (Photo credit: Gates Coral Lab) A doctoral candidate in the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Marine Biology Graduate Program, studying a potential coral-saving strategy, was named a recipient of the 2021 David H. Smith Conservation Research Fellowship by the Society for Conservation Biology and the Cedar Tree Foundation. Shayle Matsuda will be part of a team of researchers engaging in an international coral reef restoration project. During the fellowship, h...

December 22, 2020 UK-based Symphony Environmental Technologies is taking legal action against the EU over Article 5 of the Single-Use Plastics (SUP) Directive, which bans the use of oxo-degradable plastics from July 2021. Symphony is seeking damages for what it said is a failure of the EU to make it clear that the ban doesn’t apply to oxo-biodegradable… TO CONTINUE READING, PLEASE SUBSCRIBE OR LOGIN