Hydropower can be an environmental and human disaster – but do the risks have to be so big? climate change energy.renewable Video 14:47 10 votes
Norway will not go ahead with plans to permit seabed mining of critical raw materials on its continental shelf if initial exploration suggests it cannot be done sustainably sustainability Article 751 words 25 votes
How to move a 1,000-pound rescued manatee (swimming isn’t an option) (gifted link) conservation Article 1679 words 6 votes
Rivers reborn: Alewives continue to make a recovery in the Penobscot watershed in Maine Article 1338 words 13 votes
Norway defends deep-sea mining, says it may help to break China and Russia's rare earths stronghold Article 9 votes
How crowded are the oceans? New maps show what flew under the radar until now Article 893 words, published Jan 3 2024 27 votes
Norway is likely to become the first country in the world to move forward with the controversial practice of commercial-scale deep-sea mining Article 1041 words 14 votes
Iceland fisheries minister rebuked over 2023 whaling ban – Parliamentary Ombudsman says whaling ban lacked legal footing Article 77 words 10 votes
US government court filing promises to spend $1 billion to help depleted salmon populations recover conservation Article 1129 words 12 votes
Finns have been fishing for herring for generations, but new reduced EU quotas are threatening the traditional livelihoods of coastal communities Article 664 words 8 votes
The pristine Tana River, bordering Norway and Finland, is littered with the rotting corpses of an invasive Pacific salmon species Article 1376 words 9 votes
‘We felt so betrayed’: Indigenous tribe continues activism after decision excluding Morro Bay from US marine sanctuary energy.renewable Article 1326 words 23 votes
Aquaculture is bringing jobs and money to rural Icelandic regions, but a huge escape of farmed fish in August could devastate local salmon populations Article 1674 words 7 votes
Norway wants to begin deep sea mining in the Arctic – here is why it's a bad idea Article 983 words 6 votes
Iceland allows whaling to resume – activists say that whales will still suffer agonising deaths despite new regulations and monitoring Article 879 words 23 votes
As offshore wind based energy production ramps up, scientists flag potential impacts, costs and benefits energy.renewable Article 2362 words 10 votes
Tokitae, the star of Miami Seaquarium, dies after half a century in captivity conservation Article 608 words 32 votes
New simulation based study warns against risks of ‘time-traveling pathogens’ in thawing Arctic permafrost climate change Article 11 votes
Campaign launched on Thursday to boycott the Faroe Islands over their highly controversial slaughter of pilot whales and dolphins Link 38 votes
Saguaro cacti collapsing in Arizona extreme heat, scientist says climate change Article 257 words 17 votes
How far will salmon swim for a craft beer? In Oregon, researchers hope a surprising aroma will lure stray salmon back to their home hatcheries. Article 901 words 11 votes
The heat-resistant organism in antler coral may help it adapt as ocean temperatures increase climate change Article 1093 words 4 votes
Brazil claims record shark fin bust: Nearly twenty-nine tons from 10,000 sharks seized conservation Link 15 votes
Iceland suspends whale hunt on animal welfare concerns until the end of August, likely bringing controversial practice to historic end Link 19 votes
Meet Kelpy, the deep tech startup swapping single-use plastics for seaweed plastics.single use Article 671 words, published Jun 15 2023 25 votes
The Faroe Islands' annual whale hunt has begun, sparking condemnation from animal rights groups – though it remains a complex cultural issue Link 5 votes
Whale hunts have been branded inhumane by activists and authorities as Icelandic report finds they suffer a long and painful death Article 690 words, published May 9 2023 12 votes
Norway wants to raise taxes on its aquaculture industry, which could provide a model for how to better manage the marine environment sustainability Article 761 words 4 votes
First account of apparent alloparental care of a long-finned pilot whale calf by a female killer whale near Snæfellsnes, in west Iceland Article 3871 words 8 votes
'Plasticosis': A new disease caused by plastic that is affecting seabirds plastics pollution Article 376 words 3 votes
Research group Whale Wise are investigating how net entanglement is affecting humpback whale populations in Iceland using drones Article 938 words 3 votes
OneWhale charity aims to establish first open water safe haven in a reserve for whales, including a Russian beluga that went viral on YouTube conservation Article 677 words 2 votes
Alaska cancels snow crab season for first time after population collapses climate change Article 575 words 16 votes
Coral Vita aims to grow corals up to fifty times faster than in nature through land-based farms climate change conservation Article 3200 words 7 votes
The Norwegians should not have killed Freya the walrus – if we valued the lives of animals, we would not simply exterminate the ones that inconvenience us Article 1338 words 6 votes
Is Japan's whaling industry going under as demand sinks? conservation Article 956 words, published Nov 7 2017 5 votes
Freya the walrus sinks boats and captures hearts in Norway – enchanting but unwittingly destructive 600kg marine mammal has taken up residence in Oslo fjord Article 411 words 7 votes
Greenland sharks born long before the Industrial Revolution are still hunting Arctic waters to this day – but they face an uncertain future climate change Article 502 words 7 votes
Faroe Islands to provisionally limit its controversial dolphin hunt to 500 animals after receiving widespread criticism Article 38 words 4 votes
After a four-year hiatus, Iceland's last remaining whaling company will resume its hunt this summer, much to the chagrin of tourism officials Article 929 words 6 votes
Over sixty pilot whales have been butchered alive in the Faroe Islands' first whale slaughter of the season Article 811 words, published Jun 14 2022 2 votes
Isolated group of polar bears found surviving in south-east Greenland thanks to freshwater discharge from glaciers water.fresh Article 740 words 10 votes
Scientists want to protect narwhals, but the Greenlanders who hunt them say their traditions are being ignored conservation Article 1316 words 6 votes
Iceland's plan to end commercial whaling is driven by falling demand but also a fifteen-year-long campaign aimed at their biggest consumers of whale meat – tourists conservation Article 1071 words 4 votes
Iceland's last remaining whaling company said it planned to hunt this summer for the first time since 2018 Article 349 words 5 votes