News

23 Jun 2026

MarineNews

Photo by Gerland Schömbs   French Polynesia has become the world’s largest contributor to the global 30×30 ocean protection target, after President Moetai Brotherson announced on 7 June that a further 520,000 km² of the territory’s waters will be fully protected from extractive industries. The move brings the total share of French Polynesia’s exclusive economic zone under full protection to around 30%, an area covering roughly 1.4 million […]

23 Jun 2026

MarineNews

Photo by Ian Hutchinson   The US National Science Foundation (NSF) has abandoned its plan to dismantle the Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI), a $368 million network of more than 900 instruments, after a bipartisan revolt in Congress. The agency confirmed on 18 June that it “will not proceed with further removal or descoping of equipment from the […]

23 Jun 2026

MarineNews

      Photo by Josiah Nicklas   International governance frameworks are poorly equipped to deal with the combined threat that ocean acidification poses to global food security, according to a new study led by researchers at the UCL Energy Institute, launched during the Our Ocean Conference in Mombasa. The research, published in Environmental Research: Food Systems, maps […]

18 Jun 2026

Events

Short Course: Law of the Sea – Online Starts 28 September 2026 The British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL)  will once again be convening its flagship short course on the Law of the Sea. This popular course provides a practice-oriented introduction to the international law of the sea and the urgent challenges facing […]

18 Jun 2026

NewsWater

Image description: River Lee running through Cork City. Image by Daniel Byram from Pixabay.   Ireland’s water quality remained largely unimproved in 2025, according to the EPA’s latest monitoring report. Excess nutrients, including nitrogen and phosphorus from agriculture, wastewater discharge and runoff, continue to degrade water bodies across the country. Improvements in some rivers and lakes were offset […]

18 Jun 2026

NewsWater

Image description: Red floor tiles under a thin layer of water. Photo by Annie Agarwal on Unsplash   Southern Water has announced an £11 million investment in Hampshire to cut groundwater flooding risk after this winter’s severe wet weather. The programme will include sewer sealing work to prevent groundwater entering the network, alongside resilience measures […]

18 Jun 2026

NewsWater

Image Description: Water hitting a stone. Photo by Cem Salini on Unsplash   Amazon and water technology company Aganova are rolling out an AI‑driven leak detection project in Bergamo’s water distribution network, working with local utility Uniacque. The system, which runs on Amazon Web Services (AWS) infrastructure, monitors flows in large transmission mains and flags anomalies […]