Sustainability
Scientists add new warning levels as coral deaths surge
Earth’s reefs are bleaching fast, but hope isn’t lost. As Alexander Venn told Monaco Life’s Cassandra Tanti, urgent action now could still save the ocean’s dazzling “rainforests of the sea”.
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Prince’s Foundation joins Global Ghost Gear Initiative
A programme dedicated to solving the problem of abandoned, lost or discarded fishing gear, known colloquially as “ghost gear”, has just received the backing of the Prince Albert II of Monaco...
Forest fires fuel record-breaking carbon emissions
This summer’s catastrophic forest fire season in Europe has done more harm than the obvious, releasing record amounts of carbon emissions into the atmosphere.
New report questions “Blue Carbon” effectiveness
As more countries and businesses pledge to reduce carbon footprints, knowing what actually works and what doesn’t is important.
Med ecosystem threatened by huge temp increase
A marine heatwave is gripping the Mediterranean with surface temperatures up to five degrees hotter than the seasonal average.
YCM backs mapping of seabed initiative
The Yacht Club of Monaco and the International Hydrographic Organisation have signed a letter of cooperation to work together to improve our knowledge of the sea and to cooperate on the crowdsourced...
DIMFE shines spotlight on freshwater ecosystems
Freshwater ecosystems, which include rivers, lakes, marshes and peat bogs, are in danger of disappearing in the Mediterranean basin. It is estimated that the number of wetlands has been cut in half...
