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A Deck by  Michiel Curfs 
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A voice from the sea. This deck is on issues that are happening in this massive mass of water.
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DW.COM
Antarctic ocean currents headed for collapse, say scientists – DW – 03/30/2023
By Michiel Curfs - March 31, 2023
These feedbacks of mother nature. The ocean is our climate control system. Th...

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‘The best pill for our inner health’: Can the sea boost well-being?
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By Michiel Curfs - March 29, 2023
The sea is a small pharmacy that you need to know how to use. A team of doct...

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THECONVERSATION.COM
Plastic fibres stunt growth in mussels by more than a third – here’s why this is a concern
By Michiel Curfs - March 26, 2023
Plastic pollution poses a threat to marine wildlife. The plastic bags, bottle...

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DW.COM
Is the ocean a viable solution for water scarcity? – DW – 03/22/2023
By Michiel Curfs - March 24, 2023
Desalination is highly energy intensive and environmentally toxic. But the un...

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VOX
Save the “massive, living, beautiful, breathing, majestic boxes of carbon” known as whales
By Michiel Curfs - March 19, 2023
Ships, noise, and climate change are killing whales. Here’s how to change that.

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EURONEWS
Watch these green turtle babies get their first taste of the ocean
By Michiel Curfs - March 19, 2023
Not a single green turtle egg could be found on Reunion Island 20 years ago. ...

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CNBC
A growing plastic smog is choking the world’s oceans — and it shows no signs of slowing down
By Michiel Curfs - March 10, 2023
“The exponential increase in microplastics across the world’s oceans is a sta...

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FUTURITY
To see microplastics from space, look for rough ocean surface
By Michiel Curfs - February 22, 2023
Looking at the roughness of the ocean’s surface could be a way to spot microp...

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UN ocean treaty talks: ‘Life support system of our planet’
By Michiel Curfs - February 21, 2023
The aim of United Nations meetings is to produce a unified agreement for the ...

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Microalgae: Tiny marine organisms with the power to change the world
By Michiel Curfs - February 02, 2023
Every drop of seawater is teeming with microscopic life. Many researchers in ...

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EURONEWS
Can fishing bans protect the world’s smallest porpoise?
By Michiel Curfs - January 31, 2023
The world’s smallest porpoise is on the edge of extinction - but an environme...

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Re-carbonizing the sea: Scientists to start testing a big ocean carbon idea
By Michiel Curfs - January 30, 2023
Ocean alkalinity enhancement (OAE) involves releasing certain minerals into t...

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The dark side of light: Coastal urban lighting threatens marine life, study shows
By Michiel Curfs - January 29, 2023
A new study finds that artificial lights in coastal megacities have come to o...

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POLITICO
The parable of the last corals on Earth
By Michiel Curfs - January 22, 2023
CORALS VS. GEOPOLITICS The Red Sea and its corals are flanked by countries wi...

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BBC NEWS
Ghana fishing: Abuse, corruption and death on Chinese vessels
By Michiel Curfs - January 05, 2023
When it comes to abuse and corruption on Chinese fishing vessels in Ghana, Br...

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2022’s top ocean news stories (commentary)
By Michiel Curfs - December 30, 2022
Hopeful developments this past year include the launch of negotiations on the...

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Can we hope to understand how the Greeks saw their world? | Aeon Essays
By Michiel Curfs - December 29, 2022
The ancient Greek experience of colour does not seem to match our own. The Gr...

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EURONEWS
Full green ahead: The shipping industry ditches diesel for electric
By Michiel Curfs - December 21, 2022
Shipping is an important part of the EU economy and contributes to coastal ec...

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EURONEWS
A litre of water can help scientists track hundreds of marine species
By Michiel Curfs - December 07, 2022
Marine sanctuaries are supposed to protect ocean life - but what can they do ...

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EURONEWS
First photos of the bizarre creatures living deep in the Indian ocean
By Michiel Curfs - November 29, 2022
If you’re scared of what lurks in the depths of the ocean, look away now. A h...

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No requiem for sharks just yet as nations push to protect species from trade
By Michiel Curfs - November 13, 2022
The next CITES meeting, known as the 19th Conference of the Parties, or CoP19...

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THE GUARDIAN
Discovered in the deep: the sharks that glow in the dark
By Michiel Curfs - November 09, 2022
Measuring up to 1.8 metres, kitefin sharks are by far the biggest bioluminesc...

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Negotiations to conserve Antarctic Ocean end in stalemate on many issues
By Michiel Curfs - November 08, 2022
“China and Russia have a different view than the rest of the membership,” Ora...

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How will our beloved reefs survive in the oceans of the future? | Aeon Essays
By Michiel Curfs - October 18, 2022
It was Friedrich Nietzsche who wrote: ‘What does not kill me makes me stronge...

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EURONEWS
Scientists discover new ecosystem 500m below the Maldives’ surface
By Michiel Curfs - October 17, 2022
Scientists on a mission to map the Maldivian atolls believe they have discove...

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Proposal to grant the ocean rights calls for a sea change in legal framework
By Michiel Curfs - October 15, 2022
The idea is simple but ambitious: protect the ocean by giving it the same kin...

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Podcast: ‘Destructive & flawed’: Claire Nouvian on bottom trawling’s many impacts
By Michiel Curfs - October 06, 2022
Known for its damage to delicate marine biodiversity like deep-water corals, ...

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THE GUARDIAN
Arctic Ocean acidifying up to four times as fast as other oceans, study finds
By Michiel Curfs - September 30, 2022
Acidification of the western Arctic Ocean is happening three to four times fa...

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Acid test: Are the world’s oceans becoming too ‘acidic’ to support life?
By Michiel Curfs - September 14, 2022
The process of ocean acidification is recognized as a leading threat to ocean...

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Changing Tides: How Does Ocean Acidification Affect Marine Life? | Earth.Org
By Michiel Curfs - August 31, 2022
Despite how the ocean has influenced the natural world throughout history, hu...

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What Is the Great Garbage Patch? | Earth.Org
By Michiel Curfs - August 29, 2022
The Great Garbage Patch is not one single pile of trash in the ocean, but rat...

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Study paints ‘bleak picture’ for nearly all marine life without emissions cuts
By Michiel Curfs - August 28, 2022
A new study has found that nearly 90% of assessed marine life will be at high...

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‘Missed opportunity’: No agreement in latest UN high seas talks
By Michiel Curfs - August 27, 2022
Two weeks of negotiations to finally agree a treaty to protect biodiversity i...

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Scientists develop AI that can listen to the pulse of a reef being restored
By Michiel Curfs - August 26, 2022
Scientists have developed a machine-learning algorithm that can distinguish h...

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THECONVERSATION.COM
Jellyfish alert: increased sightings signal dramatic changes in ocean food web due to climate change
By Michiel Curfs - August 25, 2022
Jellyfish don’t swim like fish. They belong to the plankton: a diverse group ...

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EURONEWS
UN makes fifth attempt to finalise ‘urgent’ oceans treaty
By Michiel Curfs - August 23, 2022
On Monday, the UN began the latest set of talks to protect the world’s oceans...

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THE GUARDIAN
Discovered in the deep: meet Casper the ghostly octopus
By Michiel Curfs - August 09, 2022
A white octopus sat on the seabed, gently waggling its short, stubby arms and...

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THE GUARDIAN
Whale sharks are world’s biggest omnivores, study finds
By Michiel Curfs - July 27, 2022
Researchers have made a surprising discovery about the dining habits of whale...

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PHYS.ORG
Final destination deep sea: Microplastics’ impact on ocean floor even greater than assumed
By Michiel Curfs - July 14, 2022
This study, recently published in the journal Science of The Total Environmen...

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BBC NEWS INDONESIA
Can we fix our ocean noise problem?
By Michiel Curfs - July 14, 2022
Researchers are uncovering just how large the impact of man-made noise is on ...

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BIG THINK
The ocean is not a quiet place
By Michiel Curfs - July 11, 2022
Sound is essential to the life of marine animals. For a long time, the great ...

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THE GUARDIAN
US cruise ships using Canada as a ‘toilet bowl’ for polluted waste
By Michiel Curfs - July 09, 2022
More than 31bn litres (8.5bn US gallons) a year of pollution is estimated to ...

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THE VERGE
Mining the deep sea for battery materials will be dangerously noisy, study finds
By Michiel Curfs - July 08, 2022
The race is on to figure out how to protect the ocean abyss as deep-sea minin...

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EURONEWS
‘One celebrity slaps another and it gets more coverage’: Why we need to take ocean health seriously
By Michiel Curfs - July 07, 2022
Confronted with an “existential crisis”, we don’t engage with the problems of...

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Environmental groups press leaders as UN Ocean Conference ends
By Michiel Curfs - July 01, 2022
“The ocean, climate and coastal communities worldwide need real progress, not...

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Biden eyes China with memorandum to combat illegal fishing
By Michiel Curfs - June 28, 2022
US President Joe Biden on Monday signed a national security memorandum to fig...

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THECONVERSATION.COM
A huge Atlantic ocean current is slowing down. If it collapses, La Niña could become the norm for Australia
By Michiel Curfs - June 11, 2022
The conveyor belts (ocean current) are to earth what the climate control unit...

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THE GUARDIAN
European fishing fleets accused of illegally netting tuna in Indian Ocean
By Michiel Curfs - May 27, 2022
European fishing fleets have been illegally netting tuna from dwindling stock...

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THE GUARDIAN
Migrating turtles don’t really know where they’re going, study shows
By Michiel Curfs - May 15, 2022
How migrating animals like sea turtles navigate hundreds to thousands of kilo...

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SCIENCEALERT
The Ocean Is Starting to Lose Its Memory, Scientists Warn
By Michiel Curfs - May 12, 2022
The oceans that surround us are transforming. As our climate changes, the wor...

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EURONEWS
Scientist says she is ‘amazed’ by the size of dolphin clitorises
By Michiel Curfs - May 08, 2022
Dolphins are highly sexual animals. They are known to mate in both a heterose...

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