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Shoegaze band Sonnet 58 releases debut album 23 years late

Rick Olivares
Updated as of Dec 19 08:49 PM

Shoegaze band Sonnet 58 will release their debut album, "Crossing Oceans," on vinyl this coming December 30 at 70s Bistro -- 23 years after they first recorded the songs. Read more »

Ocean plastic waste probably comes from ships, report says

Ivan Couronne, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 01 07:21 AM

Most of the plastic bottles washing up on the rocky shores of Inaccessible Island, aptly named for its sheer cliffs rising from the middle of the South Atlantic, probably come from Chinese merchant ships, a study published Monday said. Read more »

New report on ocean, climate change shows ‘disastrous’ effects for PH — expert

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 25 10:33 PM

NEW YORK - In a few hours, a new United Nations report will be released to the world and, according to an expert, it will detail the ongoing devastating effects of climate change on oceans and island nations like the Philippines. Read more »

Jellyfish thrive in the man-made disruption of the oceans

Laure Fillon, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Sep 24 01:11 PM

The proliferation of the jellyfish could lead to what some observers are calling the "jellyfication" of the oceans, which are facing profound changes according to a draft UN report due out on Wednesday.   Read more »

Used and abused, oceans key to fighting climate change

Amélie Bottolier-Depois and Marlowe Hood, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 20 05:24 PM

Humanity must heal oceans made sick by climate change and pollution to protect marine life and to save itself, experts warned days before the release of a major UN report. Read more »

Melting glaciers, ice sheets, raising Earth's seas

Patrick Galey and Marlowe Hood, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Aug 29 11:22 PM

As the planet's polar ice sheets destabilize amid rising temperatures, a landmark UN assessment of Earth's retreating frozen spaces is also set to spell out how melting mountain glaciers will impact humanity in the decades to come. Read more »

Southeast Asian nations vow to combat plastic debris in oceans

Patpicha Tanakasempipat and Panu Wongcha-um, Reuters
Posted at Jun 22 10:57 PM

Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam and Thailand, along with worst offender China, throw the most plastic waste into oceans, according to a 2015 report. Read more »

Tubbataha’s gone birds

Niña Corpuz, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 08 04:20 PM

The Tubbataha seabirds are vanishing. Read more »

Aussie cops to the roo-scue as kangaroo caught in surf

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 28 03:45 PM

A kangaroo that hopped into the sea for a dip at a Melbourne beach had to be rescued by Australian police and brought back to life with CPR, officers said Sunday.  Read more »

Thai turtle's plastic-filled stomach highlights ocean crisis

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 12 06:55 AM

Startling images of plastic shreds, rubber bands and other debris found jammed in the stomach of a green turtle in Thailand have highlighted the crisis of waste-strewn seas following the widely publicized death of a whale this month. Read more »

TINGNAN: 17-talampakang pating, inanod sa dalampasigan ng Aurora

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 24 05:55 PM

MANILA - Inanod sa dalampasigan ng Dipaculao, Aurora ang bangkay ng isang 17-talampakang pating ngayong Miyerkoles. Read more »

More than 200 nations promise to stop ocean plastic waste

Reuters
Posted at Dec 07 05:29 AM

NAIROBI - More than 200 countries signed a U.N. resolution in Nairobi on Wednesday to eliminate plastic pollution in the sea, a move some delegates hoped would pave the way to a legally binding treaty.   Read more »