What Has Recovered in Raja Ampat: The Misool Story
Edition 001 reported on the nickel-mining threat to Raja Ampat, the marine protected area in eastern Indonesia that has been called the global epicentre of coral biodiversity. The piece
Edition 001 reported on the nickel-mining threat to Raja Ampat, the marine protected area in eastern Indonesia that has been called the global epicentre of coral biodiversity. The piece
The World Meteorological Organization's State of the Climate in the South-West Pacific 2026 report, released earlier this year, contains the data that anchors much of the Pacific
On 8 June 2026 — World Ocean Day — the government of Tuvalu will launch its first National Ocean Policy. The launch falls into Edition 003 of this publication, but the document
For most of the satellite record, Antarctic sea ice behaved differently from its northern counterpart. While Arctic sea ice declined steadily from the late 1970s onward — eventually losing roughly half
The waters off Chile, Peru, and Ecuador are among the most productive fishing grounds in the world. They are also among the most heavily exploited by distant-water industrial fleets
Papua New Guinea is positioning the 2026 Melanesian Ocean Summit as a regional governance platform for the four Melanesian states — PNG, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, and Fiji — plus a participating French-
A paper published this week by researchers at the University of Edinburgh, in the journal Communications Earth & Environment, concludes that the Arctic Ocean has undergone a regime shift driven
The Indonesian archipelago holds 75 percent of the world’s coral species. UNESCO designated it a Biosphere Reserve in September 2025. The government promised to revoke its mining permits in June. The revocation letters were never issued.
The world’s second-deepest trench is not empty. Six kilometres down, life persists — and a Pacific sleeper shark made a recent expedition’s lowered camera into a meal.
Houthi attacks have rerouted approximately 40 percent of container traffic away from the Red Sea and around the Cape of Good Hope. Two years on, the disruption is now the new baseline. Insurance, fuel, and time costs have settled at permanently higher levels.