When Arvid Pardo, a Maltese diplomat, took the floor at the United Nations General Assembly in New York in 1967 and began speaking at length on international law, the room was sparsely populated. Pardo was undeterred. The deep, dark ocean, ...| Hakai Magazine
Earlier this year, Leticia Carvalho, a Brazilian oceanographer and environmental policy expert, took the helm of the International Seabed Authority (ISA) as secretary general. The ISA, an intergovernmental body that governs what happens on the seafloor in international waters, is ...| Hakai Magazine
Aquaculture is big business in Canada. In 2023, open-net-pen salmon farming in British Columbia alone produced 50,000 tonnes of fish worth just over US $350-million. But on June 30, 2029, the federal government’s long-looming ban on open-net-pen salmon farming is ...| Hakai Magazine
One of the biggest mistakes novice children’s book writers make is to assume that a story must teach something. An overt message—share, don’t be a bully, eat your veggies—can make for a boring book. There can, of course, be a ...| Hakai Magazine
Green hydrogen? More like electrification with extra steps.| Hakai Magazine
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Green hydrogen production makes a lot of extra oxygen. Could we put it to work revitalizing the ocean?| Hakai Magazine
The United States has big plans for wind energy—but a 1920s law is getting in the way of the rollout.| Hakai Magazine