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Sep 28, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 28, 2026 · Rebecca Kessler

    As yellow-eyed penguins disappear, conservationists focus on deaths in fishing nets (opens the original)

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    OTAGO PENINSULA, Aotearoa New Zealand — Sandfly Bay was long a key nesting area for yellow-eyed penguins (Megadyptes antipodes), noisy, pink-footed birds that spend long days foraging at sea. But this wild beach on the Otago Peninsula, like others nearby, has gone quiet. In 2024, the last breeding-age female at Sandfly Bay, who’d been consistently […]

  2. Article · Sep 15, 2026 · Rebecca Kessler

    10 promising ways to ‘green’ offshore wind (opens the original)

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    Read the stories in Mongabay’s series on offshore wind energy: Part One, Part Two and Part Three. Offshore wind has enormous potential as a source of renewable energy and is tipped to greatly expand in the next few decades. As this clean energy drive gathers pace, experts underline that new wind farms must be developed responsibly to minimize harm to ecosystems and support biodiversity. Mongabay spoke to experts to identify promising solutions that can make offshore wind farms work with nature,

  3. Article · Sep 10, 2026 · Rebecca Kessler

    Offshore wind may be good for the climate but can it be good for the ocean, too? (opens the original)

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    This is Part Three in a Mongabay series about trends in the offshore wind industry. Part One describes the sector’s untapped potential and gaps between installed energy generation capacity and climate goals. Part Two describes challenges the sector faces in scaling up to meet climate goals. Offshore wind farms are growing in number, with many experts saying this renewable source of energy is vital to tackling climate change. But many of the same experts caution that responsible construction is r

  4. Article · Jul 31, 2026 · Rebecca Kessler

    Coral reef experts press on, with climate looming over international conference (opens the original)

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    AUCKLAND — Lest anyone think scientific conferences must be staid affairs, the International Coral Reefs Symposium closed with inspiration from none other than U.S. rap metal band Rage Against the Machine, known for revolutionary lyrics in the 1990s: “It has to start somewhere. It has to start sometime. What better place than here? What better time than now? All hell can’t stop us now!” Christian Voolstra, a professor at the University of Konstanz in Germany and president of the International Co

  5. Article · Jul 30, 2026 · Rebecca Kessler

    Wind farms join bottom trawlers and oil rigs in a protected North Sea sandbank (opens the original)

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    In the North Sea, the vast, shallow sandbank known as Dogger Bank was once among the most productive marine nurseries in Europe. The area stretches across U.K., Dutch, German and Danish waters, and is home to a vast array of marine life, including sharks, rays, dolphins, long-lived shellfish, anemones, corals, sand eels, and seabirds, prompting experts to call it the ecological heart of the North Sea. While much of Dogger Bank has been protected for its unique seabed habitat, destructive industr

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