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The IAEA, through its Environment Laboratories organised, in partnership with the Scientific Centre of Monaco (CSM), a workshop on ocean acidification, which this year focused on the impact on ecosystem services and coral reefs. With sixty participants from twenty-two countries including HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco it aimed to bring the global discussion from sciences to solutions. Read more →
Karolina Skog, the Swedish Minister for the Environment, together with ambassadors to Austria, permanent representatives to the UN in Vienna, and other diplomats representing nineteen Member states, learnt how nuclear and isotopic techniques can contribute to protecting the environment, as they visited the IAEA Environment Laboratories in Monaco last week. Read more →
Global research on the effects of carbon dioxide (CO2) on the ocean will get a boost as the US Government announced a further $433,000 to support the IAEA Ocean Acidification International Coordination Centre (OA-ICC). Read more →
Nuclear technology can help Pacific islands in a range of areas, including health, agriculture and the environment, IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano said last week during the 10th Conference of the Pacific Community (SPC) held in Noumea, New Caledonia. Read more →
As the ocean absorbs one fourth of the carbon dioxide (CO2) released into the atmosphere by human activities, the carbonate chemistry and acidity of seawater is modified in a process known as ocean acidification. Read more →