AI-Powered Platform to Detect Lost Fishing Nets
The WWF, Accenture, and Microsoft launched GhostNetZero.ai, an AI-powered platform using sonar data to locate lost fishing nets (ghost nets) endangering marine life; the AI achieves 90% accuracy and aims to improve ocean cleanup efforts.
AI-Powered Platform to Detect Lost Fishing Nets
The WWF, Accenture, and Microsoft launched GhostNetZero.ai, an AI-powered platform using sonar data to locate lost fishing nets (ghost nets) endangering marine life; the AI achieves 90% accuracy and aims to improve ocean cleanup efforts.
Progress
24% Bias Score
Guernsey Beachcombers' Data Informs International Efforts to Combat Marine Plastic Pollution
A Guernsey beachcombing group's catalog of plastic bottles, sourced from international shipping lanes, provides evidence to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) regarding the extent of marine plastic pollution, revealing the inadequacy of current regulations and informing potential solution...
Guernsey Beachcombers' Data Informs International Efforts to Combat Marine Plastic Pollution
A Guernsey beachcombing group's catalog of plastic bottles, sourced from international shipping lanes, provides evidence to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) regarding the extent of marine plastic pollution, revealing the inadequacy of current regulations and informing potential solution...
Progress
28% Bias Score
2400 Tons of Heavy Fuel Oil Spilled in Kerch Strait, Hampering Cleanup Efforts
On December 15, 2023, two tankers sank in the Kerch Strait during a storm, spilling 2400 tons of heavy fuel oil, impacting 54km of coastline near Anapa, Temryuk, and Kerch, resulting in significant environmental damage and economic losses. Cleanup efforts are hampered by the oil's unique properties.
2400 Tons of Heavy Fuel Oil Spilled in Kerch Strait, Hampering Cleanup Efforts
On December 15, 2023, two tankers sank in the Kerch Strait during a storm, spilling 2400 tons of heavy fuel oil, impacting 54km of coastline near Anapa, Temryuk, and Kerch, resulting in significant environmental damage and economic losses. Cleanup efforts are hampered by the oil's unique properties.
Progress
44% Bias Score
Ningaloo Reef Whale Sharks Show Signs of Potential Pollution-Linked Health Issues
Researchers at the University of Western Australia and Flinders University are investigating unusual white patches found on whale sharks at Ningaloo Reef, potentially linked to ocean pollution, using non-invasive methods including skin and tissue sampling, ultrasound scans, and microbiome analysis t...
Ningaloo Reef Whale Sharks Show Signs of Potential Pollution-Linked Health Issues
Researchers at the University of Western Australia and Flinders University are investigating unusual white patches found on whale sharks at Ningaloo Reef, potentially linked to ocean pollution, using non-invasive methods including skin and tissue sampling, ultrasound scans, and microbiome analysis t...
Progress
8% Bias Score
AI Improves Ocean Cleanup: GhostNetZero.ai Locates Lost Fishing Nets
A new AI-powered platform, GhostNetZero.ai, developed by WWF, Accenture, and Microsoft, uses sonar data to locate and remove lost fishing nets (ghost nets) from the ocean, significantly improving detection efficiency and aiding marine conservation efforts; the AI already achieves 90% accuracy.
AI Improves Ocean Cleanup: GhostNetZero.ai Locates Lost Fishing Nets
A new AI-powered platform, GhostNetZero.ai, developed by WWF, Accenture, and Microsoft, uses sonar data to locate and remove lost fishing nets (ghost nets) from the ocean, significantly improving detection efficiency and aiding marine conservation efforts; the AI already achieves 90% accuracy.
Progress
40% Bias Score
Oil Spill Emergency Declared in Crimea After Tanker Accident
A regional emergency was declared in Crimea's Black Sea district on January 11 due to oil slicks from a December 15th Kerch Strait accident involving two Russian tankers carrying over 8,000 tons of fuel oil, causing widespread environmental damage and the deaths of hundreds of marine animals.
Oil Spill Emergency Declared in Crimea After Tanker Accident
A regional emergency was declared in Crimea's Black Sea district on January 11 due to oil slicks from a December 15th Kerch Strait accident involving two Russian tankers carrying over 8,000 tons of fuel oil, causing widespread environmental damage and the deaths of hundreds of marine animals.
Progress
40% Bias Score
Kerch Strait Oil Spill: Thousands of Tons of Fuel Oil Released
Two Volga-class tankers sank in the Kerch Strait on December 15th, 2024, spilling thousands of tons of fuel oil, killing one sailor, and polluting dozens of kilometers of coastline in the Krasnodar region, with potential impacts on Crimea depending on wind direction; cleanup efforts are underway.
Kerch Strait Oil Spill: Thousands of Tons of Fuel Oil Released
Two Volga-class tankers sank in the Kerch Strait on December 15th, 2024, spilling thousands of tons of fuel oil, killing one sailor, and polluting dozens of kilometers of coastline in the Krasnodar region, with potential impacts on Crimea depending on wind direction; cleanup efforts are underway.
Progress
32% Bias Score