Ocean acidification is increasingly recognized as a major global problem. Yet economic assessments of its effects are currently almost absent. Unlike most other marine organisms, mollusks, which have significant commercial value worldwide, have relatively solid scientific evidence of biological...

On June 2011, Penglai 19-3 oilfield, the biggest offshore oilfield in China, experienced two unrelated leaks, with initial estimates indicating that about 723 barrels (115 cubic meters) of oil were released into the sea and 2,620 barrels (416.45 cubic meters) of mineral oil mud were released...

Marine environment is of fundamental importance for China. Due to changed legal situation and deteriorating marine environment, China adopted the new Regulation on the prevention and control of vessel-source pollution in 2009. The Regulation greatly expands and improves the domestic legal regime...