The Little Mermaid statue in Copenhagen has been vandalized multiple times since 1913, including the theft of its head in 1964.

The statue's head was stolen in 1998, but later recovered and reattached.

In 1984, the statue was vandalized, losing one of its arms.

The statue was damaged by an explosion in 2003 that knocked it off its base.

The statue was doused in red paint in 2017 to protest whale hunting.

The statue's base was vandalized with 'racist fish' in 2020 amid global George Floyd protests.

The statue was vandalized in 2023 with the Russian flag painted on its base, possibly due to Denmark's criticism of Russia's war in Ukraine.

The statue, created by Edvard Eriksen, weighs 175 kg and is a popular Copenhagen attraction and symbol.

The vandalism is believed to be linked to social and political issues like whale hunting, racism, and the Ukrainian conflict.

The police are investigating the vandalism to determine who was responsible and how it occurred.

Copenhagen police are investigating the vandalism and seeking the perpetrators.

Local authorities and organizations play a crucial role in protecting cultural heritage sites like the Little Mermaid statue from vandalism.

The community is demanding surveillance cameras to protect the cultural heritage site.

The Little Mermaid statue is made of bronze and granite and may be restored using copper, bronze, or paint removal materials.

There is no information available on the costs and resources required to conserve and restore the Little Mermaid statue.

The Little Mermaid statue in Copenhagen has been vandalized multiple times since 1913, including the theft of its head in 1964.

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Content: Danish police investigate who “spoiled ” the famous monument to the Little Mermaid with the colors of the Russian flag
03.03.2023, 7: 15, Misc
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On the pedestal of the famous statue of the Little Mermaid in Copenhagen, a Russian tricolor appeared, says The Guardian.
The Danish police have launched an investigation into such an “act of vandalism ”, which is perceived as a sign of support in the Ukrainian conflict.
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In Copenhagen, unknown people painted the foundation of the statue of the Mermaid in Copenhagen in the colors of the Russian flag, writes The Guardian.
According to the publication, the tricolor appeared on Thursday night on the stone, which serves as a pedestal for the famous Danish monument.
The police in Copenhagen said that law enforcement officers visited the crime scene and registered an “act of vandalism ”.
The police began an investigation and are trying to find “evidence ”.
The actions of unknown persons are perceived as a sign of support for the Kremlin in the Ukrainian conflict.
The article notes that the statue of the Little Mermaid weighing 175 kg was created by sculptor Edward Eriksen, who was inspired by the main character of the fairy tale of the same name by Hans Christian Andersen.
The monument suffered from vandals many times: in 1964 her head was stolen, in 1984 her hand was cut off, in 1998 her head was stolen again, but later returned, and in 2003 the statue was blown up.
In addition, the Little Mermaid has been painted or signed many times.
The last time it happened in 2020, when it appeared the mysterious inscription “Racist fish ”, writes The Guardian.
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The statue's head was stolen in 1998, but later recovered and reattached.

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Content: Unknown people draw Russian flag on a statue of a mermaid in Copenhagen
COPENHAGEN (AFP) - The iconic Little Mermaid statue in the Danish capital Copenhagen was vandalized on Wednesday night as unidentified people painted the Russian flag on its base.
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An AFP correspondent reported that the Russian flag was painted under unknown circumstances on the stone above which a statue of the Little Mermaid, inspired by the heroine of one of the stories of the writer Hans Christian Andersen, was installed.
Danish police said they were launching an investigation into the incident, without giving any indication of the source of the move, which shows clear support for Russia amid the ongoing war in Ukraine.
A Copenhagen police spokesman told AFP: "We are investigating the area in order to find any evidence."
A small number of tourists in the area took pictures of the statue in the port of Copenhagen, which was vandalized on Thursday morning.
The Little Mermaid statue on a largely unfrequented promenade has been targeted several times since it was installed in 1913.
In 1964, the head of the nymph was stolen for the first time without being recovered.
In 1998, a group of vandals cut off the head of the statue again, but it was later restored.
This monument was exposed to the explosion in 2003.
The statue, created by Danish sculptor Edvard Eriksen, has also been targeted several times with graffiti or graffiti, most recently in 2020 with the inscription “racist fish ”.

In 1984, the statue was vandalized, losing one of its arms.

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Content: Danish little mermaid like cornerstone painted Russian flag tricolor
A statue of the Little Mermaid, one of the most iconic tourist attractions in the Danish capital Copenhagen, was deliberately vandalized last night, and the cornerstone below the statue was painted with the white, blue and red colors of the Russian flag.
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The Little Mermaid comes from the famous fairy tale of Danish writer Hans Christian Andersen, where the stone beneath the bronze statue is painted in three colors of the Russian flag.
Copenhagen police told Agence France-Presse that since they arrived this morning, "a case of vandalism has been filed" and "local investigations have been launched to trace traces".
It is clear that this means supporting Moscow ’ s position in the Ukraine war.
Some tourists, puzzled by this, took pictures of the damaged statue this morning.
The 175-kilogram Little Mermaid is a work by sculptor Edvard Eriksen, inspired by the Danish poet and writer Hans Christian Andersen ’ s 1837 fairy tale of the same name.
The statue, which sits next to a relatively secluded waterfront walkway, has been vandalized several times over the years, including two burglaries of its head in 1964 and 1998, and a severed arm in 1984. In 2003, the statue was blown loose with explosives and fell into the bay.
It has also been graffitied and painted several times, most recently in 2020 with the words “racist fish. ”

The statue was damaged by an explosion in 2003 that knocked it off its base.

The statue was doused in red paint in 2017 to protest whale hunting.

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Content: Russian Flag Painted on Copenhagen's Most Famous Landmark

It's the latest in a long line of attacks on Little Mermaid statue
By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff
Posted Mar 2, 2023 10:15 AM CST

The Little Mermaid statue in Copenhagen, one of Denmark's most famous landmarks, has been vandalized yet again, this time with the Russian flag. Authorities said Thursday that the white, blue, and red stripes of the Russian flag were painted on the stone the statue sits on, Reuters reports. Police said the vandalism was discovered early Thursday. "We are of course launching an investigation to find out who did it and when and how it happened," a police spokesman said, per Jyllands-Posten.

Denmark, like other European nations, has strongly criticized Russia's war against Ukraine. The small statue, a tribute to the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale, sits off a waterfront promenade in the Danish capital. It has been vandalized many times since it was installed 110 years ago, AFP reports. It has been decapitated twice and was knocked off its base with explosives in 2003. In 2017, it was doused in red paint in a protest against whale hunting. In 2020, during worldwide protests after the death of George Floyd, the words "racist fish" were painted on the base, though Andersen scholars said they weren't aware of any racist elements in the fairy tale. (Read more The Little Mermaid stories.)

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The statue's base was vandalized with 'racist fish' in 2020 amid global George Floyd protests.

The statue was vandalized in 2023 with the Russian flag painted on its base, possibly due to Denmark's criticism of Russia's war in Ukraine.

The statue, created by Edvard Eriksen, weighs 175 kg and is a popular Copenhagen attraction and symbol.

The vandalism is believed to be linked to social and political issues like whale hunting, racism, and the Ukrainian conflict.

The police are investigating the vandalism to determine who was responsible and how it occurred.

Copenhagen police are investigating the vandalism and seeking the perpetrators.

Local authorities and organizations play a crucial role in protecting cultural heritage sites like the Little Mermaid statue from vandalism.

The community is demanding surveillance cameras to protect the cultural heritage site.

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The desecration of the Byzantine Wall and “Bab Caracalla ” in Tebessa with disgraceful writings
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The inhabitants of the city of Tebessa, on Saturday, became shocked by what happened in the Byzantine wall, in the center of the city, which is one of the most important monuments of the city, where it was desecrated, through disgraceful and ugly writings, and inscription on its ancient stones, which belong to the Byzantine era.
The security authorities began an investigation into the offensive and immoral writings written on the stones of the Byzantine Wall, whether at the entrance of “Bab Constantine ”, or near“ Bab Caracalla ”, and this hostile behavior against the cultural heritage, led to widespread condemnation by citizens and civil society activists, who blamed the elements of adolescence whose goal is only to pollute society and its cultural heritage. It is necessary to place guards in the day and night of the place, which is located in the center of the city of Tebessa and is often affected by shameful acts.
Yesterday morning, the Cultural Department and the interests of the Directorate of Culture and the municipality's hangar moved, with all the material means available to them, to remove various writings, some of which were black paint, which can be removed, while it is difficult to rectify what has been engraved and excavated.
“Sunrise ”, which moved to the scene of the crime, asked the official of antiquities Ezzedine Badie about the level of desecration, said that this blatant desecration of antiquities, is an unforgivable crime, and distortion of nationally classified archaeological sites, with these random writings, stressing that historical monuments reflect the roots of the Algerian people, deep in history and a symbol of identity.
The Director of Culture, Mr. Jamal al-Din Labbadi, called on all civil society actors, associations and researchers to fully mobilize to protect archaeological sites and monuments, for his part, the President of the People ’ s Municipal Council Abdul Rajman Aouaishya, regrets the daily sunrise, for the desecration of places bearing cultural values, a destination for thousands of tourists who come from various European, Asian and American countries to visit. Tourists last year, foreigners, thousands of these sites, appealing to all civil society actors and associations to report anyone who seeks to harm the cultural and civilizational heritage.
For his part, the activist in the field of tourism and the head of the National Organization for Tourism Work, Sultan Jebaili, said that the public authorities are now required to put surveillance cameras, to put an end to the tampering and teenage behaviors that distorted the city center and historical monuments, where we notice garbage near the monuments and sometimes attached to its walls, not to mention these childish acts, especially since the state of Tebessa broke a record in 2023. All stop in front of the Byzantine wall and the gate of Caracalla and other monuments that abound in the city, as visited the place a university research mission, from Istanbul, Turkey, and was impressed by these, towards these treasures found contrary to all the Roman monuments in Algeria, in the heart of the city of Tebessa, where the mark was raised by the Arab Tebsi Sheikh and thinker Malik Ben Nabi.
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The Little Mermaid statue is made of bronze and granite and may be restored using copper, bronze, or paint removal materials.

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The unusual behavior of an American tourist in Copenhagen caused a storm of indignation among other travelers who witnessed this incident.
The girl came to the statue of the Little Mermaid and, not paying attention to the prohibition to touch the monument, began to touch and even kiss her.
The witness of this incident was a tourist named Dylan Trinkler, who captured everything on his phone.
The video shows how the girl climbed the pedestal of the monument, pressed her face against it and began to kiss the statue.
At the same time, clear warning signs about the prohibition of such actions were installed around the sculpture.
Many people began to condemn the violator, shouted at her to leave.
It should be noted that the statue of the Little Mermaid was installed in 1913 and is made of bronze and granite.
It is part of Danish cultural heritage and is inspired by Hans Christian Andersen ’ s famous fairy tale about a mermaid who gave up her underwater world for the love of a prince on land.
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Content: Lucy the Elephant gets government help for restoration

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MARGATE - The federal government has given a boost to the newly commenced restoration of Lucy the Elephant with the National Park Service announcement of a $500,000 preservation grant for the national landmark.

The grant is specifically for exterior renovation of the mammoth-sized attraction that has stood in the seaside resort of Margate for nearly 150 years.

The pachyderm already has been encased in scaffolding in preparation for its multi-million dollar restoration. Lucy stands six stories high, weighs about 80 tons and carries a "howdah" on its back, allowing visitors a great view of the beach town and surrounding resorts.

However, Lucy the Elephant tours were suspended last month pending completion of restoration by the Save Lucy Committee though Its gift shop remains open.

The scaffolding will allow construction workers to replace the metal skin of the giant statue.

"This $1.9 Million project will be one of the largest undertakings by the Save Lucy Committee in its continuing effort to preserve the National Historic Landmark and Oldest Roadside Attraction in America," the Lucy committee wrote on its website.

Lucy is considered a  rare example of 19th Century architectural "folly," according to the New Jersey Historic Trust.

Engineer and real estate mogul James Lafferty designed and built the attraction in 1881 during the Victorian era.

For more information visit https://lucytheelephant.org/

Carol Comegno loves telling stories about South Jersey life, history and military veterans for the Courier Post, Burlington County Times and The Daily Journal. If you have a story to share, call her at 856-486-2473 or email  ccomegno@gannettnj.com.

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Ocean acidification, caused by the absorption of large amounts of carbon dioxide, can affect marine life beyond coral reefs, including cephalopods and other species.

The absorption of CO2 by the oceans is causing ocean acidification, with the Arctic Ocean acidifying at a rate 3-4 times faster than other oceans, which can have significant consequences for marine ecosystems.

Cephalopods, such as pteropods, have difficulty building and maintaining their shells in acidic water, which can affect their physiology and behavior, although specific information on the effects of ocean acidification on cephalopod physiology and behavior is limited.

Ocean acidification can impact the physiology, growth, and survival of some fish species, as well as alter key behaviors that affect their survival, and some fish species can rapidly evolve to adapt to ocean acidification.

Many animals, including those with calcium carbonate in their skeletons or shells, such as cephalopods, can be negatively affected by changes in water acidity, which can have a ripple effect throughout the ecosystem.

Changes in ocean acidity can have a negative impact on these animals, especially in the early stages of their life, and increased ocean temperature may have a greater impact on early life stages of cephalopods than acidification.

The combined effects of ocean warming and acidification can impact the success of egg hatching, survival, and development of cephalopod larvae, and high mortality rates of cephalopod larvae at low pH and high water temperatures suggest a potential collapse of this species under future ocean acidification and warming conditions.

Ocean acidification can also affect the nervous system of marine mammals, disrupting their ability to sense and respond to their environment, and can have a negative impact on marine ecosystems, including fish and shellfish populations.

Some marine organisms, like seaweeds and certain types of phytoplankton, may benefit from increased ocean acidification, but this can lead to imbalances in the food chain, biodiversity, and ecosystem.

Kelp cultivation can mitigate coastal ocean acidification and increase the growth of North Atlantic bivalves, and sea urchins have the potential to acclimate to reduced pH and produce gametes of the same quality as controls held at the currently natural pH.

The study highlights the importance of considering site variability and intraspecific differences in response to ocean acidification, and the need for further research on the impacts of ocean acidification on cephalopod physiology and behavior.

Ocean acidification poses a threat to marine calcifiers, including bivalves such as clams, mussels, and oysters, and can make it harder for some ocean creatures, like pteropods, to build and keep their shells.

The decrease in pteropod populations in the Antarctic Ocean could have significant consequences for the food web and carbon cycle, and ocean acidification can affect the ability of marine animals, such as reef fish and sharks, to track smells.

Changes in temperature can disrupt the development and functioning of animals' brains, potentially affecting their ability to adapt to new environments, including those caused by ocean acidification.

Ocean acidification and warming can have a negative impact on fish and shellfish populations, and this can also apply to cephalopod species, but more research is needed to understand the specific effects.

The effects of ocean acidification on cephalopods, including cuttlefish, are not well-documented in the searched documents, and further research is needed to understand the impacts of ocean acidification on cephalopod populations.

Ocean acidification can have cascading effects on marine ecosystems, including changes in species distribution, altered reproduction cycles, and disruptions to food webs, and can lead to the collapse of marine ecosystems beyond coral reefs.

By the 2050s, the entire ocean may reach a level of acidity that can cause catastrophic collapse, and collective actions, including reducing greenhouse gas emissions, protecting marine protected areas, and creating policies to protect human life and ocean health, are necessary to protect the oceans.

Ocean acidification, caused by the absorption of large amounts of carbon dioxide, can affect marine life beyond coral reefs, including cephalopods and other species.

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Rising average temperature, melting sea ice Arctic waters acidify faster than other oceans
Scientists warn that this acidification could worsen in the coming decades if sea ice continues to melt.
The rapid melting of Arctic sea ice caused by global warming makes it easier to absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, which accelerates the rate of ocean acidification.
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Most people agree that the increase in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere caused by human activities is not only absorbed by forests, but also nearly a third of the world ’ s oceans. However, it is precisely because of the large increase in carbon dioxide needed to be absorbed that ocean acidification is rapidly worsening, especially in the polar regions.
Researchers from the Institute of Polar and Ocean Studies at Jimei University in Xiamen and the School of Marine Science and Policy at Dalawi University have found that rapid melting of Arctic sea ice due to global warming is exposing the lower sea water to the air, making it easier to absorb atmospheric carbon dioxide, thereby accelerating the rate of acidification.
Scientists have long believed that the rate of ocean acidification is related to the rate of increase in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, but the team looked at data from 1994 to 2020 and found that the Arctic Ocean acidified about three to four times faster than the Atlantic Ocean, the Pacific Ocean and even the Antarctic Ocean.
Scientists warn that this acidification could worsen in the coming decades if sea ice continues to melt.
Because of the Arctic amplification effect, the Arctic Circle has warmed up to four times the global average in the past 43 years, and as sea ice melts, the sea water will continue to be diluted and the pH will decrease, which will also reduce the ability of the sea to resist acidification.
In addition to the coral reefs that are most directly impacted, ocean acidification affects a wide range of areas and may even make some metals more toxic, although more detailed results may be needed for further analysis.
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Utilizing biogeochemical and genetic tools to understand and support clam populations in a changing ocean

Marine bivalves are at risk due to anthropogenic climate change. This poses a threat to commercial aquaculture, and the communities that depend on bivalves for food security. Ocean acidification, the lowering of seawater pH, is of particular concern for marine calcifiers, including bivalves. Ocean acidification occurs as carbon dioxide enters the atmosphere at a rate faster than natural geologic processes can buffer. It is energetically costly for marine calcifiers like clams, mussels, and oysters, to mineralize under acidic conditions, and low pH leads to the dissolution of calcium carbonate shells and skeletons. This problem warrants research on acidification adaptation strategies that will keep coastal populations healthy. Adding calcium carbonate shell hash to coastal sediments may mitigate negative effects of acidification on infaunal shellfish by altering the chemistry of pore fluids, thus providing a potential mitigation strategy for local populations, including species like the Pacific littleneck clam (Leukoma staminea).

Here, I present the first in-depth description of the shell mineralogy, microstructure, body size variability, and geochemical properties of modern L. staminea, a common eastern Pacific, shallow, infaunal bivalve. Additionally, I document the impact of ocean acidification on the shell growth and gene expression of L. staminea, and test whether adding shell hash to its infaunal environement can promote growth under acidified conditions. Juvenile clams were raised in four experimental conditions for 90 days: control seawater, acidified seawater, control seawater with shell hash, and acidified seawater with shell hash. Clam shell weight, soft tissue weight, and new shell growth were measured. The presence of shell hash increased the pH, alkalinity and aragonite saturation state of pore fluids across all treatments, and increased shell growth on average, although growth metrics were variable across and within treatments. Lastly, RNA-sequencing revealed the impacts of experimental acidification on juvenile clam gene expression. Clams grown in the presence of shell hash had gene expression profiles more similar to those grown in control (non-acidified) conditions. In all, this research suggests that adding shell hash to coastal sediments alters the chemistry of pore fluids and buffers against acidic conditions that deleteriously affects clam mineralization.

Kempf H., 2024. Utilizing biogeochemical and genetic tools to understand and support clam populations in a changing ocean. PhD Thesis, University of California, Davis. 33 p. Thesis (restricted access).

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Content: Newswise — STONY BROOK, NY, May 25, 2022 – While kelp is known as a nutritious food item for sea creatures and humans alike, harvesting kelp may be a new way to help keep bivalves such as clams and oysters – a more common food source and marine industry staple – healthy and more abundant. A new study led by Christopher Gobler, PhD, and a team of scientists at the Stony Brook University School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (SoMAS) shows that the presence of kelp significantly reduces ocean acidification, a result of climate change.

Published in Frontiers in Marine Science, the study also demonstrated that the deployment of kelp on an oyster farm nullifies ocean acidification and therefore protects bivalves against acidification. The process may also have additional ecosystem and aquaculture benefits, including the sequestration and extraction of carbon and nitrogen, and protection against harmful algae blooms.

For shellfish, one of the most serious climate change-related threats is ocean acidification. Carbon dioxide or CO2 levels in Earth’s atmosphere continue to rise, infiltrating oceans where it causes chemical reactions that lower pH and cause ocean acidification. For the past two decades, one of the most robust conclusions of ocean climate change research has been that increasing levels of CO2 in surface waters threaten shellfish that rely on higher pH waters to grow and survive. This threat is particularly acute in coastal zones where additional sources of acidity can further reduce pH and slow shell formation in shellfish, especially bivalves. And while many wild populations of bivalves have collapsed, a burgeoning wave of aquaculture in the U.S. and around the World has caused the global production of seafood via aquaculture to grow and now exceed wild capture.

“Despite this wave of aquaculture, the intensification of ocean acidification now threatens bivalve aquaculture and has necessitated a solution,” explains Professor Gobler, the Endowed Chair of Coastal Ecology and Conservation at SoMAS.  “We believe our work is foundational to a solution.”

In the study, titled “Kelp (Saccharina latissima) Mitigates Coastal Ocean Acidification and Increases the Growth of North Atlantic Bivalves in Lab Experiments and on an Oyster Farm,” Professor Gobler and colleagues conducted six experiments to assess the effects of elevated CO2 and presence of kelp (S. latissima) on the growth rates of three different species of bivalves: (Eastern oysters (Crassostrea virginica), blue mussels (Mytilus edulis), and hard clams / Northern quahogs (Mercenaria mercenaria).

In each of the experiments, acidification was significantly reduced with the cultivation of kelp. They furthered the research with the ultimate test – a field experiment at the Great Gun oyster farm in Moriches Bay, New York.

They found that during a one-month deployment, oysters that were surrounded by kelp enjoyed higher pH water and grew significantly faster than individual shellfish located further away where the pH of the water was significantly lower.

Professor Gobler and colleagues emphasize that these findings have powerful implications for oyster farming in coastal zones.

“We have been witnessing coastal ocean acidification for years and have documented its ability to slow the growth, and even kill off, shellfish. We began growing kelp on oyster farms to simply expand aquaculture, regionally. After seeing its ability to rapidly take up CO2 and improve low pH conditions, we knew it had the potential to benefit shellfish experiencing acidification. And while showing that in the lab was exciting, being able to improve the growth of oysters on an oyster farm experiencing coastal acidification proves this approach can have very broad applications,” explains Professor Gobler.

Overall, the research clearly shows, according to the authors, that “the cultivation of kelp constitutes an environmentally friendly means of protecting shellfisheries against present and future ocean acidification and other coastal stressors.”

Building on the work, helping the oyster farms

“We’ve helped grow kelp on 10 oyster farms across New York since 2018 and more and more aquaculturists have been hoping to incorporate kelp into their farms,” says Mike Doall, Associate Director of Shellfish Restoration and Aquaculture at Stony Brook University. “In addition to providing crop diversification and additive revenue streams, the ability of kelp to fight ocean acidification gives these oyster farmers one more reason to add kelp as a second crop.”

The recent study builds on other research by the same SoMAS group, which published a study in Harmful Algae in 2021. That study demonstrated that kelp has the ability to deter the intensity of harmful algal blooms, another environmental threat to shellfish aquaculture.

Such scenarios with kelp appear to create a win-win scenario for oyster farmers like Paul McCormick, owner of the Great Gun oyster farm where the current study was performed.

“Kelp looks to be the perfect complement to oysters on my farm,” says McCormick. “It grows during winter and spring, when the oysters need less attention, and there is lots of interest in kelp from restaurants. If it is offering protection to my oysters against poor water quality, well that’s another good reason to add it to my farm.”

Citations:

Young, C. S., Sylvers, L. H., Tomasetti, S. J., Lundstrom, A., Schenone, C., Doall, M. H., & Gobler, C. J. (2022) Kelp (Saccharina latissima) mitigates ocean acidification and increases the growth of North Atlantic bivalves in lab experiments and on an oyster farm. Frontiers in Marine Science, Volume 9 | Article 881254

Sylvers, P. H., & Gobler, C. J. (2021). Mitigation of harmful algal blooms caused by Alexandrium catenella and reduction in saxitoxin accumulation in bivalves using cultivable seaweeds. Harmful Algae, 105, 102056.

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Content: How climate change and warming waters are affecting the health of the oceans

(NEW YORK) — Oceans do so much to sustain life on Earth, including bearing the brunt of global temperatures that have been steadily warming for decades.

An IPCC special report published in 2019 found that oceans — which make up more than 70% of the world’s surface — have absorbed between 20% and 30% of human-made carbon dioxide emissions since the 1980s. They’re also responsible for absorbing more than 93% of the “combined heat stored by warmed air, sea, and land, and melted ice” since the 1970s, according to the Fifth Assessment report published in 2013 by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

The tipping point is near, experts told ABC News. But there are collective actions to take that could revitalize oceans to a healthier state — the theme of the United Nations World Oceans Day 2022.

“We really see oceans as the biggest ally in the climate change crisis,” Lea d’Auriol, founder of nonprofit Oceanic Global, told ABC News.

This is how climate change is affecting the health of the world’s oceans:

Species are faced with adapting or becoming extinct

Currently, the oceans “are in a state of complete imbalance” that has nearly doubled since the 1990s, d’Auriol said. Look no further than the fishermen, who supply sustenance to more than three billion people who rely on seafood as their main source of protein, as witnesses that climate change is already here, d’Auriol, said.

“If you wanted to ask someone if climate change is really happening, probably the most surest answer you’d get from anyone aside from a scientist is a fisherman,” Arlo Hemphill, senior oceans campaigner for Greenpeace USA, told ABC News. “Because fishermen are seeing these things happen in real time.”

One of the changes long-time fisherman are witnessing is the presence of new species venturing north as the area with their preferred water temperature expands.

Marine organisms maintain the same temperature as the surrounding water, so that when temperature increases, so does the temperature of the organism, Martin Grosell, professor of ichthyology and chair of the University of Miami’s Department of Marine Biology and Ecology, told ABC News. As the temperature rises, the organisms require more energy to move and survive. But, conversely, the levels of oxygen in the water decrease as the temperature warms, forcing the species to move, Grosell said.

The migrations may seem innocuous, but they are disrupting ecosystems all over the world, such as the phenology, or timing, of when grey seals give birth, Hemphill said.

Conversely, species are continuing to die off due to repeated events of marine heatwaves, Anne Christianson, director of international climate policy for the Center for American Progress, a public policy research organization, told ABC News.

Coral reefs are among the most threatened marine ecosystems in the world, scientists say. Coral bleaching, a process that occurs when water is too warm and the corals expel algae from their tissues, causing them to turn completely white, is happening at “alarming” rates — increasing by a rate of 4% per year — along with an uptick in mortality events along entire regions, d’Auriol said.

A study published in the National Academy of Sciences found that coral reefs could stop growing in 10 years unless greenhouse gases are significantly reduced and that, under a worst-case scenario, 94% of all reefs could erode by 2050.

Reefs are often the indicator of the health of an ecosystem, Brenda Ekwurzel, director of climate science for the Union of Concerned Scientists, told ABC News.

Mammals that rely on Arctic ice, such as polar bears and ringed seals, one of the polar bears’ main food sources that live their lives almost entirely on the ice, are also at risk, Ekwurzel said.

Vegetation such as mangroves, seagrass plants and marshes, some of the largest carbon sinks on the planet, which absorb and store carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, are also at risk of extinction, d’Auriol said.

The number of dead zones are increasing

A dead zone, or the process of hypoxia, occurs when an algal bloom sucks up all the oxygen in an area, making it impossible for marine life to survive — essentially a biological desert, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

A study published in 2008 in Science found that there were 400 dead zones around the world. By 2019, the number of dead zones had increased to about 900, d’Auriol said.

The dead zones often occur in regions with rampant nutrient runoff, such as at the base of the Mississippi River, where it empties into the Gulf of Mexico, Hemphill said.

Sea level rise will change coastal communities

The biggest contributor to sea level rise is the melting ice in the Arctic, which is heating up twice as fast as the rest of the world, according to the 2021 Arctic Report Card by NOAA. Increases in sea level rise of 6 inches to a foot since the Industrial Revolution may seem like small increments, but crucial infrastructure near oceans was not built to withstand the added inches of water, experts say.

Millions of people living in coastlines around the world, including those in mega cities such as New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco, will be displaced by the rise in sea levels, d’Auriol said.

Carbon dioxide emissions sparks ocean acidification

Ocean acidification, which occurs when water’s pH levels are lowered as a result of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, is not directly caused by warming temperatures but rather by excess carbon dioxide emissions, Hemphill said.

“The alarming thing about it is that shellfish everything from from microscopic plankton, to clams and crabs and coral reefs themselves use calcium carbonate to build their shells,” he said. “And as the ocean acidifies, it becomes more difficult to create the shells.”

Ocean acidification, rather than coral bleaching, will likely be the culprit behind the demise of coral reefs, Ekwurzel said.

Collective actions are necessary to protect the oceans

In line with the 2022 theme for World Oceans Day, “Revitalization: Collective Action for the Ocean,” scientists and conservationists are highlighting the need for individuals, communities, nonprofits, the private sector and governments to come together to create solutions, d’Auriol said.

This includes ensuring the health of marine protected areas by eliminating housing, fishing zones and shipping traffic in the vicinity, d’Auriol said.

Governments will need to create policies to protect both human life and the health of the ocean, Christianson said.

“There isn’t one silver bullet for solving this crisis in the ocean and on land,” Christianson said.

However, the ticking time bomb is the race to drastically reduce global greenhouse gas emissions within the next decade, the experts said.

“We can’t afford to delay those solutions any longer,” Ekwurzel said.

Along the path to properly protecting and preserving oceans is ridding the narrative that oceans are a separate environmental issue from climate change and the conservation of biodiversity, d’Auriol said.

“Because we do live on a water planet, and it’s responsible for sustaining all life on Earth,” she said.

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it will affect their physiology and growth

What factors lead to damage of coral reefs?

What is the main cause of ocean acidification?

water absorbs carbon dioxide from the atmosphere

Which marine organism is vulnerable to increased levels of ocean acidification?

How do scientists expect ocean acidification to impact specific fish species?

it will affect their physiology and growth

What factors lead to damage of coral reefs?

What is the main cause of ocean acidification?

water absorbs carbon dioxide from the atmosphere

Which marine organism is vulnerable to increased levels of ocean acidification?

How do scientists expect ocean acidification to impact specific fish species?

it will affect their physiology and growth

What factors lead to damage of coral reefs?

What is the main cause of ocean acidification?

water absorbs carbon dioxide from the atmosphere

Which marine organism is vulnerable to increased levels of ocean acidification?

How do scientists expect ocean acidification to impact specific fish species?

it will affect their physiology and growth

What factors lead to damage of coral reefs?

What is the main cause of ocean acidification?

water absorbs carbon dioxide from the atmosphere

Which marine organism is vulnerable to increased levels of ocean acidification?

The absorption of CO2 by the oceans is causing ocean acidification, with the Arctic Ocean acidifying at a rate 3-4 times faster than other oceans, which can have significant consequences for marine ecosystems.

What factors lead to damage of coral reefs?

What is the main cause of ocean acidification?

water absorbs carbon dioxide from the atmosphere

Which of the world's oceans is acidifying at the fastest rate?

Which regions are most affected by ocean acidification?

Cephalopods, such as pteropods, have difficulty building and maintaining their shells in acidic water, which can affect their physiology and behavior, although specific information on the effects of ocean acidification on cephalopod physiology and behavior is limited.

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Content: Newswise — When carbon dioxide (CO2) enters the oceans, it can make the water more acidic, which is called ocean acidification. This can make it harder for some ocean creatures, like pteropods, to build and keep their shells. Pteropods are important for the ocean environment.

Pteropods are small sea creatures, including shelled sea butterflies. Not much is known about them because of their size, and they don't survive well in captivity. A team of marine scientists studied the life cycles, abundance, and seasonal changes of shelled sea butterflies in the north-east Scotia Sea, where climate change is happening quickly.

Dr Clara Manno, a researcher at the British Antarctic Survey and the corresponding author of the study published in Frontiers in Marine Science, said that the decrease in pteropod populations in the Antarctic Ocean could have significant consequences for the food web and carbon cycle. She also said that understanding the life cycle of this important organism could help to predict the impact of ocean acidification on the Antarctic ecosystem.

Population stability essential for species survival

To study the life cycle, abundance, and seasonal variability of shelled sea butterflies in the north-east Scotia Sea, a team of marine scientists collected sea butterflies in a sediment trap, a sampling device that was anchored at a depth of 400 meters. Since observing the entire life cycle of sea butterflies in a laboratory setting is impossible, the researchers had to gather information about their spawning, growth rate, and population structure. They were able to reconstruct the sea butterflies' life cycle for a year using the samples from the sediment trap.

The scientists found that the two most commonly collected species, Limacina rangii and Limacina retroversa, have different life cycles and therefore have different levels of vulnerability to changes in the ocean. During the winter months, L. rangii, which is a polar species, can be found as both adults and juveniles, while L. retroversa, a subpolar species, is only found as adults during the winter.

Sea butterflies that exist during the coldest season are more vulnerable to increased levels of ocean acidification. This is because ocean water is more acidic during this season than during other times of the year due to cooler temperatures that increase CO2 dissolution in the ocean. The researchers explained that the life stages of sea butterflies during this time are more exposed and vulnerable to the effects of ocean acidification.

L. rangii has a survival advantage over L. retroversa because both adults and juveniles coexist during winter, which reduces the risk of population instability if one cohort is vulnerable. In contrast, if one cohort is removed from L. retroversa, the entire population could be at risk.

Prolonged exposure is a survival challenge

The researchers pointed out that although the two species are affected differently, both are likely to suffer harm if they are exposed to unfavorable conditions for prolonged periods.

The scientists cautioned that the intensifying and prolonged events of ocean acidification overlap with the spring spawning period, posing a threat to the most vulnerable life stage, the larvae. This could endanger the future populations of sea butterflies.

The research team plans to further study the sea butterflies in the Scotia Sea to see how they would be affected by the increase in the intensity and duration of ocean acidification events. They will study multiyear sediment trap samples to identify potential changes in the life cycle that may occur due to environmental changes. Dr Jessie Gardner of the British Antarctic Survey, lead author of the study, said this will be the next step in their research.

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In addition to causing climate warming, global emissions of large amounts of carbon dioxide will also cause sea water to become acidic, and marine life may be affected.
The study found that volcanic infiltration of high CO2 partial pressure, that is, high concentrations of CO2 dissolved in water, changes in the genetic transcription of fish, predict the response of wild fish to the continuous acidification of the marine environment.
The results show that some fish with faster rates of evolution may be more flexible in coping with ocean acidification, maintaining population size and diversity. One species of fish may be able to acidify the marine environment with its rapid evolution of gene molecular transcription regulation, but the population size and diversity of fish with slower rates of evolution are difficult to maintain in acidified environments.
As carbon dioxide emissions from human activities increase year by year, and the CO2 absorbed by the ocean continues to rise, causing the pH of seawater to decline and become acidic, scientists expect “ocean acidification ” on the surface of the world ’ s oceans, which may affect the physiology, growth and survival of some fish, and change some key behaviors that affect survival chances.
A team led by Celia SCHUNTER from the Faculty of Biosciences of the University of Hong Kong and the Swire Institute of Marine Science, along with foreign researchers, travelled to Papua New Guinea, the Pacific island nation, to extract the brains of six species of coral fish, including five species of finch and one species of celestial bream, from a carbon dioxide spill at the bottom of a volcano and about 500 m nearby coral reef. The organization conducts gene transcription group sequencing to understand the changes in fish gene transcription in the ocean acidification environment.
The results show that high CO2 partial pressure can cause transcription changes in genes related to circadian clock and immune function in several species, demonstrating that fish function is important in coping with acidifying environments, and that the core genes of circadian rhythms determine the 24-hour cycle of most species.
Immune-related regulation has been found in many species of fish in acidified environments, so regulation of the immune response may also be an important response to acidification, especially in nocturnal fish, which exhibit a greater proportion of immune regulation and are modulated in the opposite direction to diurnal fish.
In contrast to the fish body ’ s ability to regulate the pH value of the cells, the researchers found that the brain of the spinosus is used to maintain a large number of changes in potassium, sodium, chlorine and calcium ions that transmit signals in the carbon dioxide ooze. Corresponding changes are needed to cope with the acidification environment, but differences in the expression of related genes disappear when stress is reduced, and genes return to normal levels of expression.
Further research by the team found that this finch has evolved significantly faster than other fish over the past 15 million years, potentially giving it greater potential to adapt to environmental changes.
It is speculated that this species may have evolved molecular mechanisms to cope with future ocean acidification.

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Many animals, including those with calcium carbonate in their skeletons or shells, such as cephalopods, can be negatively affected by changes in water acidity, which can have a ripple effect throughout the ecosystem.

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The Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR), in cooperation with the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences (KFAS) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), completed a study project to investigate the impact of ocean acidification and ocean surface warming on the growth and abundance of local shrimp.
In turn, the head of the project, researcher Lamia Muslim at the Center for Environmental and Life Sciences Research at the Institute, said that there are many animals that contain in their skeleton or shell calcium carbonate, and changes in the pH of water can negatively affect these organisms, especially in the early stages of their life. The sea and some phytoplankton species, but that does not mean that this is a positive thing because the increased growth of these organisms can disrupt the food chain, biodiversity and ecosystem mechanisms and construction.
She added that the presence of large amounts of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere leads to the occurrence of global warming and the rise of the surface of the oceans by between one and three degrees Celsius, and the rise of the water level to an amount ranging from 0.18 to 0.79 meters, which in turn leads to acidification and warming of the surface of the oceans, and therefore to change the chemistry of the ocean and threaten marine ecosystems.
She pointed out that the shrimp mothers were collected from Kuwaiti territorial waters during the breeding season to obtain eggs and shrimp larvae in sufficient numbers to conduct experiments on all stages of shrimp age, as the study experiments were conducted in the laboratories of the Institute in a controlled system simulating the expected climate changes in the future.
The results of the study confirmed that the warming of the surface of the oceans could have a greater impact than ocean acidification on the early life stages of shrimp larvae, as shrimp larvae exposed to high temperatures showed accelerated growth rates to reach the sizes of older shrimp, but with lower survival rates, it is very likely that lower survival and growth rates under future climate scenarios may lead to the emergence of smaller shrimp larvae. These larvae will undergo multiple molting processes over their life cycle making them vulnerable; furthermore, the study results suggest additional effects of combined exposure to ocean surface warming and acidification on egg-hatching success, survival, and shrimp larval development.
Al-Musallam said: “The study is fully consistent across the entire life cycle of the M Nair shrimp, where high mortality of larvae at low pH and high water temperature indicates a possible collapse of this species of crustacean under conditions of increased ocean acidification and future warming of the ocean surface, which also leads to a significant reduction in shrimp stocks in the Arabian Gulf due to overfishing or reduced larval growth due to climate change. ”
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Changes in ocean acidity can have a negative impact on these animals, especially in the early stages of their life, and increased ocean temperature may have a greater impact on early life stages of cephalopods than acidification.

At what stage of life are calcium carbonate-based organisms most vulnerable to changes in water pH?

Which marine organism is vulnerable to increased levels of ocean acidification?

The combined effects of ocean warming and acidification can impact the success of egg hatching, survival, and development of cephalopod larvae, and high mortality rates of cephalopod larvae at low pH and high water temperatures suggest a potential collapse of this species under future ocean acidification and warming conditions.

Ocean acidification can also affect the nervous system of marine mammals, disrupting their ability to sense and respond to their environment, and can have a negative impact on marine ecosystems, including fish and shellfish populations.

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it will affect their physiology and growth

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Which marine organism is vulnerable to increased levels of ocean acidification?

Some marine organisms, like seaweeds and certain types of phytoplankton, may benefit from increased ocean acidification, but this can lead to imbalances in the food chain, biodiversity, and ecosystem.

Kelp cultivation can mitigate coastal ocean acidification and increase the growth of North Atlantic bivalves, and sea urchins have the potential to acclimate to reduced pH and produce gametes of the same quality as controls held at the currently natural pH.

The study highlights the importance of considering site variability and intraspecific differences in response to ocean acidification, and the need for further research on the impacts of ocean acidification on cephalopod physiology and behavior.

Ocean acidification poses a threat to marine calcifiers, including bivalves such as clams, mussels, and oysters, and can make it harder for some ocean creatures, like pteropods, to build and keep their shells.

Which ocean creatures have trouble forming shells due to ocean acidification?

The decrease in pteropod populations in the Antarctic Ocean could have significant consequences for the food web and carbon cycle, and ocean acidification can affect the ability of marine animals, such as reef fish and sharks, to track smells.

Changes in temperature can disrupt the development and functioning of animals' brains, potentially affecting their ability to adapt to new environments, including those caused by ocean acidification.

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In the response of animals to climate change, their nervous system plays a key role.
Due to its basic functions (sense detection, mental processing of information, behavior control), animals are oriented in the environment, can survive and reproduce.
Because of temperature changes, the energy balance of ecosystems is changing.
It is likely that this will also affect their basic senses, from sight and taste to smell and touch.
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How do scientists expect ocean acidification to impact specific fish species?

it will affect their physiology and growth

Ocean acidification and warming can have a negative impact on fish and shellfish populations, and this can also apply to cephalopod species, but more research is needed to understand the specific effects.

How do scientists expect ocean acidification to impact specific fish species?

How does coastal ocean acidification affect shellfish?

How does elevated water acidity affect fish ability to survive?

Which marine organism is vulnerable to increased levels of ocean acidification?

How do scientists expect ocean acidification to impact specific fish species?

How does coastal ocean acidification affect shellfish?

How does elevated water acidity affect fish ability to survive?

Which marine organism is vulnerable to increased levels of ocean acidification?

How do scientists expect ocean acidification to impact specific fish species?

How does coastal ocean acidification affect shellfish?

How does elevated water acidity affect fish ability to survive?

Which marine organism is vulnerable to increased levels of ocean acidification?

The effects of ocean acidification on cephalopods, including cuttlefish, are not well-documented in the searched documents, and further research is needed to understand the impacts of ocean acidification on cephalopod populations.

Ocean acidification can have cascading effects on marine ecosystems, including changes in species distribution, altered reproduction cycles, and disruptions to food webs, and can lead to the collapse of marine ecosystems beyond coral reefs.

How do scientists expect ocean acidification to impact specific fish species?

How does elevated water acidity affect fish ability to survive?

What factors lead to damage of coral reefs?

How do scientists expect ocean acidification to impact specific fish species?

How does elevated water acidity affect fish ability to survive?

What factors lead to damage of coral reefs?

How do scientists expect ocean acidification to impact specific fish species?

How does elevated water acidity affect fish ability to survive?

What factors lead to damage of coral reefs?

How do scientists expect ocean acidification to impact specific fish species?

How does elevated water acidity affect fish ability to survive?

What factors lead to damage of coral reefs?

By the 2050s, the entire ocean may reach a level of acidity that can cause catastrophic collapse, and collective actions, including reducing greenhouse gas emissions, protecting marine protected areas, and creating policies to protect human life and ocean health, are necessary to protect the oceans.


The Indian government aims to integrate traditional and modern medicine, with 12,500 Ayush health centers to be operational by 2023-24 under the National Ayush Mission.

Some Ayurvedic medicines have been found to help maintain blood sugar levels in Type 2 diabetes patients.

Around 400 medicinal plants have potential anti-diabetic properties, including 21 with prominent anti-hyperglycemic action.

BGR-34, developed by CSIR, contains compounds from four medicinal herbs: daruharidra, gudmar, methi, and vijayasar, and helps manage diabetes by reducing sugar levels and addressing obesity.

Ashwagandha reduces anxiety, stress, and fatigue, and improves muscle strength in patients with chronic diseases.

A UK-based double-blind clinical trial of 2,000 people will assess Ashwagandha's efficacy in recovering from long Covid, in collaboration with the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and the All India Institute of Ayurveda.

The World Health Organization is establishing a center in India to study traditional medicine using modern technologies like artificial intelligence and big data, which will provide a reliable evidence base for traditional medicine.

The Indian government has documented over 1,400 medicinal plants in a five-volume book series, starting with a pilot project in Uttarakhand, and NIPER discovered three medicinal plants that could potentially cure malaria when combined.

The Ministry of Ayush has supported 17 Integrated Ayush hospitals in southern states, with six operational, and there are also NABH-approved Ayurvedic hospitals like Maharishi Ayurveda Hospital in India. [1].

The World Health Organization (WHO) promotes traditional medicine, including TCM, Ayurveda, and Unani, and has included it in the ICD-11, and the Union government seeks to add Ayurveda to the WHO's ICD-11 as a supplementary chapter on traditional medicine. [9].

Ayurveda's inclusion in ICD-11 will provide a common language for global health professionals.

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The ministry is working on operationalisation of 12,500 Ayush health and wellness centres through the support of state and Union territory governments under the National Ayush Mission (NAM) by 2023-24, Sonowal said.

September 07, 2023 / 12:48 AM IST

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India's rich heritage of traditional form of medicine has withstood the test of time and the government has been working towards scientifically integrating it with modern medicine, Union Ayush Minister Sarbananda Sonowal said on Wednesday.

The Regional Review meeting of National Ayush Mission was ceremonially inaugurated by him along with his deputy Munjpara Mahendrabhai.

During the meeting, representatives of all participating states and Union territories presented detailed presentations on the state of Ayush and progress of leading Ayush programmes under implementation.

Speaking on the occasion, Sonowal said, "Our rich heritage and potential of traditional form of medicine has withstood the test of time in generations of humanity to live a better, healthier and happier life. We must take full advantage of this generous forms of medicine - be it Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani, Yoga, Naturopathy, Sowa Rigpa, or Homoeopathy."

He also said that under the visionary leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the government has been working towards scientifically integrating traditional forms of medicine with the modern medicine.

Highlighting the utility of Ayush system of medicine, he further said that it has some robust programmes like Ayurvidya for promotion of healthy lifestyle through Ayush for school children, Supraja for maternal and neonatal intervention, Vayomitra for geriatric issues; prevention and management of Osteoarthritis and other musculo-skeletal disorders, and Ayush mobile medical units.

The ministry is working on operationalisation of 12,500 Ayush health and wellness centres through the support of state and Union territory governments under the National Ayush Mission (NAM) by 2023-24, Sonowal said.

The ministry of Ayush has so far released Rs 719.70 crore to southern states and Union territories - Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Lakshadweep, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu and Telangana - under NAM since 2014-15, he said, adding it has also supported 17 Integrated Ayush hospitals in the southern states and out of that six are operational as reported by them.

Mahendrabhai stressed on the need to emphasise on outcomes as a more meaningful measure of programme value than output.

"We may have to realign our strategies and techniques to plan, execute and report our performance that facilitates measure of outcomes," the minister of state for Ayush said.

NAM is being implemented with the vision and objectives to provide Ayush health care services throughout the country by strengthening and improving facilities, to provide informed choice to the needy public.

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Some Ayurvedic medicines have been found to help maintain blood sugar levels in Type 2 diabetes patients.

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Take up pilot project on Ayurveda treatment: MLA Ramdas

August 29, 2022

Mysore/Mysuru: Studies conducted across the world have found that several traditional medicines commonly used in India as part of Ayurveda are effective in maintaining blood sugar levels in patients with Type 2 diabetes.

Ayurveda is a traditional medical system that has been used for thousands of years in India and some of the herbs included are also used in other parts of the world. In this direction, a systematic project must be developed to treat diabetes, suggested MLA S.A. Ramdas. The suggestion was accepted by Ayurveda practitioners and experts in the field.

The MLA was speaking after inaugurating a free Ayurvedic treatment camp organised at the Sri Ganapathy Ashram on Nanjangud Road yesterday. The camp was organised inside the auditorium of Lakshminarasimha Kuteera of the Ashram by the Government Ayurvedic Research Centre and Ayurveda Academy of Chamarajpet in Bengaluru.

Ramdas suggested the doctors and officers launch a pilot project in a particular locality or a Ward and assured of making all facilities on behalf of the Government. He said that the project can be taken up on Sept. 17, the birthday of Prime Minister Narendra Modi for one year to achieve tangible results for the target population, he suggested.

Modern diabetes drugs are known for side effects and toxicity while Ayurveda works by controlling blood sugar and limiting the harmful effects of other drugs. Turmeric, for example, has been used for the treatment of diabetes in Ayurveda and traditional Chinese medicine, he added.

He said new Ayurvedic remedies were still in great demand for treating diabetes because of the limited efficacy and undesirable side effects of current drugs. A multi-pronged and individualised approach must be used to manage health conditions such as lifestyle modification, Ayurvedic detoxifying and purifying therapies and Ayurvedic medicines containing plant, animal, or mineral-origin ingredients, he added.

University of Mysore Vice-Chancellor Prof. G. Hemantha Kumar, Assistant Director of Government Ayurvedic Research Centre Dr. Lakshminarayana Shenoy, Joint Secretary of Ayurveda Academy Dr. Prashanth Ghokale, Junior pontiff of Ganapathy Ashram Datta Vijayananda Theertha Swamiji and others were present.

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Around 400 medicinal plants have potential anti-diabetic properties, including 21 with prominent anti-hyperglycemic action.

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New Delhi: As a part of its initiatives to reduce the diabetic burden, the scientists have emphasised on exploring the anti-diabetic properties of around 400 medicinal plants to be used in making medicines based on ayurvedic formulations to control type-2 diabetes by reducing sugar level in blood.

According to the researchers from Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Puducherry and All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Kalyani, as of now, there are 21 herbal plants, including Vijayasar, Jamun, Cumin, Daruharidra, little gourd, bael, fenugreek, neem, amla, turmeric that have been found to have prominent anti-hyperglycemic action.

Stressing that diabetes cure lies in the nature, the researchers asserted that intensive studies have been done on 21 herbs and in-depth research on at least 400 herbal plants is needed to exhibit their anti-diabetic properties..

As per their research paper, which is published in the World Journal of Diabetes, these medicinal plants have been the basis of many drugs to manage diabetes. The researchers have also cited the example of BGR-34, a herbal formulation developed by the

Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), which has been used to manage diabetes.

The herbal drug BGR-34 contains not one, but many active compounds derived from four medicinal herbs daruharidra, gudmar, methi and vijayasar. Apart from this, giloe and majeeth have also been added to increase immunity as well as antioxidants levels, said Dr Sanchit Sharma, executive director, AIMIL Pharmaceuticals.

The study titled “Treatment on Nature’s lap: Use of Herbal Products in the Management of Hyperglycemia” stated

that although partial research conducted on eight plants, including pomegranate, shilajit, bean, tea, ginkgo biloba, and saffron demonstrate anti-diabetic properties,

it emphasised the need for further trials.

A recent study conducted by AIIMS Delhi revealed that BGR-34, an Ayurvedic medicine, not only helps in reducing sugar levels but also addresses obesity.

The researchers also noted that several allopathic drugs used in diabetes management have their origins in herbal remedies.

For instance, metformin, a widely prescribed medication, is derived from the Galega officinalis plant, which

was historically used to treat diabetes in 19th century Europe.

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In what areas have the medical uses of traditional Indian medicine been studied?

Ashwagandha reduces anxiety, stress, and fatigue, and improves muscle strength in patients with chronic diseases.

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Long Covid cure? Researchers to trial traditional Indian herb treatment

The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine will work with the All India Institute of Ayurveda to determine whether a traditional Indian herb can help people recover from long Covid.

Ashwagandha, commonly known as Indian winter cherry, is traditionally used in the Indian Ayurvedic system of medicine to boost energy, reduce stress and strengthen the immune system.

Experts said recent trials had proven the herb’s efficacy in reducing anxiety, stress, improving muscle strength and reducing fatigue symptoms in patients with chronic diseases.

Long Covid patients can suffer from cognitive dysfunction, poor mental health, extreme fatigue and muscle weakness.

It is estimated these symptoms affect 10 to 20 per cent of Covid survivors and can last for one to three months or longer in many cases.

The study, funded by the Ministry of Ayush of the Government of India, will include a double-blind clinical trial involving 2,000 people living in the UK with long Covid.

Half of the trial participants will take 500mg Ashwagandha tablets twice a day for three months, while the other half will be given a placebo.

Researchers will randomly select participants to have a monthly follow-up of self-reported quality of life, impairment to activities of daily living, mental and physical health symptoms, supplement use and adverse events.

The study is expected to last for over a year.

“Ashwagandha has been shown to reduce symptoms of other conditions that are similar to those of long Covid, so we are hopeful that it will be an effective way to combat the condition,” said Sanjay Kinra, professor in clinical epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.

The research is also supported by the UK’s All-Party Parliamentary Group on Indian Traditional Sciences and the Traditional Complementary and Integrative Medicine Unit at the World Health Organisation (WHO).

Research is the only way to ensure appropriate integration of traditional medicine knowledge into mainstream medical practice,” said technical officer at WHO Geneva, Geetha Krishnan, who helped to facilitate the research project.

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Support the management of symptoms related to mental health.

A UK-based double-blind clinical trial of 2,000 people will assess Ashwagandha's efficacy in recovering from long Covid, in collaboration with the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and the All India Institute of Ayurveda.

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The World Health Organization is establishing a center in India to study traditional medicine using modern technologies like artificial intelligence and big data, which will provide a reliable evidence base for traditional medicine.

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The World Health Organization is interested in alternative medicine.
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Many people use traditional medicine – but what do these methods really do?
A new WHO centre intends to explore this.
The center is based in India, a country where alternative medicine is so important that it even has its own ministry – which specializes in Ayurveda, Yoga, Physiotherapy, Greek Medicine, Master and Homeopathy.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended the opening of the centre in Jamnagar in mid-April, saying: “India ’ s traditional medicine system is not just a cure.
It ’ s a comprehensive science of life. ”
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the Indian government is supporting the centre with US $250 million (230 million euros).
WHO President Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said: “The center aims to be an engine of innovation, moving towards an agenda of evidence, data and sustainability in traditional medicine, ” adding that the center would connect traditional medicine practitioners around the world and help set standards for research.
Traditional medicine is a broad field.
According to the World Health Organization ’ s statement for the center, 80% of the world ’ s population uses traditional medicine, which includes among other things acupuncture, Ayurvedic medicine and herbal blends.
Traditional medicine is also represented in modern science.
According to the World Health Organization, about 40% of all drugs approved today are derived from natural substances.
The discovery of aspirin, for example, is based on ancient recipes made from the bark of the willow tree.
The research for artemisinin for use in the fight against malaria, for which the Nobel Prize was awarded in 2015, began with the study of ancient texts of Chinese medicine.
George Rochmeyer of Cochrane, an international network that provides the scientific basis for decisions in the health field, said it makes sense at least to take a closer look at treatment methods that have been developed over centuries, to verify the reasonableness of these methods, and to conduct clinical studies on them in case of doubt.
Cochrane reviews are systematic reviews that collect all scientific evidence on a specific issue from medicine or other health sciences.
However, Rochmeyer also stressed that besides the examples of traditional methods cited by the WHO, which form the basis of currently developed treatments, there are likely many other examples where traditional methods of careful review have proven ineffective or even dangerous, such as phlebotomy, noting that spending too much money on studies to review a therapeutic practice is always a matter of discretion.
Rochmeyer stated that there are many Cochrane reviews about the use of traditional methods such as acupuncture in certain cases, but: “From my personal experience at Cochrane, I would say that I have not come across many reviews that have shown really compelling evidence for traditional therapeutic practice. ”
This is often due to the fact that when searching for these treatments we find only a few often-poorly conducted studies that cannot prove or disprove any benefit from them – which brings us back to the question of whether the already limited research funds should be invested in a scientifically unreasonable procedure – for example, homeopathy.
Professor Emeritus Edzard Ernst, a longtime professor of alternative medicine at the University of Exeter, noted that while it was necessary to wait and see who would lead the center and what it would do, the WHO press release was full of exaggerations.
The World Health Organization says it also wants to use new technologies at the new center for the study of traditional medicine — via artificial intelligence and big data, for example.
The center is expected to focus on providing a reliable evidence base for policy and standards of traditional medicine practices and products.
In addition, the center is supposed to help countries integrate these practices into their health systems.
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Gathering evidence and data to guide policies

The Indian government has documented over 1,400 medicinal plants in a five-volume book series, starting with a pilot project in Uttarakhand, and NIPER discovered three medicinal plants that could potentially cure malaria when combined.

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Centre to document medicinal herbs of tribal communities across country

The union ministry of tribal affairs carried out the initiative in Kerala, Rajasthan, Maharashtra as well as in Uttarakhand

The Centre is working on documenting medicinal herbs and healers of the tribal communities across the country. A pilot from Uttarakhand has been completed, resulting in a five-volume book series of over 1,400 medicinal plants. The exercise, officials said, will be carried out in more states.

The union ministry of tribal affairs carried out the initiative in Kerala, Rajasthan, Maharashtra as well as in Uttarakhand. Apart from documenting the plant and healers, they also documented the Sanskrit names of these plants.

In Kerala, the Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham was given the responsibility, All India Institute of Medical Studies Jodhpur in Rajasthan, Pravara Institute of Medical Sciences Ahmedabad for Maharashtra, and Patanjali carried it out in Uttarakhand.

While the others are carrying it out, Patanjali’s series of seven tomes are ready. In the hill state three districts were chosen, which included Pithoragarh and Udham Singh Nagar, all phytodiversity was documented by a team of over 50-50 people over a period of two years.

When asked about the Sanskrit nomenclature, the official said that it was a way of directing attention to the functionality of the plant.

“The National Medicinal Plant Board says there are over 1,500 plants in Uttarakhand, many of which are not even documented. But in three districts alone, we found 900 plants,” a senior official of the ministry said. “Tribal medicine holds considerable interest among researchers.”

Chemical analysis of all these plants was carried out, to find the active ingredient in the plant, with the help of an HPLC machine, officials said. Apart from that, samples of these were preserved, along with data on their therapeutic use. The official said that permissions from the biodiversity board were also taken.

In addition to that, the Hyderabad-based National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER) carried out a similar exercise in their areas where they found three medicinal plants, which when combined can be a cure for malaria. A similar exercise was carried out by the same team in the Rashtrapati Bhawan as well.

Healers in tribal communities in the areas that use these plants were also documented, along with data of their areas of expertise. In all, 750 healers were documented.

Officials said that after the successful pilot, the ministry has sent it to the AYUSH ministry, urging them to take it further across the country using SC/ST components from their funds. Officials also said that details of these plants will be put up online.

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The Ministry of Ayush has supported 17 Integrated Ayush hospitals in southern states, with six operational, and there are also NABH-approved Ayurvedic hospitals like Maharishi Ayurveda Hospital in India. [1].

The World Health Organization (WHO) promotes traditional medicine, including TCM, Ayurveda, and Unani, and has included it in the ICD-11, and the Union government seeks to add Ayurveda to the WHO's ICD-11 as a supplementary chapter on traditional medicine. [9].

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On January 26, the medical policy meeting discussed the possible adjustment of the ceiling number of medical centers, and the Ministry of Health and Welfare announced the nursing night shift allowance. On January 31, the Ministry of Education will convene to discuss the enrollment of Chinese medicine departments.
The Government continues to be concerned about medical issues.
The world ’ s first medical specialty group was the American Academy of Ophthalmology, founded in Pennsylvania in 1916. The National Federation of Specialty Medicine was founded in 1933, with a total of 24 specialties developed over a century by the original 10 members of the unit.
At present, there are 23 Western medicine specialties and 11 dental specialties in Taiwan. In recent years, the specialties have been regrouped and combined, including the establishment of Hospitalist, an integrated medical department, and cross-disciplinary care planning, all of which are adjusted in response to the aging society.
The Taiwan Medical Law includes Western medicine, dentistry, Chinese medicine, and traditional Chinese medicine academic communities. In the late 20th century, six of them were born in response to the election of the Association. In recent years, the number of training personnel after graduation of Chinese medicine in Taiwan is insufficient, the teaching materials are not yet in place, the department adjustment and the ratio of teachers and students are seriously behind the same group of doctors and doctors. Limit the development of medicine.
"Chinese Medicine Development Law" The author actually participated in it from zero to there, the spirit and content of the bill did not talk about Chinese medicine specialties, some Chinese medicine societies misinterpreted the bill, it is regrettable.
At present, due to the controversy of university medical departments under the wave of childrenization, the amount of training after graduation, and the low value of practicing health insurance, medical care in an aging society needs to be adjusted with the times.
Every time I participate in the meeting, I have a headache, because some groups intentionally or unintentionally mislead the competent authority, ignore the practice investigation, and hinder the national right to health.
Traditional Chinese medicine, surgery, orthopedics, etc. in Japan today, and Taiwan and Korea have their own departments of Chinese medicine, Korean medicine, Chinese medicine, and Korean medicine, which coexist with Western medicine.
Taiwan and Japan have developed unique concentrated biopharmaceutical granule preparation technology.
No matter what kind of medicine, it is to deal with health problems.
At present, the World Health Organization (WHO) promotes traditional medicine, including TCM in East Asia, Ayurveda in South Asia, and Unani medicine in Europe and Africa. The 11th revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) was also considered by the 72nd World Health Assembly on May 25, 2019.
Taiwan ’ s medical satisfaction ranks first, and the Chinese medicine practitioners who work with Western medicine to treat patients and save others can still help in the post-epidemic era. The sound development of medical care is by no means hastily on the road to specialty, or the total amount of health insurance will be shifted down!
The competent authority should fully discuss the views of all parties.
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Ayurveda's inclusion in ICD-11 will provide a common language for global health professionals.

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Content: Traditional Indian medicine set to make a global debut, seeking inclusion in WHO’s ICD-11 list

The inclusion of Ayurveda and related systems on the WHO list will provide it with a common language that allows health professionals to share standardised information across the world

October 14, 2023 06:17 pm | Updated 06:17 pm IST - NEW DELHI

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In a move meant to put the Indian system of medicine on the world map and provide it with a common standardised language, the Union government has sought for Ayurveda and related systems to be included in the 11th revision of the World Health Organisation’s International Classification of Diseases (ICD), as the second module of a supplementary chapter on traditional medicine conditions.

The ICD provides a common language that allows health professionals to share standardised information across the world. The traditional medicine module of the 11th revision provides a list of diagnostics categories to collect and report on traditional medicine conditions in a standardised and internationally comparable manner.

Speaking exclusively to The Hindu about the development, Ministry of Ayush Secretary Vaidya Rajesh Kotecha said: “We are hopeful that the addition of Module-2 for Ayurveda could happen as early as by next January.”

To aid regulation, research

“Ayurveda and related Indian traditional health care systems are formally recognised and widely practised health care systems in India, which is making a strong and valid point for its inclusion,” said Mr. Kotecha, adding that efforts to effectively regulate traditional medicine as an integral part of the health system require standardised and evidence-based information.

Mr. Kotecha further explained that the traditional medicine chapter under ICD-11 is a formative step for the integration of such forms of medicine into a classification standard used in conventional medicine. “It also provides the means for doing research and evaluation to establish its efficacy,” he said.

The Ministry added that this chapter would also help to respond to growing demands for more and better regulation of traditional medicine, and its integration in mainstream health care and health information systems.

ICD-11 covers Chinese medicine

After a decade of repeated consultations, ICD-11 had facilitated the inclusion of Module-1, which covers traditional medicine conditions originating in ancient China, which are now commonly used in China, Japan, Korea, and elsewhere around the world.

The eleventh revision contains around 17,000 unique codes and more than 1,20,000 codable terms, which are now entirely digital. ICD-11 came into effect from January 2022.

The joint use of ICD-11’s chapter on traditional medicine along with other chapters on neoplasm, patient safety, and injuries, can enhance the reporting of adverse events. It will enable the integration of traditional medicine into insurance coverage and reimbursement systems, in line with larger WHO objectives relating to universal health coverage. It will also link traditional medicine practices with global conventional medicine’s norms and standard development.

The development of Module-2 for Ayurveda-related diagnostic systems is being actively supported by the Ministry of Ayush. It extensively banks on the implementation experience gained on the ground by the National Ayush Morbidity and Standardised Terminologies Electronic portal, and the Ayush Health Information Management System, the Ministry said.

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