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• Nominees were selected based on scores obtained from an independent survey of workers in the Bay Area.
• "Everything we do at Robert Half is guided by our people-first philosophy," said Lynne Smith, senior vice president of global human resources at Robert Half.
• Robert Half was also recently named among the Fortune Best Workplaces in the Bay Area 2024 by Great Places to Work® for the second consecutive year.
• Impact: Robert Half remains committed to being a good corporate citizen and has recently enhanced community relations, matching gifts and employee recognition programs.

• MENLO PARK, Calif., June 13, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Global consulting firm Protiviti has been named to the Fortune Best Workplaces in the Bay Area 2024 ™ list.
• This marks the sixth time the company has made the highly competitive list, which recognizes organizations based in the San Francisco Bay Area that have established themselves as one of the best workplaces among companies headquartered in the region.
• The Fortune Best Workplaces in the Bay Area list was determined based on the review of nearly 80,000 confidential survey responses from employees at eligible companies, offering a comprehensive picture of the workplace.
• "Congratulations to the Best Workplaces in the Bay Area," said Michael C. Bush, CEO of Great Place To Work.

• Oceans have absorbed more than 90 per cent of the excess heat from global warming and at least 25 per cent of global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions.
• They also store vast amounts of carbon, locking it away from the atmosphere for hundreds to even thousands of years.
• A major contributing factor has been the lack of reliable, high-resolution maps of the seabed’s carbon store.

Nature as a buffer

• But, due to the scale of the problem, every tool will be necessary.
• Natural ecosystems act as a major buffer against climate change.
• Of all the carbon dioxide pumped into our atmosphere, around 60 per cent is absorbed by our lands and oceans.

Mapping seabed carbon

• In our new study, we compiled the best available data on the composition of seabed sediments across Canada and combined this with a wide range of environmental data within a machine learning predictive mapping process to create the first national map of organic carbon stocks in seabed sediments.
• In total, the amount of carbon estimated to exist within the top 30 centimetres of seabed sediments across Canada is 10.9 billion tonnes.

Canada’s carbon-rich seafloor

• On Canada’s east coast, enclosed inlets and bays also contained the highest amount of carbon.
• However, a significant amount was also predicted to occur in the deep channels of the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
• In comparison, the Arctic seafloor generally contained lower levels of carbon, but relatively high carbon was predicted in sediments close to the Arctic coasts and in the northern parts of Baffin Bay near Greenland.

Future developments

• Arabian Chemical Terminals LLC in Abu Dhabi (ACTAD) is proud to announce the start of operations at its newly built chemical tank storage terminal in Khalifa Port, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
• The terminal is the first commercial chemical tank farm of its kind in the Emirate.
• View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240515922771/en/
  ACT Abu Dhabi open for business (Photo: AETOSWire)
  Strategically located in the new world class Khalifa Port and adjacent to the modern and sprawling Khalifa Economic Zone Abu Dhabi (KEZAD), ACTAD aims to participate in the drive to promote new industries in the Emirate.
• It can also act as a storage hub and/or break-bulk operations for international companies as it is strategically located in a bonded zone within Khalifa Port.