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- Earth has lost 14% of its coral reefs in less than a decade Fri, 8 Oct 21, 5:30amA new report released by the Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network found that up to 14% of the world's coral reefs have been depleted due to climate change between the years 2009 and 2018...
- TRIWA and Sea Shepherd team up to fight ocean waste Fri, 1 Oct 21, 4:30amTRIWA is a watch-making company with a mission. Sea Shepherd is a non-profit working toward wildlife conservation. Finding common ground, the two collaborated to achieve both their goals. [...]
- Join the virtual Oceans Week conference for free Sat, 6 Jun 20, 3:30amEarthX, the forum responsible for the world’s largest environmental expo, conference and film festival is teaming up with global nonprofit organization The National Geographic Society to bring Oceans Week onto the virtual...
- Pacific Oceans elevated acidity is dissolving Dungeness crabs shells Thu, 6 Feb 20, 6:30amA new study commissioned by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and published recently on Science of the Total Environment journal has found that the rising acidity level of the Pacific Ocean is eating...
- Drones: the future of ocean conservation Thu, 7 Mar 19, 9:30amUnmanned systems such as drones, are increasingly used in a variety of fields — from border patrol, to cinematography to just plain showing off your cool new toy with neighbors...
- Krill fishers partner with Greenpeace to protect Antarctic wildlife Wed, 11 Jul 18, 6:00amAn unlikely alliance has formed between krill fishing companies and environmental protection groups over a common cause: protecting the Antarctic Ocean and its marine life...
- SeagrassSpotter app empowers ocean lovers to become citizen scientists Sat, 16 Jun 18, 5:00amBet you don't often think about seagrass, but this powerhouse plant supports thousands of marine creatures, sequesters carbon, cleans water, and generates oxygen — and it's in trouble...
- Rare sea snakes, thought to be extinct, discovered in Western Australia Mon, 28 Dec 15, 10:00pmTwo rare species of sea snakes, thought to have been extinct, have been sighted by scientists in Western Australia. Neither species, whose only known habitats were a pair of reefs in the Timor Sea, has been seen since 2002....
- Palau just created a marine reserve larger than Texas and Alaska combined Thu, 29 Oct 15, 9:00pmThe Pacific island nation of Palau, just east of Indonesia and the Philippines, announced its plan to designate 193,000 square miles of nearby ocean territory to be a fully protected marine reserve...
- Chile is creating the largest protected marine park in the Americas Wed, 7 Oct 15, 3:00amThe largest marine park in the Americas will soon protect the waters around Chile. Announced by President Michelle Bachelet of Chile, the forthcoming Nazca-Desventuradas Marine Park will encompass a whopping 114,872 square...
- Chile to sanction largest protected marine park in the Americas Wed, 7 Oct 15, 1:01amThe largest marine park in the Americas will soon protect the waters around Chile. Announced by President Michelle Bachelet of Chile, the forthcoming Nazca-Desventuradas Marine Park will encompass a whopping 114,872 square...
- New NASA video shows how ocean garbage patches form Wed, 26 Aug 15, 5:00amhttps://youtu.be/xKRIE_Oiu94 Raw data often doesn't mean much until you do something with it. The data visualization wizards at NASA are no strangers to making raw data meaningful. Now, they have come up with a way to show...
- These life-sized willow whales swim through a sea of plastic bottles to raise pollution awareness Fri, 17 Jul 15, 5:45amA sculpture of two life size whales, made from Somerset willow and 70,000 upcycled plastic bottles, has been unveiled in Bristol to mark the city’s status as the UK’s first European Green Capital...
- UK could create the world’s largest marine reserve Thu, 19 Feb 15, 4:45amAhead of the May 7 general election, the UK government is considering three proposals for marine reserves that together would more than double the amount of protected waters in the world...
- Leonardo DiCaprio Pledges $7 Million Towards Ocean Conservation Projects Tue, 24 Jun 14, 1:13amLongtime environmental activist (and actor) Leonardo DiCaprio has pledged to donate $7 million over the next two years to back marine conservation projects...