At 125, Scientist Discover The Deepest Coral Reef ever Found on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia A team of scientists from the Catlin Seaview Survey has discovered reef coral living at 125 meters, the deepest ever found on the Great Barrier Reef. The remarkable find of a community of [...]
Greenheart, an international non-profit organization, is preparing to build the world’s first fuel-free, container-ready commercial vessel. The small sail-solar ship is specially designed for use by communities in developing countries. Built in Chittagong, Bangladesh and will be lauched as early as next year. Producing no emissions, s/v Greenheart is designed as an ocean-going [...]
In the future, warmer waters could significantly change ocean distribution of populations of phytoplankton, tiny organisms that could have a major effect on climate change. Reporting in this week’s online journal Science Express, researchers show that by the end of the 21st century, warmer oceans will cause populations of these [...]
A whirlpool is a vortex, a spinning body of water around a central point. Whirlpools can vary from tiny eddy currents in a stream to huge tidal flows powerful enough to swamp small boats. Most of us have our first experience with whirlpools looking at water going down the sink, [...]
Estimated to be some 300 million years old Horseshoe crabs (that look more like Batman latest armored vehicle than a horseshoe) have been on this rock well before the dinosaurs showed up. It is quite a feat to make it as a specie for so long, yet these rather extra [...]
Over 20 internationally renowned ocean heroes will gather in Boulder, CO, for the Colorado Ocean Coalition (COCO)’s Making WAVES 2012 weekend on October 20 – 21, 2012. The annual event, now in its second year, brings together prominent ocean scientists, activists, educators, youth, and artists with our growing “Inland Ocean [...]
Marine protected areas (MPAS) are at the epicenter of Mission Blue and Sylvia Earle Ocean preservation battles. She rightfully calls them “Hope Spots” as they offer a haven for overfished and undervalued ocean creatures. As they are growing around the world today, it is hard to keep track of where [...]
Yesterday at the Blue Ocean Film Festival in Monterey we got the chance to hear the latest about the ocean side of Google. Sylvia Earle stepped on stage to introduce the underwater mapping revolution underway, backed by the brilliant people from the Catlin Seaview Survey. “Ignorance is the greatest threat [...]
Synopsis: Starting next month in September, PG&E may be authorized to begin conducting seismic tests for 82 days over a 530-acre area along the Central Coast from Cambria to Guadalupe, a project that is expected to destroy an untold number of sea life, if the State Lands Commission on Aug. [...]
When a University of Washington researcher listened to the audio picked up by a recording device that spent a year in the icy waters off the east coast of Greenland, she was stunned at what she heard: whales singing a remarkable variety of songs nearly constantly for five wintertime months. [...]
