These instruments can explore the oceans like sailplanes The Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences (IFM-GEOMAR) in Kiel, Germany, recently obtained the biggest fleet of so-called gliders in E... Read more
Courtesy of NASA, see where the 5 trillion pieces of floating plastic floating we’ve put in our oceans. Next year, a 20-year-old inventor will begin trawling the world’s oceans t... Read more
Study finds many species may die out and others may migrate significantly as ocean acidification intensifies Oceans have absorbed up to 30 percent of human-made carbon dioxide around the wor... Read more
Around four billion minute fibres could be littering each square kilometre of some of the world’s deep seas, demonstrating that plastic debris is now creating cause for concern in some of th... Read more
It has been suggested that 10 per cent of plastic which is thrown away ends up in the marine environment The tiny plastic particles polluting our seas are not only orally ingested by marine... Read more
“As long-lived species, they enhance the predictability and stability of marine ecosystems” “Consider the subtleness of the sea; how its most dreaded creatures glide under water, unapparent... Read more
Overfishing and pollution have pushed life in the high seas to the brink of collapse, according to a new report from the Global Ocean Commission. “The oceans are a failed state,” David Milib... Read more
New management is needed for the planet’s most important common resource IN 1968 an American ecologist, Garrett Hardin, published an article entitled “The Tragedy of the Commons”. He argued... Read more
The world’s seas are becoming more acidic. How much that matters is not yet clear. But it might matter a lot. HUMANS, being a terrestrial species, are pleased to call their home “Earth”. A m... Read more
A species of one of the world’s tiniest creatures, ocean plankton, is heading for extinction as it struggles to adapt to changes in sea temperature. And it may take local fisheries with it.... Read more
The 2013 score of 65 out of 100 demonstrates the ongoing need for more effective management of this precious resource In the 2013 Ocean Health Index (OHI) –– an annual assessment of ocean he... Read more
His Ocean Cleanup Project aims to utilize the oceans’ natural gyres to collect plastic waste. Environmental activism is an easy buzzword, but there are few true movers and shakers who are do... Read more
The test results were very successful and have confirmed that the prototype has accomplished their objectives by reducing costs of construction, installation and maintenance. Researchers at... Read more
Boyan Slat is an engineering student who is designing a concept for floating booms that would sift debris from the water. Boyan Slat is a 19-year-old engineering student who has detailed pla... Read more
More than 3,600 robots probe the seas down to 2,000 meters Scientists worldwide have been capturing and analyzing detailed data about the atmosphere for decades. Information about the oceans... Read more
