Oceans: An Overlooked Oasis
By Simon Hilbourne Conservation is a curious thing. I wish it weren’t necessary, even if that did put me out of a job. Unfortunately, the human race is exploiting nature …
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Category: Issue 68 – January 2021
Interview with Maui Marine Scientist Darla White
by Amy Fonarow This interview was conducted on March 9th, 2017. While acting as the Special Projects Coordinator of Maui’s Division of Aquatic Resources, marine scientist Darla White met to chat at Sip Me – …
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Domestic, Green-Rated Salmon Making its way to West Coast Grocery Stores
By Peter Adame Lusamerica Foods, a major seafood wholesaler in the Western United States, started distributing green-rated, domestic salmon to over 200 grocery stores in California. The salmon producer, Atlantic …
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Will Fall Travels Be Possible This Year? A Coronavirus Update
By Traci Magnus As of right now, everything is a bit up in the air. We don’t know what the next month will bring as the coronavirus pandemic continues to …
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Green Fins Environmental Materials Now Available in Arabic and Japanese
The Reef-World Foundation – the international coordinator of Green Fins – along with the Chamber of Diving & Watersports (CDWS) and the SDGs Promotion Secretariat (Onna Village Office in Okinawa) are pleased to announce Arabic …
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OMA to design Miami Beach’s First Underwater Public Sculpture Park and Artificial Reef in 2021
Plans for Miami Beach’s First Underwater Public Sculpture Park and Artificial Reef Announced by Ximena Caminos, Founder of BlueLab Preservation Society in Collaboration with Coral Morphologic and University of Miami Researchers and …
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Sabah-Based Dive Operator Wins Global Diving Award!
A Sabah-based dive operator, Scuba Junkie, has won ‘Best Scuba Diving Dive Centre or Resort in the World for 2020’ in the prestigious Dive Magazine’s annual Travel Awards. The Travel …
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How Conservatives Can Embrace GreenEnergy During The Biden Administration
By Steve Melink Joe Biden’s victory in the 2020 presidential election is being seen as a positive development by those who favor renewable forms of energy over fossil fuels. The …
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Fish Carcasses Deliver Toxic Mercury Pollution to The Deepest Ocean Trenches
The sinking carcasses of fish from near-surface waters deliver toxic mercury pollution to the most remote and inaccessible parts of the world’s oceans, including the deepest spot of them all: …
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Australian Scientists Discover 500 Meter Tall Coral Reef in The Great Barrier Reef – First to be Discovered in Over 120 Years
Scientists have discovered a massive detached coral reef in the Great Barrier Reef–the first to be discovered in over 120 years, Schmidt Ocean Institute announced today. Measuring more than 500m …
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