For Palauans, a healthy ocean means a healthy business!
When you think about paradise, would you describe it as hundreds of unexplored white beaches, miles and miles of endless ocean, crystal clear cyan waters, rock formations that …
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Category: Ocean Literacy
EXPLORING THE GREAT BEAR SEA: New, Free Curriculum Resources
I worked for 28 years with my partner, Ralf Meyer, producing films that tell stories about sustainability and the conservation of natural resources, filming in remote places in North America …
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Blue carbon climate mitigation largely ignored
The climate mitigation potential of coastal carbon-rich ecosystems such as mangroves, saltmarshes and seagrasses – often referred to as coastal ‘blue carbon ecosystems’ – is often overlooked in national climate …
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1 Topic, 5 Facts: Importance of Fieldwork
How well do you know the ocean? This regular feature will help acquaint you with our blue planet. Topic: Importance of Fieldwork Helps us to understand how plants and animals …
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Watch out! There are Manatees About!
Stephanie L. Swanson, Miami University The Effects of Ecotourism, Recreational Boating, and Fishing on the Conservation of the Florida Manatee Currently, the Florida manatee, a subspecies of West Indian manatee, is …
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Bahamian Students Look for Disease in the Trees
Students enrolled in the Bahamas Awareness of Mangroves (B.A.M.) program launched an environmental monitoring program and a new partnership with North Carolina State University to study diseases in Bahamian mangrove …
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Moalboal Community and Beach Clean Up
Moalboal is a little peninsula located on the southwest coast of Cebu Island. This small diving town brings people from all over the world to swim their famous sardine run, …
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Can you help identify this sea creature?
A friend in Papua New Guinea was posting these photos with the hopes someone can help identify it. What do you think?
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A true collaboration of art and science: Hello Ocean conducts first expedition exploring pressing ocean conservation topics of the Mesoamerican Reef.
Following on the heels of Hello Ocean’s reconnaissance exploration in 2016, Hello Ocean launched its maiden voyage: Expedition Echo. In a Moorings catamaran, with support from 11th Hour Racing, a crew of …
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Loggerhead Marinelife Center publishes study on sea turtle health
Research biologists from the Research Laboratory at Loggerhead Marinelife Center recently published a scientific study on how contaminants such as mercury and natural toxins from red tide algal blooms affect …
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