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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Category: Ocean Literacy
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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Protect your business with Green Fins
Green Fins is the only internationally recognised environmental standards for sustainable diving activities, how can you make it work for your business? Managing a dive centre is a very demanding …
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1 Topic, 5 Facts: Marine Protected Areas (MPAs)
How well do you know the ocean? This regular feature will help acquaint you with our blue planet. Topic: Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) The Great Lakes are considered an MPA! …
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California Marine Science Educators Visit Cuba
By Mark Friedman, a marine science educator with the San Pedro LA Maritime Institute, and organizer of the marine science educators’ group to Cuba. A group of marine science educators …
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