Methane-Busting Seaweed Farms on Track for 2021 Production
By Andrew Spence Construction of the first farm and processing plant to turn red seaweed into a feed supplement for[…]
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Category: Stories from the Sea
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[…]
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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[…]
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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[…]
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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[…]
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CCMI Announces First Women in Ocean Science Award Scholar
The Women in Ocean Science Award (WIOSA) seeks to recognize outstanding early-career and mid-career scholars who are advancing the frontiers[…]
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Greenpeace Report Exposes Fishmeal & Fish Oil (FMFO) Industry’s Systemic Plundering of The Oceans
Multinational fishing industries plunder West Africa’s ocean as artisanal sector is locked out by COVID-19 While governments in Senegal, Mauritania[…]
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Blue-Blooded Creatures Saving Lives & Why We should Return the Favor
By Jessica Mejia As a researcher and professor, John Tanacredi spends a majority of his time in a laboratory that[…]
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Tracking Cownose Ray Migration with the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
By Kevin Majoros Situated on the bank of the Rhode River near the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay is the[…]
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Could Plastic-Eating, Silk-Producing Bacteria Be a New Ally in the Fight Against Waste?
NSF grant supports exploration of potentially transformative idea Each year tens of millions of tons of plastic are sent to landfills,[…]
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