The Earth and Three Blinkered Scientists
By Dr. Rob Moir In the parable of the blind men and the elephant, the identity of the beast must be determined by touch and conjecture. The first person touches …
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Category: Stories from the Sea
11th Hour Racing to Power Italian Professional Sailor Francesca Clapcich
NEWPORT, R.I. — On the heels of The Ocean Race win by its sponsored team, 11th Hour Racing is expanding its work beyond sustainability and ocean health to champion diversity, opportunity, and access in …
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Halfway Through Expedition Hope: Do Offshore Seamounts Mean Good News for Cayman’s Coral Reefs?
Little Cayman, Cayman Islands; 15 December 2023: As we near the halfway point of the Central Caribbean Marine Institute’s (CCMI) Expedition Hope to characterise the biodiversity of two offshore seamounts …
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Ocean Hope Chronicles: Local Leaders as Extraordinary Changemakers
By Liz Cunningham The Marine Conservation Action Fund supports community-based projects spearheaded by local conservation leaders that create enduring and systemic change. Liz Cunningham’s Ocean Hope Chronicles are dedicated to …
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Caught napping? Grey Reef Sharks Resting Changes What We Know About How They Breathe
Researchers are re-writing what we know about how grey reef sharks breathe and rest based on new observations from reefs in Seychelles. They hope that if we understand whether sharks sleep, …
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SEVENSEAS Media’s Beach Cleanup with ISB Students Makes a Splash in November 2023
Students from the International School Bangkok (ISB) collaborated in a commendable beach cleanup event, resulting in the collection of an impressive 110 kilograms of waste in just two hours. The …
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To Keep Track of Salmon Migrations in Real Time, First Nations Turn to AI
by Spoorthy Raman Between spring and fall each year in coastal British Columbia, when salmon migrate upstream, the region’s First Nations manually count the number of fish passing through to get …
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SAWFISH NEWS: SeaWorld Orlando Celebrates the Birth of Endangered Sawfish Pups
By Tonya Wiley, Havenworth Coastal Conservation In October, SeaWorld Orlando announced the birth of three smalltooth sawfish pups, marking a historic achievement in global conservation for this endangered species as …
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Conserving Nature in the Midst of Human Conflict
By Giacomo Abrusci Author’s note: I acknowledge my privilege and carry a sense of deep responsibility in being able to dedicate my career to environmental conservation, fully aware that my circumstances …
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Greenpeace Confronts Deep Sea Mining Ship in At-Risk Pacific Region
Eastern Pacific Ocean – Greenpeace International activists yesterday began an ongoing peaceful action against a ship doing deep sea mining exploration for The Metals Company (TMC), to denounce the imminent threat …
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