Marine Biomass Dwindles In Face Of Environmental Threats
The oceans aren’t as crowded as they used to be now that we’ve depleted stocks of large marine predators through overfishing, pollution and climate change.
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Could Sustainable Aquaculture Be The Answer To The World’s Growing Hunger Epidemic?
Even though sustainable aquaculture is a great idea, it doesn’t come with its risks — and farmers of marine life have to be careful tending to their precious flocks…
Strawless in Seattle: Why Are Straws So Bad for the Environment?
The average American uses more than 38,000 straws over a lifetime without thinking about the implications of all this plastic going to waste and polluting our oceans.
Plastic Ocean Pollution a Driver of Climate Change?
Carbon sequestration by lanternfish is central to the overall role of marine environments in reducing human-caused CO2 emissions in the atmosphere…
Global Warming Evolution: Wildlife Shrinkage on the Rise
Scientists credit human-induced global warming with causing many wildlife species to become scrawnier with each successive generation…
Defender of the Seas
Captain Paul Watson, “Defender of the Seas,” Travels the World to Challenge Illegal Whaling and Fishing, and Whale Wars Captures the Action…
Red Fish, Green Fish
Everything you need to know about seafood ratings, from what the colors mean, to the problems with overfishing, bycatch, farmed and illegally caught fish.
Marine Spatial Planning: A New Approach to Oceans
The Obama-championed idea of “marine spatial planning” sounds good in theory—but simply mapping ocean activities won’t save struggling ocean species.
By the Numbers: Sharks
100 Million. That’s the staggering number of sharks purportedly killed each year, according to savingsharks.com, sharkwater.com, the nonprofit WildAid and Anderson Cooper’s 360° blog. The number has become a rallying point for ocean advocates, but is it true? Not quite. Without a doubt, sharks are in serious trouble. A 2006 research paper published in the […]
Where’s the Shark Love?
Large sharks have trouble garnering sympathy & protection from overfishing is so poor that 1/3 of open ocean sharks are threatened with extinction…