Gulf Stream Energy, with Turtles in Mind
A new project hopes to show how we can harness the kinetic energy of ocean currents without harming turtles and other marine wildlife…
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Corals Die for Airport Expansion
A thriving coral habitat in the Marshall Islands is under threat of destruction thanks to an airport expansion on Majuro, the capital atoll.
Resistant To Change
Ocean Acidification Is a Product of Our Emissions, but There’s Little Will to Change Our Ways: An Interview With Rob Jackson, Ph.D., Global Environmental Change, Duke University
Under the Sea
What goes into the air goes into the oceans and the great watery expanse that covers some 71% of the Earth’s surface is beginning to turn corrosive to sea life…
Our Ocean Acidification Nightmare
Dear EarthTalk: I was horrified to read recently that our oceans are actually becoming acidic, that the continued burning of fossil fuels is changing the chemistry of our seas. What’s going on?
Disappearing Coastlines
Disappearing Coastlines: The Impacts of Climate Change Are Already Being Felt by Coastal Communities Across the World
Plastic Seas
A review of Plastic Ocean: How a Sea Captain’s Chance Discovery Launched a Determined Quest to Save the Oceans by Capt. Charles Moore…
Delivering Wind
Planners of a new offshore wind power transmission platform in the Atlantic say they have overcome previous hurdles to such a project….
The Whole Blue Truth
A review of Oceana: Our Endangered Oceans and What We Can Do to Save Them by Ted Danson and Michael D’Orso
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.