May 13, 2020 By Hugo Kugiya The Washington Post
Plastic pollution threatens marine life, humans and ecosystems. Enter FRED, a future vacuum of the seas.
Hoovering the Ocean
Pandemic Gives Pacific Northwest Whales a Respite from Din of Underwater Noise
May 11, 2020 By Tom Banse Northwest News Network
American and Canadian marine scientists — and one talented dog — are seizing an unexpected opportunity presented by the coronavirus pandemic. They are trying to establish whether Pacifc Northwest whales benefit from the current drop in boat traffic and underwater noise.
Thirty-six Thousand Feet Under the Sea
May 10, 2020 By Ben Taub The New Yorker
The submarine touched the silty bottom, and the pilot, a fifty-three-year-old Texan named Victor Vescovo, became the first living creature with blood and bones to reach the deepest point in the Tonga Trench. He was piloting the only submersible that can bring a human to that depth: his own.
California’s Critical Kelp Forests Are Disappearing in a Warming World. Can They Be Saved?
April 30, 2020 By Todd Woody National Geographic
Kelp need our help. Which is why an unprecedented alliance of scientists, fishers, surfers, entrepreneurs, and experts is coming together to revive California’s vital kelp ecosystem, decimated by a warming ocean.
Coral Gardeners
April 30, 2020 By Natalie Hunter-Smith oceanographic
After consecutive years of coastal development, the ongoing pressure of tourism, bleaching events and escalating climate change, the reef communities are declining. The coral rubble sweeps into the waves, distorting that instantly recognisable blue. However, on the small volcanic island of Tahiti, in the Mo’orea Island lagoon, a group of young ocean lovers has decided to do something to try and protect their paradise.