LIVING SHORELINES”
By Wayne Parry
The Associated Press
NEPTUNE, N.J.>> Coastal communities around the world are adding a tropical twist to shoreline protection, courtesy of the humble coconut.
From the sands of the Jersey Shore to the islands of Indonesia, strands of coconut husk, known as...
WASHINGTON>> For the first time, United Nations members have agreed on a unified treaty to protect biodiversity in the high seas — representing a turning point for vast stretches of the planet where conservation has previously been hampered by a confusing patchwork of laws.
The U.N. Conventio...
The member states of the UN have reached an agreement to protect the high seas from climate change, overfishing, seabed mining, and other dangers that threaten marine life. The world’s ocean covers nearly three-quarters of the planet, but there has never been a comprehensive international treaty to ...
LACEY TOWNSHIP, N.J. » Denise Vaccaro bought her home on the Jersey Shore more than 20 years ago, charmed by the little beach at the end of a sandy spit on Barnegat Bay where she could sit and read while listening to the waves and enjoying the cool breezes.
That home was destroyed 10 years ago in S...
New research finds coral refugia, where reefs are protected from global warming by cool local currents, are disappearing faster than expected.
By Bob Berwyn
February 1, 2022
A diver checks the coral reefs of the Society Islands in French Polynesia. on May 9, 2019 in Moorea, French Polynesia. Majo...
By Neil Vigdor
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An underwater mapping project recently took an unexpected twist off the coast of Tahiti, where deep-sea explorers said last week that they had discovered a sprawling coral reef resembling a bed of roses that appeared to be largely unscathed b...
Question draws mix of researchers to search 3,000 feet deep in the Pacific
By Annie Roth
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A young female mammoth was wandering long ago near what would become the Central Coast of California, when her life came to an untimely end. Although she died on land, her massive bod...
By Corinne Purtill
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Brynn Kimber, a research scientist at the University of Washington who works in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Marine Mammal Laboratory, has spent a lot of time analyzing audio data recorded in the icy waters north of Alask...
By MarÍa Verza, Christina Larson and Victoria Milko The Associated Press
PROGRESO, MEXICO » When a rotten egg smell rises from the mangrove swamps of southeast Mexico, something is going well. It means that this key coastal habitat for blunting hurricane impacts has recovered...
By William J. Broad
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The enormousness of the global sea has, over ages of exploration, made the appraisals of prime inhabitants more like rough sketches than detailed portraits.
Now scientists have devised a precise way of detecting one of the ocean’s more exotic c...
By William J. Broad
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The ocean has always glowed.
The Greeks and Romans knew of luminous sea creatures as well as the more general phenomenon of seawater that can light up in bluish-green colors.
Charles Darwin, as he sailed near South America on a dark ni...
This book offers so much information on the deep ocean, life in it and threats that imperil it. Every chapter had information
new to me a long time student and lover of the ocean.
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The United Nations has recommended that the Great Barrier Reef be placed on a list of World Heritage sites that are “in danger,” prompting a fierce reaction from the Australian government, which defended its management of one of th...
CEO Note: Chile protects the oceans from single-use plastic pollution and mandates the sale and use of refillable bottles
BY ANDY SHARPLESS MAY 28, 2021Last week, Chile’s government enacted a law to reduce single-use plastics thanks to campaigning by Oceana and allies. The law is the fi...
Scientists recently discovered the extent of toxic DDT contamination occurring in the deep ocean off Los Angeles, California from historic dumping is far greater than previously thought, with new estimates of hundreds of thousands of barrels and documentation that many are degraded and leaking. Hund...
A new study has found that since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, our oceans have suffered from a 30 percent increase in the rate of plastics dumped into the water.1
The United States already generates more plastic trash than any other country, and it's more urgent than ever that we stop ...
By Caleb Jones
The Associated Press
HONOLULU » “Ghost nets” from unknown origins drift among the Pacific’s currents, threatening sea creatures and littering shorelines with the entangled remains of what they kill.
Lost or discarded at sea, sometimes decades ago, this fishing gear ...
What’s good for the ocean may also be good for business
By Tatiana Schlossberg
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Marty Odlin, who grew up and lives on the Maine coast, remembers what the ocean used to be like. But now, he said, “It’s like a desert and just within my lifetime.” In the last few year...
By Christina Larson
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON » A large conch shell overlooked in a museum for decades is now thought to be the oldest known seashell instrument — and it still works, producing a deep, plaintive bleat, like a foghorn from the distant past.
The shell was found during the 1931...
