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“The surface is the skin through which our ocean breathes. It is a critical nursery ground for hundreds, possibly thousands, of species, and it is also one of the most vulnerable regions to human impacts. This is...
Scuba Schools International (SSI) and Mares have partnered up with the female-led diving team Edges of Earth Expedition. Together, they are amplifying ocean action and highlighting progress in marine conservation worldwide. Edges...
The ocean has warmed by about 1 degree C, increased in salinity and decreased in oxygen. Furthermore, acidity has increased by over 30%.
Restoring whale numbers would mean more iron in the water from their poo, which would mean more phytoplankton, and more carbon dioxide taken up from the atmosphere. Whales once contributed to as much carbon removal as forests of entire continents.
It’s the front line of climate change and could hold the key to predicting global sea level rise, but what goes on at the underwater face of Greenland’s glaciers is a mystery to science. 
Corals in the northern Red Sea could hold the secrets for reef survival in warming seas. © 2022 KAUST; Morgan Bennett Smith. Coral reefs underpin the livelihoods of around a...
Updated 15 October 2019It came as a surprise to most people to learn that tea bags contained plastic. The plastic in question is polypropylene, which seals the tea bag and helps the bag retain its shape in...
More sharks live around the Galapagos Darwin and Wolf Islands than anywhere else on the planet
There is perhaps an iconic image of China in the minds of many in developed and western nations of smog-filled Chinese cities, marred by billowing smoke stacks, traffic jams, and citizens forced to wear masks to protect...
A third of all food produced for humans globally is not eaten by anyone. These are shocking facts, right? But we most likely will not act on these facts and will probably even forget them.