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Day: May 10, 2024

A Healthy Coral Reef Is a Symphony – Reasons to be Cheerful Magazine

Blue tang (Acanthurus coeruleus) swimming through coral, Puerto Rico, La Parguera, January 2005 (by NOAA CCMA Biogeography Team, courtesy of NOAA Photo Library, CC BY 2.0 DEED via Flickr).

In the growing field of “ecoacoustics,” scientists use the ocean’s natural sounds to monitor the health of marine ecosystems — and even restore them…

The world dumps 2,000 truckloads of plastic into the ocean each day. Here’s where a lot of it ends up – CNN

Plastic & garbage on the coast in Pulau Bunaken, Sulawesi, Indonesia, August 2014 (by Fabio Achilli CC BY 2.0 DEED via Flickr).

The western coast of Java in Indonesia is popular with surfers for its world-famous breaks. There’s a majestic underwater world to explore, too. But it’s impossible to surf or snorkel without running into plastic water bottles, single-use cups and food wrappers. The garbage sometimes forms islands in the sea, and much of it washes ashore, accumulating as mountains on the beach…

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