Shapeshifters: Octopus Superpowers (Full Episode) | Secrets of the Octopus – National Geographic
Whether transforming their body shape and color to disappear or mimicking their deadliest enemy. Octopus use shapeshifting superpowers to survive…
Long Story Shorts: What Role Does Sound Play in the Ocean? – Hakai Institute
Have you ever wondered how sound works underwater? Or how much life in the ocean depends on hearing and being heard? Watch this episode of Long Story Shorts to get the answers, and find out what happens when we interfere with the soundscapes of the sea…
Looting of the sea: the great sand theft – ABC
It is the most demanded raw material after water. It is used to make concrete, chips, detergents, paints… and even artificial islands. The big cities are hungry for sand and to satisfy it, the world’s beaches are being plundered….
The Plastics We Breathe | Interactive – the Washington Post
Every time you take a breath, you could be inhaling microplastics. Scroll to see how tiny and dangerously invasive they can be….
How this summer’s brutal hurricanes might one day save lives – Grist Magazine
Cyclones aren’t just made of wind and rain — they’re full of data. That’ll help researchers improve the forecasts that determine whom to evacuate…
This Isn’t Your Grandparents’ Summer Heat – Scientific American
The face of summer is transforming, as people today face more frequent, longer-lasting and hotter heat waves than they did several decades ago…
Sand, Sea and as Much Serenity as You Could Ever Want – the New York Times
The bluffs, dunes and lagoons of the Magdalens, a colorful yet tranquil island chain north of Prince Edward Island, are far from everywhere. That’s the point…
Louisiana’s coast is sinking. Advocates say the governor is undermining efforts to save it – the Washington Times
A new Republican governor is taking aim at the state’s coastal protection agency…
Can the circular economy help the Caribbean win its war against waste? – Mongabay
For decades, a graveyard of corroding barrels has littered the seafloor just off the coast of Los Angeles. It was out of sight, out of mind — a not-so-secret secret that haunted the marine environment until a team of researchers came across them with an advanced underwater camera…Startling amounts of DDT near the barrels pointed to a little-known history of toxic pollution…but federal regulators recently determined that the manufacturer had not bothered with barrels. (Its acid waste was poured straight into the ocean instead.)…