Microplastics are undermining the ocean’s ability to absorb carbon – Oceanographic
New research suggests microplastics are disrupting the ocean’s natural ability to absorb carbon dioxide by interfering with marine life and carbon cycles, potentially weakening one of Earth’s most important defences against climate change…
Survival at sea: Cuba is rewriting its coral story – Oceanographic
While ocean warming and coral bleaching events make the headlines around the globe, there’s a team of pioneering marine researchers quietly working on new methods to rebuild coral populations more resilient to rising temperatures through groundbreaking means. And it’s all happening in Cuba…
The cost of the catch: A conservation corral for Cambodia – Oceanographic
In a remote corner of Cambodia, the team at Marine Conservation Cambodia has been fighting trawl-fishing for over a decade. On their tiny island in the Kep Archipelago seagrass meadows once sprawled the seabed. Now, much of that ecosystem lies in ruin..
The future stewards of the Venice Lagoon – Oceanographic
Aligned with the UN Decade of Ocean Science, the Kindergarden of the Lagoon initiative – a part of Prada Group and UNESCO’s Sea Beyond campaign – aims to spark a worldwide movement supporting ocean preservation, starting with Venice’s youngest members of society….
Microplastics now pollute remote Chagos manta ray feeding areas – Oceanographic
The findings raise real concern among scientists over the growing pressures faced by reef manta rays – a filter feeding species – now at growing risk of ingesting microplastics and suffering the, as yet, not-fully-determined physical consequences.
At 99, David Attenborough shares strongest message for the ocean − Oceanographic
For the first time in almost 100 years, Sir David is telling a story like never before because Ocean – a feature-length film and a production atypical to anything that has come before it – is not just a love-letter to the planet’s support system but a direct call to arms to protect it…
Offshore oil platform pollution exposed in world-first for ocean – Oceanographic
A groundbreaking investigation led by SkyTruth has plotted and ranked the world’s most polluting offshore oil and gas facilities using advanced satellite technology to highlight the worst persistent oil slicks and greenhouse gas emissions around the world…
‘Underwater avalanches’ are creating ocean microplastics hotspots – Oceanographic
Scientists from The University of Manchester and the National Oceanography Centre have found that fast-moving ‘underwater avalanches’ known as turbidity currents are moving vast quantities of microplastics pollution to areas of high biodiversity…
California kelp – Oceanographic
Off Monterey, the Edges of Earth expedition team falls in love with the vibrant, dense kelp forests of the region….