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The US military wants to hunt enemy subs with genetically-engineered sea life
In age of great power competition in which adversarial powers are closing the gap in the undersea battlespace, the US military is looking to abundant ocean organisms for enhanced defense. Researchers...
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Cigarette butts are the ocean's single largest source of trash
The term "ocean pollution" often brings to mind images of straws, bottles, and other plastic trash. Cigarette filters, however, are arguably a far more detrimental form of waste and haven't been given...
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'Electric pulse fishing' is illegal and it's turning the ocean into a...
Some fishermen in Europe have been using the controversial technique of electric pulse fishing. The method involves pulling a net loaded with electrodes across the sea to produce an electric field in...
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Palau’s famous 'jellyfish lake' re-opened to the public, so you can now swim...
The Ongeim’l Tketau Jellyfish Lake in Palau re-opened to the public in December. The lake, which is home to thousands of jellyfish, had to close after a drastic population decline in 2016. More than...
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Conchs may be extinct in the Bahamas in as soon as 10 years, and it could be...
Studies are showing that the conch population in the Bahamas is dropping significantly, and some scientists argue that the sea creatures could be extinct within 10 years. The Bahamas' dwindling conch...
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Bahrain is set to open the world’s largest underwater theme park for scuba...
Bahrain's Tourism and Exhibition Agency announced its plans to open an eco-friendly underwater theme park in summer 2019. It's expected to feature a sunken Boeing 747, artificial coral reefs, and sea...
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An edible straw made of seaweed could soon replace polluting plastic straws
Loliware, an edible bioplastics company, launched a seaweed straw that dissolves over time as a replacement for plastic straws. In recent months, cities like San Francisco and Seattle have banned...
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A luxury cruise company is offering a scholarship for someone to travel...
A cruise company is offering a scholarship combining marine conservation and luxury travel in Croatia. Half of the four-week scholarship will be spent doing volunteer work with dolphins, turtles, and...
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The 'dead zone' in the Gulf of Mexico may grow to the size of Massachusetts...
Every summer, an area of low-oxygen water forms in the Gulf of Mexico. Scientists refer to this as a "dead zone" because very little marine life can survive in it. This year, scientists predict the...
View ArticleAdidas is turning plastic ocean waste into sneakers and sportswear
In 2015 Adidas partnered with Parley for the Oceans to turn marine pollution into sportswear. Adidas uses recycled plastic bottles as a replacement for virgin polyester. In 2019 Adidas expects to make...
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The same-sex penguin couple who adopted a chick at a London aquarium are...
The same-sex penguin couple who adopted a penguin chick are raising it gender-neutral. The adopted Gentoo chick will become Sea Life London Aquarium's first penguin not to have its gender assigned,...
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Eating more seafood could help us slow the planet's warming — part of a...
Warming ocean water and unprecedented melting of the Arctic and Antarctic ice sheets could cause sea levels to rise by more than 3 feet by the end of the century, according to new report from the...
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Deep in California's Monterey Bay, scientists captured an underwater...
An unmanned expedition to the depths of Monterey Bay, California, discovered a baleen-whale carcass on the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. The carcass still contained some blubber and internal organs....
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The asteroid that killed the dinosaurs acidified the ocean in a 'flash,'...
A massive asteroid struck present-day Mexico 66 million years ago. The impact contributed to the extinction of the dinosaurs and 75% of life on Earth at the time. The asteroid crash spurred a...
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Thousands of animals around the world are at risk of extinction. But not...
The world is in the midst of a mass extinction— the sixth time in the planet's history that species are experiencing a major global collapse in numbers.Up to 1 million species are threatened with...
View ArticleFlorida stone crab claws are one of the priciest seafoods you can buy. Here's...
Summary List PlacementFollowing is a transcript of the video.Narrator: Stone crab claws are one of the priciest seafoods you can buy. And depending on their size, a pound of claws at a restaurant can...
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After a massive iceberg broke away from Antarctica, it revealed a long-hidden...
Summary List PlacementSEE ALSO: An iceberg the size of Los Angeles just broke off Antarctica — and it could happen again within weeksThe researchers aboard the Polarstern research vessel found...
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'Sea snot' is clogging up Turkey's coasts, suffocating marine life, and...
Summary List PlacementBlankets of a goopy, camel-colored substance have been accumulating in the water off Turkey's coast for months.The goop, called marine mucilage or "sea snot," is covering so much...
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Photos show slimy 'sea snot' clogging up the sea near Turkey
Summary List PlacementA slimy "sea snot" is clogging up water off the shore of Turkey.Photos show a thick layer of slime, known as marine mucilage, covering the Sea of Marmara south of Istanbul. The...
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Researchers found that plastic pollutants in the ocean may be 'exciting'...
Summary List PlacementAmid the constant barrage of dire climate news and existential environmental dread, one new study from across the pond suggests the ecological crisis may be impacting a common...
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