Don’t feed the Trash Vortex!
If you’re an environmentally conscious golf enthusiast you probably cringe at the shear notion of playing golf near the shoreline or practise your swing onboard a yacht or cruise ship where the risk of...
View ArticleBioorb 60 Classic Collection review
Below you will find my review of the Reef One 60L/16 gallon BiOrb. The orb was provided to me by the company, but this is not paid advertising space. If I’ll end up hating the orb, you’ll know about...
View ArticleStarfish and sea urchins counteract our carbon emissions
Out of the estimated 5.5 gigatonnes of carbon emitted each year by human activities, about 1.8 percent are removed from the air and stored by echinoderms such as starfish, sea urchins, brittle stars...
View ArticleFirst ever U.S. marine debris action plan implemented in Hawaii
Yesterday, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and its Hawaiian partners announced the first marine debris action plan to be implemented in the United States. The goal of the...
View ArticleMedieval shipwrecks threatened by the spread of shipworm into the Baltic Sea
The shipworm Teredo navalis is spreading to the Baltic Sea, threatening to destroy archaeological artefacts. Researchers* at Gothenburg University suspect that climate change is what’s making it...
View ArticleHemorrhagic fish virus identified in Lake Superior
For the first time, a viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus (VHSV or VHSv) has been identified in fish from Lake Superior, the largest of the five Great Lakes of North America. The virus was identified by...
View ArticleAquaSketcher
If you’re into interior design, you have probably encountered the online tools that allow you to try different types of interior designs online without breaking a sweat. With a simple drag and click...
View ArticleSwedish vacationer killed by jellyfish in Malaysia
A Swedish woman vacationing with her family in Langkawi, Malaysia was killed by a jellyfish while bathing off the coast of Pantai Cenang. Carina Löfgren was on her way back to the beach when she...
View ArticleDead fish are covering the beaches of Brazil
Massive amounts of dead fish are covering the beaches of Brazil and roughly 80 tonnes (175 000 lbs) have been removed from the iconic Ipanema beach in Rio de Janeiro. The mass death, which seems to...
View ArticleCloudy with a chance of fish
Fish raining down on you from the sky is rare, but fish raining down on you two nights in a row is just plain eldritch. The unlikely two-night fish rain occurred last week in a small Australian town...
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