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U.S. Agency Wants Offshore Oil Companies to Look for Shipwrecks Before They Drill
As part of existing requirements for offshore energy production, 600 shipwrecks have been found in the Gulf of Mexico alone by oil and gas...
Human Chain Formed by Florida Biologists to Save Stranded Dolphin
When a dolphin got lost and swam up a Florida canal, no less than 30 biologists and volunteers formed a human chain to block...
Density of Harmful Chemicals that Damage Ozone Layer Slashed by 50% Since 1980s Levels
Scientists have estimated that at current rates, the hole in the ozone layer will close around 2070.
Levels of chemical emissions from refrigeration and air...
World’s Largest Container Line is Rerouting its Fleet to Avoid Collisions with Endangered Blue Whales
Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has taken a major step to help protect blue whales and other cetaceans living and feeding in the waters off...
US Seeking to Protect Largest Underwater Canyon Off New York City For New Marine Sanctuary
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is seeking public comment on potentially designating a new national marine sanctuary in Hudson Canyon off the...
Designer Turns Mussel Shells That Once Clogged London’s Water Pipes into Gorgeous Tile
Some designers in London are taking an invasive mussel species and turning it into beautiful tiling.
Aside from preventing the mussel shells breaking down in...
Chinook Salmon Introduced to Mountain Streams Not Inhabited for 100 Years
The historic reintroduction of Chinook salmon into a California creek this spring will help secure another generation of this iconic species.
State and federal biologists...
Simple Green LED Lights Save Sharks and Turtles from Accidental Bycatch in Fishing Nets
Marine biologists have found that $8 green LED lights affixed to fishermen's gill nets were enough to dissuade huge amounts of sea animals like...
Man Who Found World’s Deepest-Dwelling Octopus and Jellyfish Scores 3-of-a-Kind, With Deepest-Dwelling Squid
There's a dynamic duo of divers out there that can't seem to keep to stop finding tentacled animals in the deepest of undersea zones,...
Scientists Work to Turn the Tide of Oyster and Seagrass Decline in Chesapeake Bay, Often by Hand
The Chesapeake Bay has, despite massive setbacks, continued to return to something resembling a healthy estuarine ecosystem, in no small part because of the...
Explorer Who Found Many Iconic Shipwrecks Like the Titanic Credits Dyslexia For His Success
Not being able to see the world in the same way as others is often considered a drawback, but the view from a different...
Researchers Find Real-life SpongeBob SquarePants and Patrick Star
Oh, who lives in a pineapple under the sea... around the Retriever Seamount 200 miles off the New England coast in the Atlantic Ocean?
Well...
Common Human Antibiotic Can Heal Coral Diseases – 95% Success Rate With Amoxicillin
Diseases continue to be a major threat to coral reef health, but a new study by Florida researchers reveals how a common antibiotic used...
Caltech Uses Existing Underwater Cables to Detect Earthquakes and Tsunamis Ahead of Time
Seismologists at Caltech working with optics experts at Google have developed a method to use existing underwater telecommunication cables to detect earthquakes. The technique...
Sanctuary Containing ‘Healthiest Coral Reefs in the World’ Just Tripled in Size Thanks to U.S. Government Protection
The Gulf of Mexico’s largest coral sanctuary just got 200 percent bigger, now that the U.S. government formally approved the expansion of the Flower...
30 Years After Big Eruption Put Volcano Mouse on the ‘Extinct’ List, Research Reveals it’s ‘Doing Great’
A small mouse found to live only on and surrounding a volcano in the Philippines has seemingly remained unscathed after the mountain exploded in...
A Pandemic of Good News: The Top 50 Positive Stories of 2020
It's truly been a year like no other, yet people around the world have done so much good in 2020.
Scientists have not just been...
The Northern Lights Are Predicted to be Visible Across the Northern U.S. and UK Tonight
A geomagnetic storm is set to send the northern lights rippling through the dark tonight, in an event so active it’s predicted to reach...
El Proyecto de Restauración de Pastos Marinos más Grande del Mundo es un Éxito en Virginia, Plantando 600 acres
Frente a la costa de Virginia, el proyecto de restauración de praderas de pastos marinos más grande del mundo crea 9,000 acres de hábitat en 20 años.
World’s Largest Seagrass Restoration Project is a Virginia Success, Planting 600 Acres That Grow to Become 9,000
In what started as an experiment and became the largest success of its kind, a seagrass restoration project in Southeast Virginia is demonstrating the...