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World’s First Ocean-Assisted Carbon Removal Plant Launched in Hawaii
A company in middle of the Pacific has created a unique system that takes advantage of existing infrastructure to pull carbon from the ocean.
The...
John Kerry’s Global Ocean Conference Raises 400+ Commitments Worth $16 Billion to Protect Ocean Health
The seventh annual Our Ocean Conference concluded recently with the announcement a grand tally of 410 commitments to protect the the oceans and the...
Pluto Has Giant Ice Volcanoes that Could Hint at Existence of an Underground Ocean With Life
As spacecraft New Horizons recently sauntered past Pluto, images sent back to Earth made their way into the hands of a team that confirmed...
100 Nations Take Action To Save Oceans from Illegal Fishing and Plastic Pollution
Representatives from more than 100 countries arrived last week in France for a summit on protecting oceans from pollution, plastic, and overfishing.
The nation which...
Watch This Massive Ocean Sunfish Swim With Paddle Boarders Off the California Coast
When one sees a dorsal fin out on the water, only the calm and the eagle-eyed don't immediately think "shark." So it was with...
This ‘Floating Continent’ Could Collect and Recycle Plastic from the Ocean in Future
A large, self-sustaining, floating research lab as big as an island could be the next big thing in ocean cleanup.
The 8th Continent, as it's...
New Solution to Ridding Oceans of Microplastics Uses Acoustic Waves
Filtering microplastics from polluted water using acoustic waves is the new solution to cleaning up our oceans, according to new research.
Microplastics are released into...
Most CO2 From Australia’s Megafires Has Been Offset by Algal Blooms Formed By Ash That Settled in the Ocean
When 715 million metric tons of carbon dioxide was coughed up into the atmosphere from the massive 2019-20 wildfires in Australia, scientists feared global...
Mussels Can Help Filter Microplastics Out of Our Oceans Without Any Harm to the Molluscs
Instead of shelling out for a water filtration plant, mussels' constant filter feeding is being tested as a potential wide-scale application for microplastic clean-up...
Endangered Humpback Whales Gain New Protections in Pacific Ocean From the U.S
The U.S. administration has announced it will be officially protecting 116,098 square nautical miles of the Pacific Ocean as critical habitat for three populations...
‘The Manta’ Sailing Vessel is Designed to Feed on Plastic Waste for Power – While Cleaning Oceans
A professional yacht racer in France, annoyed by the constant sightings of floating mats of plastic garbage in coastal waters, has designed an ocean-cleaning...
Australia Announces $100 Million Initiative to Protect Our Oceans
Australia last week committed $100 million to ocean conservation in an effort to protect ‘blue carbon’ environments and reduce emissions.
Uniquely suited to care about...
India Fishermen Divert Their Catch of Ocean Plastic So it Can Be Used to Rebuild Roads
In the state of Kerala, known as the Jewel of South India, fishermen are taking it upon themselves to keep it that way and...
Fog-Catching Towers Could Supply Water to the World’s Driest Megacity Using The Ocean Air
How can a megacity find water for 10 million people if it exists in the desert? Fog-catching nets, erected on hills over the city...
Coldplay Adopts a Barge That Plucks Plastic Out of the River –Before it Flows to the Ocean
The Ocean Cleanup project launched by a Dutch youth a decade ago to tackle the Pacific garbage patch has in recent years begun to...
50 Countries Just Joined New Coalition to Protect 30% of Our Planet’s Land and Oceans By Decade’s End
A band of more than 50 countries, chaired by France, the UK, and Costa Rica, have committed to an ambitious push to conserve and...
These Sunglasses Are Made From the First Ever Batch of Plastic Waste Recovered by the Ocean Cleanup Project
Since Boyan Slat and The Ocean Cleanup recovered the first load of garbage from the GPGP, they have managed to turn the trash into treasure.
Jacques Cousteau’s Grandson Wants to Build the International Space Station of the Ocean
Fabien Cousteau, the grandson of legendary oceanographer and filmmaker Jacques Cousteau, is raising money for what would become the International Space Station of the...
These Scientists Are Fighting Ocean Plastic With Biodegradable Flip Flops Made From Algae
A lot of entrepreneurial energy has been thrown into using algae as a replacement for petroleum-based plastics in the creation of consumer goods, and...
Two South African Women Take On Mission to Tackle Plastic Along One of Worst Rivers For Ocean-Bound Pollution
Two South African women and their Sunshine Cleaning volunteer group are cleaning up river banks in Blue Downs near Cape Town, to keep plastic out of oceans.