Opinion & Editorial

Plaaaaaaaannnkktooooonnnnn In Spaaaaaccccce

Dr. M August 21, 2014

According to several “news” agencies ocean plankton have supposedly been found on the outside of the International Space Station. From the ITAR-TASS News Agency that broke…

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The Atlantic Sun is a potential environmental disaster

EDITOR’S UPDATE 7/24/14: The Atlantic Sun weighed anchor and left the Biosphere Reserve under its own power on 7/23/14 Thank you to all our readers…

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The Ocean Cleanup, Part 2: Technical review of the feasibility study

Dr. Martini July 14, 2014 Garbage Patch moorings The ocean cleanup

INTRODUCTION This is the second of a two-part post. In the first installment, Kim presented alternatives to this project. This installment is a collaboration between…

Conservation & Environment Opinion & Editorial Plastic

The Ocean Cleanup, Part 1: Alternatives to reduce ocean plastic

Dr. Martini July 14, 2014 5 gyres Garbage Patch Plastic recycle reduce reuse The ocean cleanup the ocean conservancy

This is the first of two-part post. This installment is written by Kim, who will present alternatives to the Ocean Cleanup project to help curb the…

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What ate a 3 meter long Great White? Probably a Wereshark

Dr. M June 10, 2014 body size Great White Sea monster

Recently a 2003 video went viral on the internet. The video is a story of a 3 meter Great White Shark that was tagged. That electronic…

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This is why we can't have nice things…like the ocean

Dr. M April 23, 2014 Chris Parsons conservation International Marine Conservation Congress International Whaling Commission John Kerry

I asked Professor Chris Parsons to contribute an editorial on the recent announcement by John Kerry for federal funding of a marine conservation conference this summer…

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MH370 and the proverbial haystack.

Alistair Dove April 8, 2014 abyss black box depth flight data recorder Indian Ocean Malaysian Airlines MH370 search pattern

When does an analogy become useless? How about when it’s less exaggerated than the actual facts being analogized? Take the oft-used “needle in a haystack”…

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How we wrecked the ocean

Alex Warneke February 22, 2014 climate change contamination jeremy jackson Overfishing pollution TED talk

“…in the final analysis, the thing we really need to fix is ourselves. It’s not about the fish; it’s not about the pollution; it’s not about the climate…

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Whale shark slaughterhouse exposed in China

Alistair Dove January 28, 2014 China CITES conservation Finning Overfishing shark finning whale sharks

Conservation NGO WildLifeRisk has put out a press release describing a slaughterhouse for sharks in China’s Zhejiang province. Shark processing is nothing new, and can…

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No, but in all seriousness…

Alistair Dove January 14, 2014 Deepwater Horizon dolphins Fukushima Hurricane Sandy oarfish Pacific Garbage Patch starfish wasting trolls

There have been a number of posts at Deep Sea News lately that have attracted intense commentary and a lot of back-channel communication, some of…