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09/19/2018 / By Rhonda Johansson

Abandoned oil rigs in the sea can become valuable artificial reefs

A group of international researchers are encouraging environmental authorities to rethink their policies on removing oil rigs, wind turbines, and other sea installations after they have worn out. According to their study, published in Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, these dilapidated artificial structures become alternative reefs for flatfish, cod, and various types of bottom […]

05/24/2018 / By Edsel Cook

The Ocean Cleanup’s revolutionary machine, which aims to collect some 1.8 trillion pieces of plastic trash, is ready to take its first voyage

In Alameda, California, workers of the nonprofit group The Ocean Cleanup are assembling the components of a massive machine that will collect plastic trash from the ocean. An article on Fast Company states that the device will be towed to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch during the summer of 2018. The revolutionary machine is the […]

05/15/2018 / By Edsel Cook

Study: Deep-sea trawling is extremely destructive for fish populations and has little economic benefit

Deep-sea trawling is not worth the fish hauled back to port. In an article from Mongabay, U.K. researchers said the technique did far too damage to the seafloor and populations of slow-breeding fish in exchange for meager amounts of consumable catch. In addition, the fishermen who practice this technique often under-report their actual catches. A lot of what they capture […]

02/08/2018 / By Ralph Flores

Another danger for coral reefs: Plastic trash transports microorganisms that spread disease across the ocean floor

The phrase “deep, blue sea” may slowly become a thing of the past, as more seas and oceans are being filled up with waste plastic. Its adverse effects have surely been felt by nearly all marine life, but a team of international researchers led by Cornell University has discovered one more unfortunate effect of plastic. They found out that plastic waste […]

11/12/2017 / By Janine Acero

Australia is dealing with the “most severe bleaching event ever recorded” on its western reefs

The massive coral bleaching in the coast of Western Australia in 2016 is the most severe bleaching event in recorded history, a recent study reports. Researchers from The University of Western Australia (UWA), ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, and Western Australian Marine Science Institution studied and measured how the harrowing event impacted the reef systems […]

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