by AquaNerd | Oct 24, 2019 | Conservation, Science
A huge floating device designed by Dutch scientists for the non-profit Ocean Cleanup successfully captured and removed from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, the company announced Wednesday. Ocean Cleanup has been working hard to improve its device and attack the plastic waste environmental crisis for seven years. The device that captures plastic in its fold like a giant arm, according to Business Insider. The company announced that it was able to capture and hold debris ranging from large cartons, crates and abandoned fishing gear, lost netting and other debris and microplastics that are as small as one millimeter, according to an Ocean Cleanup press release. “Today, I am very proud to share with you that we are now catching plastics,” Ocean Cleanup founder and CEO by Admin | Oct 18, 2019 | Conservation
In my third post in this short series I have some images from a dive off the coast of Cozumel, a charming little Mexican island of the Yucatan Peninsula, that has some great diving, but is in my opinion in danger of being swamped by the vast number of tourists that... by Admin | Oct 14, 2019 | Conservation
This is the second in a short series of posts that I hope you’ll enjoy which highlights some of the artificial reefs I’ve visited over the past few years. There are many reasons for the creation of artificial reefs, assuming they were created on purpose of... by Admin | Oct 9, 2019 | Conservation
Most readers of this post are likely to be creating artificial reefs of their own, that’s kind of the point I guess. The thing is though, there are a great number of artificial reefs being created in the... by Admin | Sep 18, 2019 | Conservation
The international trade in sharks and their close cousins rays has driven many of them to the brink of extinction. New protection under CITES will offer protection for Wedgefishes, Giant Guitarfishes and Mako Sharks.… by xeniaforever | Aug 26, 2019 | Conservation, Corals
A very exciting event for both Project Coral and the world’s oceans has just taken place at The Florida Aquarium in Tampa, Fl. “The Florida Aquarium in Tampa, Florida, says they’ve made scientific history as a group of coral has successfully...
