by xeniaforever | Jul 29, 2015 | Conservation, Corals, Industry, Science, Sustainability, Technology
Coral, with its porous nature and curled structure, is extremely efficient at absorbing toxic heavy metals; deadly poisons. The mercury that is polluting our oceans is contributing to massive coral die-offs, and is building up in the food chain, eventually resulting... by Robert Loren | Jul 20, 2015 | Conservation, Invertebrates, Science, Sustainability
Sometimes regarded as rare or insignificant, marine fungi are both phylogenetically and ecologically diverse. Like all fungi, marine fungi are heterotrophic. Although a large portion of marine fungi are saprobes – organisms that feed on decaying organic matter, many... by xeniaforever | Jul 20, 2015 | Corals, Eye Candy, Fish, Industry, Photography, ReefGen, Science, Sustainability, Tanks
Joe Yaiullo and his world-renowned aquarium and staff got to play host to Newsday’s Jimin Kim this week, and provided the reporter and his photographer, Thomas A. Ferrara, with a myriad of fascinating, behind-the-scenes views of the daily workings.... by xeniaforever | Jul 17, 2015 | Conservation, Science, Sustainability
 The Ocean Cleanup was founded in 2013 in the Netherlands by Boyan Slat, and is now the world’s largest cleanup initiatives. Approximately 100 volunteer scientists and engineers have contributed to this project, which will use long floating barriers to let the... by xeniaforever | Jul 16, 2015 | Conservation, DIY, Fish, Reefs in Art, Science, Sustainability, Too Cute
Ah, summer! The season when kids can do really messy art projects (like this cool hand- and footprint ocean scene) OUTSIDE and get hosed off before coming back in. I really like the lobster and the jellyfish, and I think a huge school of different-colored fish would... by Matthew Stansbery | Jul 13, 2015 | Conservation, Science, Sustainability
Chicago’s Brookfield Zoo is trying to figure out what may have caused a drop in oxygen that killed four Southern stingrays and 50 Cownose stingrays last Friday. Emergency notifications from the system that monitors oxygen and ozone levels went out around 1:45pm...
