Tiny but mighty. That’s what plankton are. Despite being at the bottom of the ocean’s food chain, plankton provide food for fish that sustain billions...
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Small Changes, Big Impact: How Ship Technology Can Help Protect the Planet
You rely on ships more than you realize. They bring fresh produce to your grocery store, fuel to your city, and medicine to hospitals. However,...
Building Skills and Protecting Marine Life: Volunteering in Dubai
Volunteering activities in Dubai offers a unique opportunity to learn critical life skills while contributing to the community. In the vibrant and diverse environment of...
Being More Connected With The Sea Can Strengthen Marine Conservation, Experts Say
Many say that contact with the sea, either by touching the water itself or just walking near it can uplift and rejuvenate the spirit, particularly...
Sea Lettuce Is Killing Loggerhead Turtles; A Community Works Together to Help
In the morning, when it’s sunny, Pedro Luis Pérez eagerly checked on hatchlings at his beachside nursery in La Sabana. It’s a coastal town with...
Hold On, the Ocean Is Getting Colder and It Has Coldy Killed Marine Animals?
Back in March 2021, a disturbing sight came upon the shores of South Africa. There lay manta rays on the rocks, and bull sharks as...
Here Come the Biodegradable Microplastics! Will It Be Better for the Environment?
In this day and age, who isn’t familiar with microplastics? The nearly indestructible bits of plastic that break off from common plastic items? As...
Trash Hermits: More Hermit Crabs Favor Plastic Waste as Their Homes
Think of hermit crabs. Some images that we have are those little critters coming out of their shells to move to larger ones. But nowadays,...
A Citizen Divers Community in The Baltic Sea Has Been Restoring Seagrass to Help Fight Climate Change
In Kiel, northern Germany, one can find scuba divers around. However, they’re not the leisurely type of scuba diving. They use hand trowels to dig...
Have We Reached Peak Fish? Well..
We all know that the ocean nowadays is facing or burdened by a lot of problems. But the bigger problem is that not everyone knows...