Tag: Blue August - Page 2
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Ocean's Color Can Change Hurricane Patterns
Recent research shows that the color of the ocean can have a big influence on the occurence of hurricanes -- the greener the ocean, the more hurricanes. And that's a good thing.
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Thailand Attempts to Solve Overfishing By Dumping Tanks, Trains and Trucks into Sea (Video)
Thailand has decided to dump 27 army tanks, 273 old train carts, and 198 garbage trucks into the sea. It's a whole lot of scrap metal hitting the ocean floor, but it's all in an effort to create an artificial reef to solve the problem of overfishing.
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World's Sixth-Largest River Discovered Under the Black Sea
The broad and powerful Bosphorus defines Istanbul, splitting the city into two continents and
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World's Largest Tidal Turbine Unveiled in Scotland - Yes, It's Humongous
There are some big tidal turbines out there, but none so massive as the one pictured above: The Atlantis Resources AK1000, just unveiled in Scotland and due to be installed at the European Marine Energy Centre in Orkney
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BP Spill Oil Already Entering the Gulf Food Chain
The recent discovery of trace amounts of oil in blue crab larvae has left experts forecasting dire news for the Gulf ecosystem. It's evidence that the oil from the spill loosed from the Deepwater Horizon explosion has already
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Worst Damage From the BP Spill May be Done in the Deep Sea
The challenges presented by the BP spill that we occupy ourselves with are too often surface deep: the oiled birds, soiled coastline, out of work tour guides, and political wrangling make for
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Great White Shark Circles Big Wave Surfer Chuck Patterson (Video)
A snapshot of the shark that was circling Patterson -- check out the full video below! Gizmodo points us to a crazy video from big wave surfer Chuck Patterson who apparently took Discovery's Shark Week to heart. he was stand-up paddle surging in San
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Ocean's Tiny Carbon "Vacuum Cleaners" More Important to Carbon Capture Than We Thought
If you're a beach goer, you might recognize those little crystal- clear blobs that often wash up on the sand in the mornings as salps. While often mistaken for jellyfish, they're actually the ocean's "vacuum cleaners," sucking up
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Lobster Dieoffs Linked to Plastic Pollution, Including Bisphenol A
We know plastic pollution in the oceans is causing problems among marine life, including becoming a food source that is anything but nourishing. Plastic pieces are snapped up as food by birds, fish, turtles and other
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Thousands of Dead Fish Wash Ashore in Massachusetts As Warm Water Depletes Oxygen (Video)
Thousands of dead Menhaden fish washed ashore on a beach in Fairhaven, MA, a first for the residents living there. The cause, according to marine fisheries, is a lack of oxygen due to warmer waters. This type of fish is particularly sensitive to
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Solar-Powered Water Treatment at Superfund Site Inspires Renewable Energy Projects
Photo via peasap via Flickr CC Superfund sites are hazardous waste areas that were once abandoned but have (finally) received funding for clean-up efforts. They're all over the US and are usually kept on the down-low in the public eye by the government
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Rising Sea Levels Threaten Drinking Water Supplies for 15 Million East Coast Residents
The problem of sea level rise is usually discussed in terms of the dislocation of people away from coastlines, or even whole islands. But sea level rise has another dire impact: the loss of freshwater drinking supplies. The Delaware estuary is
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It's Time to Consider Our Food's Nitrogen Footprint Too - Shrinking Ocean Dead Zones Depends On It
We're pretty accustomed at this point, those of us in the green community at least, of talking about the carbon footprint of our food. But what about the nitrogen footprint? Considering that large effect nitrogen
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Green Turtles Return to Malaysia But Face An Uncertain Future
Green turtles have been battling habitat loss, the dangers of fishermen, and pollution in a loosing battle for decades, and in Malaysia they've faced a take-over of their beaches by tourists and egg-plunderers.
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Oceana Launches Expedition to Learn Long-Term Effects of Gulf Oil Spill
As BP pushes hard to shift attention away from the spill itself and on to clean-up and wrap-up efforts, Oceana has launched an expedition that will study the long-term effects of the disaster on the Gulf's flora
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Luna the Killer Whale Hits the Big Screen! Ryan Reynolds To Produce And Narrate Documentary
If you haven't heard of Luna the killer whale, you very soon will know the incredible story as actor Ryan Reynolds has decided to create a documentary on the inspirational orca. As a calf, Luna (officially named L98)
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25% of BP Oil Still in the Water is World's Eighth Largest Oil Spill All By Itself
With the news that BP has cemented the leaking well head, and word that 75% of all the oil which poured into the Gulf of Mexico either collected or somehow dispersed, you're right for starting to breath a sigh of
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Humans Share 70% Of Our DNA With.... Sea Sponges??
Well if there wasn't a good enough reason to save our oceans, there is now because it means saving our relatives, and possibly ourselves. Australian Scientists have completed a study revealing that humans and sea
