Japanese Coral Bleaching News from the Japanese government today shows that more than 70 percent of the country’s largest coral reef is dead due to warm temperatures. While the headline sounds dire, the decline of coral health in Seiseishoko reef did…
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U.S. Navy Dolphins To Help Save Endangered Vaquita Porpoises
Vaquita In Danger With only 60 individual Vaquita Porpoises left in the wild, the U.S Navy is stepping in and will deploy specially trained bottlenose dolphins to help protect this vulnerable species. The dolphins are trained to search for underwater mines…
Sharks At Our Wedding
SHARKS AT OUR WEDDING By Dirck Zadeh In the late summer of 2013 my brother got married to his girlfriend Myrthe. We all went to Marrakech for a sun-drenched 3 day wedding and we all had a lovely time. When…
Goddess Garden Organics – Reef Safe Sunscreen
Reef Safe Sunscreen Goddess Garden Organics have gone above and beyond to eliminate all ingredients from their sunscreen which could be harmful to corals. Goddess Garden sunscreen is made with plant-based ingredients, is certified organic, reef safe, and biodegradable making it…
OceanPositive Swimwear Is Made From Recycled Ghost Nets
OceanPositive OceanPositive is a new line of swimwear made from recycled fishing nets. This new swimwear collecting was created by Fourth Element to raise awareness about abandoned ghost nets, and to help protect the ocean environment. "Ghost Nets amount to over 600,000…
Coral Restoration Foundation Awarded $2.1 Million From NOAA
CORAL RESTORATION IN FLORIDA Coral reefs along the Florida coastline just received a considerable boost from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The Coral Restoration Foundation, the world’s largest reef restoration program has been awarded $2.1 million in funding…
Mobula rays, Silky sharks and Thresher sharks, listed under CITES Appendix II
It’s official, delegates at the CITES convention have voted overwhelmingly to list Mobula rays, Silky shark and Thresher sharks as an Appendix II species. This decision comes from the 17th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (CoP17) in Johannesburg…
Researchers from the Philippines to map seafloor up to 200 meters’ depth
There is so much we don’t know about the ocean, with the ‘twilight zone’ quickly becoming the next frontier in ocean exploration. Technological advances in ROV and camera technology is allowing us to go deeper longer and explore these unchartered…
Dolphins recorded having a ‘conversation’
Anyone who has been diving around dolphins will recount their experience with delight—these playful marine mammals are from another world and simply magical to see underwater. It comes as no surprise that dolphins have been recorded having a conversation and that each dolphin has…
Mote and Nature Conservancy to Restore One Million Corals in the Caribbean and Florida Keys
Mote Marine Laboratory and The Nature Conservancy are teaming up to restore coral reefs at unprecedented scales throughout the Caribbean and the Florida Keys. The collaboration officially began Sept. 12, 2016 in Miami, with the signing of a one-year memorandum…