We’ve found a way to help endangered eels overcome dams and weirs

Researchers say eel tiles offer conservationists a new fish passage solution that could slow down the population decrease of the European eel.

Catherine Wilson, Professor in Environmental Hydraulics, Cardiff University • conversation
June 18, 2024 • ~6 min

Sargassum is choking the Caribbean’s white sand beaches, fueling an economic and public health crisis

A leading driver of this seaweed invasion is pollution, carried down rivers and into the Atlantic Ocean from the continents.

Farah Nibbs, Assistant Professor of Emergency and Disaster Health Systems, University of Maryland, Baltimore County • conversation
June 4, 2024 • ~10 min

Rotting sargassum is choking the Caribbean’s white sand beaches, fueling an economic and public health crisis

A leading driver of this seaweed invasion is pollution, carried down rivers and into the Atlantic Ocean from the continents.

Farah Nibbs, Assistant Professor of Emergency and Disaster Health Systems, University of Maryland, Baltimore County • conversation
June 4, 2024 • ~10 min

What's driving the huge blooms of brown seaweed piling up on Florida and Caribbean beaches?

Huge blooms of brown seaweed have fouled Florida and Caribbean beaches almost every year over the past decade. They originate in Africa and South America. and are fueled by human activities.

Stephen P. Leatherman, Professor of Coastal Science, Florida International University • conversation
Aug. 2, 2021 • ~9 min

Newly hatched Florida sea turtles are consuming dangerous quantities of floating plastic

A new study reports that baby Florida sea turtles are consuming large quantities of plastic waste during a critical early life stage at sea.

Catherine Eastman, Sea Turtle Hospital Program Coordinator, Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience, University of Florida • conversation
Aug. 31, 2020 • ~8 min

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