Plastic trash in the ocean is a global problem, and the US is the top source – a new report urges action

An estimated 8 million metric tons of plastic waste enters the ocean each year – equivalent to dumping in a garbage truckload of it every minute. A new report calls on the US to help stem the deluge.

Lauren Kashiwabara, Master's Degree Student in Biological Sciences, University of the Pacific • conversation
Dec. 3, 2021 ~8 min

Nine things you don't know about seahorses

Fascinating facts about this unusual fish include that it doesn’t swim very well. A marine expert reveals why

Mark Tupper, Senior Lecturer, Marine Biology (Fisheries), University of Portsmouth • conversation
Aug. 17, 2021 ~6 min


Climate change is already disrupting US forests and coasts – here's what we're seeing at 5 long-term research sites

This kind of research, with consistent data collection at the same locations over time, helps support global understanding of climate change.

Peter Mark Groffman, Professor, CUNY Graduate Center • conversation
Aug. 3, 2021 ~10 min

We solved the mystery of why some fish are warm-blooded

Warm-blooded fish can swim 1.6 times faster than their cold-blooded relatives.

Lucy Harding, PhD Candidate in Fish Physiology, Trinity College Dublin • conversation
July 5, 2021 ~4 min

Seaspiracy: how to make fishing more sustainable by tackling bycatch – new research

Tackling bycatch in large-scale fishing can make our seafood habit more sustainable

William Arlidge, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries • conversation
May 11, 2021 ~8 min

One of Earth's most biodiverse habitats lies off the Scottish west coast – but climate change could wipe it out

Maerl beds are the coral reefs of the British Isles. But like their tropical counterparts, they're threatened by climate change.

Cornelia Simon-Nutbrown, PhD Candidate in Marine Conservation, Heriot-Watt University • conversation
Sept. 15, 2020 ~6 min

One of Earth's most biodiverse habitats lies off the Scottish coast – but climate change could wipe it out

Maerl beds are the coral reefs of the British Isles. But like their tropical counterparts, they're threatened by climate change.

Cornelia Simon-Nutbrown, PhD Candidate in Marine Conservation, Heriot-Watt University • conversation
Sept. 15, 2020 ~6 min

Plastic found lining UK seabird nests on a worrying scale

We found plastic waste in pellets seabirds regurgitated and lining the nests where they raise chicks.

Tom Ovenden, PhD Candidate - Forest Ecology, Resilience and Biodiversity Conservation, University of Stirling • conversation
July 28, 2020 ~5 min


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