Shipwreck by Wikkicommons

Tidal Power’s Fickle Future

5/19/2023 - By oceangrafixblog.wordpress.com Aided by remote “drone” divers and advances in sonar, more ancient shipwrecks are being discovered. Sometimes salvage operations recover whole vessels and their entire bounty. But until recently, scientists knew little about the actual passengers and crew. Now, a new method of DNA testing is making it possible… SEE MORE
A piece of plastic debris that’s been colonized by both costal barnacles (pink and striped) and a gooseneck barnacle from the open ocean. (Linsey Haram/SERC Marine Invasions Lab)

This floating ocean garbage is home to a surprising amount of life from the coasts

5/15/2023 - By Nell Greenfieldboyce. Scientists studying a giant collection of plastic trash floating in the middle of the open ocean have found some unexpected inhabitants: dozens of marine species that usually stick close to the coast. Among the plastic debris, the researchers found all kinds of nonnative species, from anemones to… SEE MORE
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Beach Time, Learning Time

5/14/2023 - By Jennifer Brett. Having a beach day? Why not add some marine science to it? With these four fun games and activities, kids can learn about the shoreline habitats, beach ecology and the animals that call the coast home – and they probably won’t even realize it’s “educational.” Win-win! All… SEE MORE
Maxim Massalitin, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

Shorting the Circuit

5/13/2023 - By tradeonlytoday.com The idea of zero emissions that comes with electric vehicles and boats has an almost romantic allure. If we all just parked our internal-combustion cars, trucks and boats, we would be saving the environment and all of mankind. Or would we? “You can’t automatically assume that electrification is… SEE MORE