Mighty marine fungi degrade plastic by eating it, and can be conditioned to do it faster
Plastic is the most prevalent marine pollutant, and plastic surfaces are the fastest growing habitat in the ocean.
Foraging seals enable scientists to measure fish abundance across the vast Pacific Ocean
Over the past 60 years, marine biologists at UC Santa Cruz have monitored the behavior of northern elephant seals that ...
Mongabay9h
Lawsuit is latest push to curb bottom trawling in protected European waters
Bottom trawling, a fishing technique in which vessels drag weighted nets along the seafloor, has long been condemned by ...
Ocean City Film Festival returning with hundreds of films. Tickets now on sale.
Tickets are on sale for the 9th annual Ocean City Film Festival, a production of the Art League of Ocean City. The festival ...
today.ucsd12h
‘Marine Prosperity Areas’ Represent a New Hope in Conservation
In a new study, a UC San Diego-led team of researchers introduces the framework for Marine Prosperity Areas—an ambitious ...
Indigenous knowledge merges with science to protect people from fish poisoning in Vanuatu
Ambae islanders combine their ecological observations with scientific data to develop an early-warning system to predict ...