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It’s hard to ignore the fact that crude oil is spilling into the ocean at a constant flowing rate. It’s also hard to ignore the fact that BP has been utterly unsuccessful in its attempts to stop the oil spill. The most recent effort, the “top kill” method of packing… Read the rest

We all know that the recent Gulf oil spill was bad… really bad. But here’s a new perspective on it; This image was taken nearly a month after the explosion of the Transocean oil rig Deepwater Horizon … Read the rest(which occurred, ironically, on Earth Day). It was also taken from space (by

If this video doesn’t make you sick (or make you cry) then you might want to check your pulse. Our plasticized world needs to be cleaned up–now.
Start by checking the Surfrider Foundation’s website under the section about how we (and future generations) are to go about the solution to… Read the rest

We’ve shared some pretty fascinating (and equally devastating) information about the 5 Gyres over the past few months thanks to Stiv Wilson’s posts during his time in the North Atlantic while on the 5 Gyres Expedition. If you’re interested in following up on what the 5 Gyres Project is doing… Read the rest

Oil spills, obviously, are never good news for the ocean or its wildlife. Unfortunately, they happen… a little more frequently than they should. This weekend, a Chinese freighter carrying oil and coal crashed into the Australian Great Barrier Reef, otherwise known as “The King of Barrier Reefs.” As a result,… Read the rest

In an expedition supported by the Royal Geographic Society, three friends departed over a year ago on a trip along the Atlantic coastline. The group plans to trace what the coastline is expected to look like in 100 years if global climate change continues at current rates. Tim Bromfield, Lynn… Read the rest

In the latest marine life misfortune, dozens of starving sea lion pups are washing ashore in southern California, which has scientists speculating the possibility of El Niño climate conditions.
Most of the pups are under 6 months of age and are so emaciated that they’ve begun digesting their blubber and… Read the rest

Korean researchers are delving into entirely new possibilities for clean energy that involves catamarans, mile-high parafoils and hydroelectric turbines. Together, these elements  comprise a “floating power plant,” which would generate gigawatts of energy by the sheer force of the wind. Essentially, the parafoil, which flies about a mile high, pulls… Read the rest

In light of Wend editor-in-chief’s research trip in the Atlantic Gyre (otherwise known as the Atlantic Garbage Patch), it’s only fitting that we acknowledge the potentially dire future of the world’s oceans. In these World Wildlife Fund advertisements, the frightening possibility of completely wildlife-free ocean ecosystems is explored.
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As it turns out, so-called man eating great white sharks are less of a threat to humans as we are to them. A new study shows that there are fewer than 3,500 left in the world’s oceans, making them rarer than tigers.
Mike Rutzen, a former fisherman, who now owns… Read the rest