Coca Cola, Pepsi and Nestle on List of Top Ten Plastic Polluters
Single-use plastic debris has washed ashore on beaches around the world, Where does it all come from? Now, more than two hundred cleanups in 42 countries worldwide has resulted in the collection of 187,000 pieces of plastic trash. And that resulted in a list of the...
The Remarkable Story Behind Force Blue
Today’s profile is not just one peron’s story, but of three friends that came together to do a truly remarkable thing. In 2015 Jim Riotterhoff and Keith Sahm, got together at Sunset House on Grand Cayman Island. Sahm was the general manager of the dive resort...
Vaquita Sighting “If we stop killing them, they will recover”
A half dozen, critically endangered vaquitas were sighted in the Gulf of California in September renewing calls for the Mexican government to do more. The vaquita sighting was both good and bad news for the fate of the beleaguered porpoises. One of the vaquitas...
Fourth Element Makes Waves with the SURFACE Sustainable Wetsuit
If you need a new wetsuit for freediving, snorkeling or on-the-surface water sports give Fourth Element a shout. SURFACE is Fourth Element’s and the Dive Industry’s first certified sustainable wetsuit. SURFACE SURFACE is made with Yulex® Pure a 100%...
World’s Largest Oil Spill Undetected for 14 Years
You’ve heard of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. On April 20, 2010 an explosion occurred on a British Petroleum oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico, 41 miles off the coast of Louisiana. The rig was drilling an exploratory well in 5,100 feet of water. Of the 126 crew on...
Wonders of the Sea 3D Coming to a Theater Near You
Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jean-Michel Cousteau have teamed up to bring you Wonders of the Sea, an inspiring 85 minute underwater documentary. Wonders of the Sea follows famed filmmaker Jean-Michel Cousteau and his children Celine and Fabien on a voyage of unknown,...
The Effects of Global Warming on Marine Migrations
Weather that brings stronger and more frequent hurricanes, cyclones and droughts is not the only thing that is being altered by climate change. As ocean temperatures rise the we are seeing the effects of global warming on marine migrations. Marine Species on...
Time is Running Out on Climate Change
A chilling report just issued by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warns that we have no more than twelve years in which to avoid a climate catastrophe. After three years of research, the Nobel Prize-winning IPCC issued this unequivocal warning. Time is...
Christine Figgener Is Striving to End the Age of Plastic
In August 2015, off the coast of Costa Rica, with a simple act of compassion, Christine Figgener alerted the world to the crisis of plastic pollution. The 34-year-old marine biologist sited a sea turtle with what appeared to be a parasitic worm in its nose. Upon...
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