“World’s Greatest Sex Show” Coral Spawning on the Great Barrier Reef
It’s been called the world’s greatest sex show, but as we all know, romance can be temperamental. You need a full moon, of course. And the ocean temperature (above 26C) needs to be not too hot and not too cold. The tidal flow needs to be not too fast and not too slow....
The New Gold Rush: Part B, Is Deep Sea Mining Inevitable?
In the first part of The New Gold Rush we described how the world is running out of many of the “rare metals” that modern technology relies on. Complicating the supply is that up to 97% of this production is monopolized by China. To find new sources for these metals,...
The New Gold Rush: The Debate Over Deep Sea Mining, Part A
What if your cellphone stopped working. You decided to buy a new one but there were no more. New models were no longer being shipped because the manufacturer had run out of a key, rare metal. This is just the tip of the iceberg when you start considering the issues...
Can Hi-Tech, the U.N. and Drones Defeat Ghost Gear?
In early September 2018, we saw a dramatic example of the cost to marine life of abandoned fishing gear, infamously known as Ghost Gear. More than 300 endangered, Olive Ridley sea turtles were found dead, apparently after being entangled in an abandoned fishing net....
What do Sharks and Cancer have in common?
Sharks have been swimming our oceans for hundreds of millions of years. However, over the last several decades we have witnessed populations of sharks plummet worldwide. The most obvious and publicized reason has been shark finning. This practice of butchering sharks...
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