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Great Britain Leads in Offshore Wind Energy: Update

Blue Ocean has been reporting on Great Britain’s leading roll in fighting plastic pollution with initiatives to ban single-use plastics and microbeads in cosmetics. But did you know that they were also leaders in offshore wind energy? Fighting Ocean Plastic...

WDHOF To Induct Nine New Members in 2019

by Laurie J. Wilson

Dedicated to recognizing and honoring the contributions of women divers, the Women Divers Hall of Fame™ (WDHOF) is an international non-profit professional honor society whose member contributions span a wide variety of fields including: The Arts, Science, Medicine,...

The Amazing Diversity and Beauty of Jellyfish

by Robert Frerck

“Scary, squishy, cool, brainless, mesmerizing – jellyfish are all of these and a lot more,” writes Elizabeth Kolbert as she describes the amazing diversity and beauty of jellyfish in the Oct. 2018 issue of National Geographic. For anyone that has ever been entranced...

Citizen Science Opportunities Presented at 1st Int. Scuba Diving Sustainability Workshop

by Laurie J. Wilson

The 1st International Scuba Diving Sustainability Workshop, a 3-day intensive hosted by ReefCheck Italy – was held Oct 19-21, 2018 in Genoa, Italy. A highlight of this was the big reveal of Green Bubbles’ 5-year Blue Economy project. An initiative of ten...

To Remain A Paradise, Island Destinations Are Banning Sunscreens

by Robert Frerck

Palm trees, sandy beaches, crystal clear waters flowing over magnificent coral reefs teeming with marine life. Sounds like everything desirable in an island paradise. To insure this reality, island destinations are taking dramatic steps to protect their coral reefs...

The World Loves a Dumbo Octopus

by Robert Frerck

At first it seemed to be no more than a ghostly white shadow, slowly drifting thru the inky black waters two miles below the ocean surface. Propelled by its softly rippling mantle, it slowly revealed itself to the lights and cameras of a remotely operated...