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Ocean News for Ocean People
Blue Ocean Network offers ocean news for ocean people, just like you, who deeply care and are ready to dive in as an ocean change-maker. Whether you live inland or on the water, ocean news provides articles that focus on your daily connections to the sea. You’ll find inspiring stories from ocean activists, scientists, and people just like you that are making large and small contributions to protecting our Blue Home. Discover sustainable solutions that will help you make sustainable choices.
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...
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...
The Amazing Diversity and Beauty of Jellyfish
“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
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 different...
To Remain A Paradise, Island Destinations Are Banning Sunscreens
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
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...