MARINE LIFE
Bycatch and Kill: The Realities of Commercial Fishing
No one wants to turn the ocean into a fish graveyard, let’s dive into the unintended consequences of bycatch from the commercial fishing industry and how we work together to replenish our oceans.
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Sea otters might save west coast kelp forests from total collapse–BUT THERE’S A CATCH
Kelp stocks have crashed and voracious "zombie" urchins are preventing them from recovering anytime soon. Otters might offer a promising solution, but not one without flaws.
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A look at 2 megastructures built to protect us against the ocean’s wrath
2020 may may have had worst hurricane season ever, but it’s certainly not the first of its kind. And governments around the world have done much – short of actually addressing the root cause – to mitigate destruction that the...
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We made a multi-million dollar mistake. Now, The Great Lakes hang in the balance.
Engineers want to replicate a $270 million project that already exists 10 miles downstream, and which continues to cost about $16 million every year to maintain. The point of these massive infrastructure projects? – Keeping two Asian carp species out...
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