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Turning Corn into Bioplastic

Biochemist Oliver Peoples explains how his polymer-producing microbes could transform the plastics i 0
Posted 1 week, 2 days ago
Octopus(sy) Galore

James Bond calls for more marine protected areas 5
Posted 1 month ago The feds and the fishing industry aren't interested in new marine protected areas, but ocean advocates sure are. They get the message out with a new PSA starring Pierce Brosnan and a few other familiar faces.
That smarts

MacArthur genius award winners include climate and ocean researchers 0
Posted 1 month, 4 weeks ago Some of the MacArthur Foundation “genius award” winners are doing work related to climate change. And they now they each have $500 grand, no strings attached.
Bag it!

Plastic bags are the enemy of the ocean 2
Posted 2 months ago
This Saturday, join your friends, neighbors, frenemies and complete strangers in a community-wide effort to get the plastic crap out of the ocean.
the perils of mixing oil and water

Sen. Landrieu’s plan to export Louisiana’s coastal destruction to Florida 2
Posted 2 months, 3 weeks ago
While Louisiana struggles to restore coastal wetlands ravaged in large part by decades of oil and gas drilling, its senior senator is leading the effort to lift the ban on drilling off Florida's Panhandle.
The Grist List: From Underwear to Underwater

Change the world by changing your underpants, and more 1
Posted 3 months ago
We'll be brief: Want to change the world? Start with your underpants.
Acid Trip

“Acid Test” documentary on ocean acidification premieres tonight 6
Posted 3 months, 1 week ago
Sigourney Weaver narrates this short film by the NRDC that explores the growing threat of ocean acidification, a problem scientists are just beginning to understand.
Fishing for compromise

Is the debate over? 3
Posted 3 months, 2 weeks ago
In the current issue of Science, twenty-one leading ocean scientists declared a truce. The paper was authored by many of the biggest names on all sides of the debate on ending overfishing--Boris Worm, Ray Hilborn, Andy Rosenberg and Chris Costello. So what are the terms?
The shark of history bends toward justice

It’s time to end the practice of shark finning 5
Posted 3 months, 2 weeks ago
Every half-second a shark is killed for its fins. “Finning," as the practice is known, is decimating shark populations world-wide. Every year up to 73 million sharks are caught, stripped of their fins, and left for dead in the ocean.
Something fishy

Reef Tank blog features ocean news, aquarium advice 0
Posted 4 months ago
If you're curious about critters that live under the sea, I recommend you check out The Reef Tank.
Scales of justice

Privatize the seas? If only solving overfishing were so easy 16
Posted 4 months, 1 week ago
At first glance, privatizing the seas seems a viable solution to the grave problem of overfishing. But there's a catch--actually, a bycatch.
All Aboard the Plastiki

David de Rothschild: Saving the world, one adventure at a time 9
Posted 4 months, 2 weeks ago
The Plastiki is the latest project of British environmentalist and polar adventurer David de Rothschild, the 31-year-old scion of the famous banking family. De Rothschild and his crew of five plan a three-month voyage across the Pacific to draw attention to the Eastern Pacific Garbage Patch, a swirling mass of plastic trash twice the size of Texas.
Shut Your Mouth!

13 badass greens 17
Posted 5 months, 2 weeks ago
Think all greens are wimps and weenies? Think again.
A video interview with model Amber Valletta 1
Posted 5 months, 2 weeks ago
Good Fish, Bad Fish

Is your favorite seafood unhealthy for the planet? 4
Posted 5 months, 2 weeks ago
A new Sustainable Seafood Guide from the Natural Resources Defense Council can help me -- and you -- make better choices about what we eat. It provides seven basic guidelines to follow when shopping for seafood or ordering at a restaurant, as well as specific advice about America's five favorite types of seafood, from shrimp to tuna to fish sticks.
A disturbing fish tale

‘The End of the Line’ is a compelling indictment of industrial fishing 2
Posted 5 months, 2 weeks ago
"The End of the Line" does for the fish what Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth" did for the climate: scare the pants of the viewer. The documentary deftly makes the case that industrial exploitation of the world's fish stocks will result in the end of seafood by 2048, if not sooner, and that some species may already be in collapse.
Ask Umbra’s video advice on sustainable seafood 2
Posted 5 months, 2 weeks ago
Jellyfish Fry

On World Oceans Day, consider the jellyfishburger and fries 3
Posted 5 months, 2 weeks ago By Carl Safina, Marah J. Hardt
Around the world, fishermen and swimmers are running into a problem: jellyfish. The slick, stinging blobs are showing up in increasing numbers, earlier in the year, and in more places than ever before. Is there a reason for the jellyfish invasion? Unfortunately, yes -- and like most reasons for ocean decline, it relates to how we are changing the environment.
Ch-ch-ch-changes

‘Sea Change’ documentary highlights threat of ocean acidification 9
Posted 5 months, 2 weeks ago
The documentary film 'A Sea Change' follows one man's quest to learn about climate change and ocean acidification -- but is it a horror flick or a love story?
Media matters

‘The Next Wave’ chronicles the climate change refugees 0
Posted 5 months, 2 weeks ago
"The Next Wave" by Jennifer Redfearn and Tim Metzger follows the Carteret islanders as they take steps to relocate their South Pacific community in the face of rising seas.