Four Things You Should Know About Polar Bears
The start of November can only mean one thing — it’s Polar Bear Week! Up north in Churchill, Manitoba, polar bears are undertaking their annual migration to Hudson Bay, where sea ice is reforming after summer melts. Afte...
Four Things You Should Know About Polar Bears
Once again, October 31st is upon us. Soon your Facebook and Instagram will be flooded with photos of the creative costumes your friends have been concocting for months. And you’ll be left frantically googling “last minut...
Last Minute Costume Ideas for Ocean Lovers
You have likely seen the pictures of albatross chicks chocking on plastics. These images are tough to look at and the death these birds suffer from ingesting plastics is gruesome and painful. Albatross consume a whole ra...
Plastics in Seabirds: A Pervasive and Growing Problem That Requires Global Action
Oysters – my all-time favorite seafood, and often my favorite food, period. I can be sitting in an oyster bar, miles from the ocean, and when I eat one I can practically feel sand between my toes and smell the salt in th...
Ode to Oysters (or, Happy National Oyster Day!)
September 4, 2015 update: Thank you to the more than 73,000 people who took action to protect whale sharks. We are currently in direct conversations with the cruise ship industry and we hope to share updates with you soo...
Take Action to Help Save Whale Sharks
As the summer season kicks into full gear, beachgoers across the country are packing their sunscreen and heading to the coast. And though millions of people each year enjoy the ocean without consequence, a couple of unfo...
Best to Be Aware, Rather than Beware, of Sharks
Nearly two weeks after a ruptured pipeline spilled 105,000 gallons of crude oil near Santa Barbara, hundreds of tired and oil-soaked workers are still on site working to scoop, boom and skim what they can of the 21,500 g...
Aftermath of Santa Barbara’s Oil Spill: What’s Happening in the Marine Environment?
As a boater or marina operator, you have probably experienced first-hand the effects of pollutants. Although you may make every feasible effort to prevent pollutants from entering your local waters, not all sources are e...
To the Point (and Nonpoint): Understanding Sewage Pollution and Stormwater Runoff
Let’s take a moment on Mother’s Day to remember the ocean. Like mothers everywhere, the ocean looks out for us in the most basic ways. It’s easy to take those things for granted. Thanks, Mother Ocean, because you:...
Thanks to the Ocean… It’s Like a Mother to Us!
This post was updated in May 2022. On April 20, 2010, an explosion rocked the Deepwater Horizon oil rig off the coast of Louisiana, killing 11 workers and releasing an estimated 210 million gallons of crude oil into the...