Okra and Aloe shown to remove microplastics from wastewater
Okra serves as a master thickener of stews and soups. The goo from that fruit and other plants, such as aloe can also clean wastewater.
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JJ Shavit
- Mar 19, 2022
Sharks take naps with their eyes open!
It turns out these predators love to grab a nap when there’s nothing going on and some actually sleep with their eyes wide open!
JJ Shavit
- Feb 18, 2022
Using sunlight to convert oil spills into seawater
Researchers discovered that 10% of the oil floating on the Gulf after the Deepwater Horizon disaster was dissolved into seawater by sunlight
JJ Shavit
- Feb 14, 2022
Protein-based plastics could save the oceans
A research team has now introduced a new method for the production of protein-based plastics that are easily processable and biodegradable.
JJ Shavit
- Feb 13, 2022
Massive coral reef taller than the Empire State Building discovered in Australia
A "massive" new reef measuring 500 meters (about 1,600 feet) has been discovered in Australia's Great Barrier Reef.
JJ Shavit
- Jan 28, 2022
Researchers discover that fish talk a lot and have been for over 155 million years
Fish are far more likely to communicate with sound than generally thought—and some fish have been doing this for at least 155 million years.
JJ Shavit
- Jan 22, 2022
Lighted nets shown to dramatically reduce wildlife bycatch while making fishing more efficient
Researchers have found that using lighted nets greatly reduced accidental bycatch of sharks, rays, sea turtles, and unwanted finfish.
JJ Shavit
- Jan 14, 2022
World's largest fish breeding area discovered in Antarctica
Near the Filchner Ice Shelf in the south of the Antarctic Weddell Sea, researchers found the world's largest fish breeding area known.
JJ Shavit
- Jan 13, 2022
Residential cruise ship offering a 'more affordable' life at sea
Storylines is looking ahead to 2024 with its “luxury residential community at sea,” which is a global cruise with fully furnished residences
JJ Shavit
- Dec 30, 2021
New robots autonomously collect underwater litter
Researchers have developed a robotic system that uses machine learning methods to locate and collect waste under water.
JJ Shavit
- Dec 28, 2021
Earth's first giant, Ichthyosaur, reveals how whales became the largest animals ever
The skull of a newly discovered species of giant ichthyosaur is shedding new light on the marine reptiles’ rapid growth into behemoths.
JJ Shavit
- Dec 17, 2021
More than 100 underwater animal species found living on 2,200-year-old Mediterranean shipwreck
Researchers reported finding no fewer than 114 species of animals, coexisting in a complex community, on a ship’s ram from a sunk ship.
JJ Shavit
- Dec 15, 2021
Bugs and microbes around the world are evolving to eat plastic, study finds
The number of microbial enzymes with the ability to degrade plastic is growing, in correlation with local levels of plastic pollution.
JJ Shavit
- Dec 10, 2021
Researchers uncover new insights into dolphins, genetics and habitat
Ocean-dwelling dolphins have repeatedly adapted to life in coastal areas throughout history. It is important to learn more about them.
JJ Shavit
- Nov 29, 2021
New possibilities for life at the bottom of Earth's oceans, and perhaps on other planets
In the strange, dark world of the ocean floor, underwater fissures, called hydrothermal vents, host complex communities of life.
JJ Shavit
- Nov 16, 2021
There's gold in seawater! Can we extract It? (video)
The ocean has about 20 million tons of gold in it — that’s around 700 TRILLION DOLLARS worth of gold!
JJ Shavit
- Nov 3, 2021
Using ocean plastic waste to power ocean cleanup ships
Plastic amassing in floating islands in the oceans could be used to power the ships that are sent to clean them up.
JJ Shavit
- Oct 27, 2021
Dutch company unveils $5.8 million electric 'Super Sub' -- 3x faster than competition
The sub is two knots faster than the top cruising speed of a bottlenose dolphin, and five knots faster than the average submersible.
JJ Shavit
- Oct 22, 2021
New device just cleaned up 20,000 pounds of trash out of the Pacific ocean's Garbage Patch
Non-profit that wants to remove 90% of the floating ocean plastic by 2040 recently introduced a new large-scale cleanup system called Jenny.
Joshua Shavit
- Sep 27, 2021
Can we just bury our carbon dioxide problem under the sea?
There's a global race to reduce the amount of harmful gases in our atmosphere to slow down the pace of climate change through carbon capture
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