Rising Tides

The global ocean removes carbon from the atmosphere and stores it - in the water, in the sediments of the…

Fish stocks of mackerel, Atlanto-Scandian herring, and blue whiting in the North East Atlantic are of huge ecological…

This marine ecosystem is the most threatened of all shallow-water habitats – even more than coral reefs and…

Mangrove Action Project (MAP) utilises a bottom-up tactic to mangrove conservation and restoration…

On Washington State’s Coast, thick matts of kelp can be found piled atop the water. Dipping beneath the…

Are you an avid fish eater? If so, it might be time to reconsider your diet. Besides the obvious environmental…

The deep-sea ecosystem, while still wildly unknown, faces many pressing anthropogenic threats. Among some…

Despite the sheer vastness and remoteness of the open ocean it has not escaped the adverse impacts of humans…

As global warming accelerates, the poles are heating up two to four-times faster than the rest of the earth…

For over eighty years, Australia’s state governments have been culling sharks under the pretense of beach-goer…

Aquaculture has been heralded as a sustainable alternative to conventional fishing, but when billions of fish are…

The Southern Ocean, home to the Antarctic Peninsula, has recorded a regional temperature increase of 3°C…

This summer (in the southern hemisphere), a quarter of the Great Barrier Reef was severely bleached in the third…

The world is hooked on seafood. That’s why marine biologist Simon Hilbourne and Oceans Festival UK are…

In this article, we discuss the issue of wildlife tourism. This multi-million dollar global industry is often sold as a more…

This article is titled “Biodiversity Lessons from Star Trek”, but I don’t mean the recent resurgence of the popular series…

What if salmon suddenly disappeared from the shelves next week? What if the production of salmon suddenly…

You might have heard about big oil spills like Deep Water Horizon, but did you know that oil pollution is more…

How many phones do you go through a year? Do you ever stop to think where their components come from?…

Will today be the tipping point in our fight against climate change? Will today be the day that…

Today’s post is from someone striving to be a Better Human. Colin Goodridge is about creating…

It all started with a little stroll down Auckland’s city centre. Being inundated with billboards, shop windows…

In our final instalment of our Rising Tides series, we cover habitas loss / destruction…

We have enlisted the help of Dr Brendon Dunphy, a senior lecturer and researcher at…

This threat is particularly complicated. There is an old saying ‘there’s plenty of fish in the sea’. Unfortunately…

Land based pollution is said to account for 77% of all pollution impacting our oceans. This pollution is derived…

When you think about the importance of ocean conservation what springs to mind? Blue Planet…

I feel like I’m preaching to the choir here, but do we actually know what the biggest threats to…

J.R.R. Tolkien, author of the Lord of the Rings, once said “Not all those who wander are lost...” and he was…

I’m sure you have heard of the famous clownfish ‘Nemo’. But what if you were told that we are triggering…