Content tagged "oceans"
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Posted by Fatima Husain S.M., Science Writing, 2018
Topics: biology, geochemistry, mining, oceans, scienceThe Deepest Paradox: Seafloor Mining and Its Future
It is time to assess the paradoxical nature of seafloor mining: to mine the seafloor to support sustainable and efficient technological development on the land above.
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Posted by Joshua Sokol S.M., Science Writing, 2015
Topics: biology, climate change, coral, ecology, oceans, palau, reefs, rock islands, Science WritingThe Reef at the End of the World
In Palau’s Nikko Bay and a few other acidified Rock Island sites, life appears to be shrugging off a sneak preview of the coral-reef apocalypse. Are the corals really okay?
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Posted by Amanda R. Martinez S.M., Science Writing, 2010
Topics: ecosystems, environment, oceans, plastics, pollution, science, trashThe Unfinished Miracle: How Plastics Came to be Lost at Sea
The problem of plastic marine pollution is not due to the nature of the material itself, but rather lies in the ways we have chosen to use it.