Caribbean Sea Floor Found Littered with Human Trash, New Study Reveals
A new study shows human trash—plastics, metals, and fishing gear—on the sea floor around Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, even in deep and remote areas.
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Be A Marine Volunteer! Opportunities Abound in South Florida
Marine volunteer are plentiful to South Florida residents and visitors alike. Here is a sampling of several ways you can get involved
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Waterway Cleanup Nets 40 Tons of Trash
It wasn’t rubies that marked the celebration of the 40th Anniversary Broward County Waterway Cleanup. Instead, it was 40 tons of rubbish! Nearly 2,000 volunteers, ranging in age from 7 to 91, collected this mass of trash, including shopping carts, furniture, a submerged canoe, tires and even a discarded ankle monitor, during a daylong cleanup…
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Floridians Care for Their Corals
During the final two decades of the 20th century, scientists and educators flooded magazines and newspapers with news of coral reefs dying all over the world. By 2007, both federal and state governments responded with legislation including grants giving communities access to what they needed to “do something about the ocean.” And Floridians got busy….
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Yachtsmen and Whats Left Behind
A West Country twang in Barbados, green eyes on Montserrat, and heads that turn when you shout Sean — what the visitors left behind.
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How Ocean Currents and Gyres Disperse Objects Across the Globe: The Journey of Rubber Ducks
Discover how ocean currents and gyres transport objects across the world’s oceans, including the famous journey of 29,000 rubber ducks that traveled from the Pacific to shores around the globe. Learn about the environmental impact and the science behind these powerful oceanic forces.
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Beach Love – Warning Graphic
She is naked, walking barefoot on a tropical beach with crystal warm water soothing a crescent shore. He stands barefoot at the opposite end.
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New Trash Islands Discovered
Scientists studying the largest of the new islands know it by several names including the Pacific Trash Vortex, the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, and the Eastern Pacific Patch.
