A Brief Timeline of Plastic

It’s commonly rephrased that plastic, once introduced to the environment as garbage, never degrades and will contribute to pollution for a very long time. Exactly how long is that though? How long does plastic survive for in our environment? There are basically two...

Are Marine Protected Areas as Useful as They Seem?

With our ocean becoming a less hospitable place everyday, organizations have begun to set up areas in the ocean to protect marine life by keeping waste and humans out. As we begin to study the effects of these protected areas, it turns out they might be doing less...

Deadly Chemicals 10,000 Meters Down

As we slowly explore more and more of our ocean, we are beginning to see some very daunting signs of damage. We are clearly able to see all of the pollution in the ocean while skimming the top, but it has managed to find its way to the deepest parts of our ocean. It...

SAVE THE SHARKS

Sharks are one of the species getting hit the hardest by ocean pollution and all the damage we cause as humans from pollution. We MAY have finally found a way to better track them and protect them!