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Is Fishing Sustainable?

As humans continue to grow in population we are going to start requiring more food and room in order to sustain that population. This is becoming a harder question for humans to figure out. In order to produce more food (specifically livestock), we need to use more land in order to raise and develop them. […]

HOW MUCH PLASTIC IS USED EVERY DAY?

Single-use plastics make up a lot of the things that we use in our everyday lives. Every day, for example, more than 500 million single-use plastic straws are used around the world, contributing to a monumental problem of environmental pollution. Single-use plastics do not break down and are often left in environments for thousands of […]

Discover Aruba

Aruba is an island in the Dutch Region of the Carribean. It is located in the southern Carribean Sea and about 1,600 kilometers (990 miles) west of the main part of the Lesser Antilles and 29 kilometers north of the Coast of Venezuela. In total the island measures to be over 32 kilometers (20 miles) […]

Discover Hamilton Island

Hamilton Island stands to be the largest inhabited island of Whitsunday Islands which is in Queensland, Australia. It is about 512 kilometers (312 miles) south of Cairns and 887 kilometers (551 miles) north of Brisbane. This is also the only island in the Great Barrier Reef with its own commercial airport allowing for short flights […]

Japan has Establish More Sustainable Whaling Requirements

Japan is moving towards establishing more sustainable whale-hunting quotas which will raise the international ban on hunting whales. They are going to attempt to do this by weakening the decision-making ability for commercial whaling, and as of right now Japan is hunting whales and classifying it as being used for scientific research. There are countries […]

The Marine Research Centre – Bali, Indonesia: A Unique Concept

Marine Research Center Bali Indonesia is a unique 2,500 square metre construction built right in the middle of the sea-water in order to understand and facilitate a better program to study and delve more into the underwater earthquakes that cause tsunamis in the Indonesian island. This beautiful research center is located around 100 km away […]

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 nightmare scenarios in terms of plastic pollution in the ocean and wider […]

Sailing around the World

Around the world, one of the most popular watersports that transcend location, age, and culture is surfing. There are variations to surf culture worldwide, but the principle largely remains the same: getting out to the beach and enjoying the sun and water with other surfers. While the exact origins of surfing are largely unknown, it […]

Europe Could be in Huge Danger of Catastrophic Flooding

Many scientists have been speculating that global warming is going to soon cause the sea level to rise causing flooding all over the world; this will call for a major adaptation of many countries’ coasts so that they do not take major damage. The rising sea levels are a direct result of an increase in the […]

CIGARETTE BUTTS: ALTHOUGH SMALL, THEY CAUSE BIG PROBLEMS FOR THE OCEAN

Experts are doing their best to find solutions to the excessive amount of cigarette butts on beaches as Cigarette Butts are not only gross but can harm wildlife. While small, cigarette butts cause big problems for the ocean. The filters are made of plastic and absorb the cigarette’s chemicals. According to the American Lung Association, some […]