Ocean Conservation

May 20, 2022

Activism

Ocean Conservation Namibia – Saving Entangled Seals

Ocean Conservation Namibia (OCN) is a non-governmental organisation recently created in Walvis Bay, Namibia, with the primary objective to put an end to the entanglement of marine wildlife along the Namibian coast. Naude and

Beer Company Contributes Profits To Ocean Conservation

Sustainability

A Beer Company That Contributes 100% Of Its Profits To Ocean Conservation

Ocean Beer is a premium, award-winning craft beer, brewed with a high quality, natural ingredients. Their purpose is to help clean oceans full of trash and rubbish, and help improve ocean health. They are based out of the United KIngdom,

May 2, 2022

Turning the Tide on Climate Change: MIT’s Game-Changing CO2 Removal from Ocean Water

Ocean·Pollution·Science

Climate change has become one of the most pressing global challenges of our time. One of the main contributors to climate change is the

Panama Inspires Others In Ocean Conservation With Expansion Of Its Protected Marine Region To 54%

Nature·News

Panama‘s President Laurentino Cortizo & Minister of Environment Milciades added 36.058 square miles to the Banco Volcan marine protected area in the Caribbean, within

Footage of Ghost Gear, caused by the industrial fishing industry found on the Emperor Seamounts in the Pacific Ocean.

Marine Life·Nature·News

Florida State University Reveals 84 Sharks Dead in 25 Hours as Industrial Fishing Ravages 80 Emperor Seamounts

New footage revealed by Florida State University researchers reveals catastrophic damage across the Emperor Seamounts, where bottom trawling equipment had scraped ancient coral formations. Greenpeace’s Rainbow Warrior expedition documented 84 shark deaths

Govind Tekale

November 7, 2024

Fishing effort by foreign-owned fishing vessels, 2012-2020.

Conservation·Ocean·Technology

Google-Co-founded Global Fishing Watch Advances Ocean Sustainability: Hundreds of Thousands of Vessels Monitored for Environmental Impact

A decade ago, creating an open-access picture of worldwide fishing activity couldn’t have been more attainable. However, thanks to advancements in satellite technology and computer learning, Global Fishing Watch (GFW) is becoming

Rahul Somvanshiand

Karmactive Staff

July 9, 2024

A plastic particle (red) is colonized by the marine fungus Parengyodontium album

Ocean·Plastic·Pollution·Science

Marine Fungus Solution to Plastic Pollution: Breaking Down Polyethylene at 0.05% Daily—What This Means for Our Oceans

Researchers at the NIOZ (Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research), among others, have discovered that a marine fungus can break down polyethylene, the plastic found at the bottom of the sea, as

Rahul Somvanshi

June 10, 2024