Yasni/Shutterstock April 29, 2021 One incredible ocean crossing may have made human evolution possible Nicholas R. Longrich, University of Bath Given tens of millions of years, wildly improbable events – like primates crossing oceans – are almost a given.
Iakov Kalinin/Shutterstock December 31, 2020 Why going for a swim in the ocean can be good for you, and for nature Rebecca Olive, The University of Queensland Ocean swimmers often wax lyrical about the benefits of a regular dip in the salt water.
A plastic bottle trapped on a coral reef. Tane Sinclair-Taylor January 25, 2018 11 billion pieces of plastic bring disease threat to coral reefs Joleah Lamb, Cornell University Coral reefs in the Asia-Pacific have been deluged with an estimated 11.1 billion pieces of plastic waste, increasing the risk of coral disease more than 20-fold.
Pollution and debris off the Sri Lankan coast. David Jones/plasticoceans.org March 22, 2017 Film review: A Plastic Ocean shows us a world awash with rubbish Gary Truong, UNSW Sydney A new documentary highlights the plight of marine animals living among the estimated 5 trillion pieces of plastic rubbish generated by humans.