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Here’s how non-scientists can help protect marine life
Ecology

Here’s how non-scientists can help protect marine life

Have you ever wanted to help do marine science research? Marine protected areas could use your help!
June 5, 2021 Anastasia Yandulskaya
How citizen scientists are preventing coral bleaching
Conservation Coral

How citizen scientists are preventing coral bleaching

Researchers and citizen scientists teamed up across an enormous ocean region to document the 2016 coral bleaching event in the…
June 5, 2021 Samantha Setta
Coral Reefs Bounce Back in Turks and Caicos Islands
Coral

Coral Reefs Bounce Back in Turks and Caicos Islands

Coral reefs are often referred to as the tropical rainforests of the sea and support diverse ocean life. But how…
June 25, 2020June 26, 2020 Riley Henning
Protections with a bite: Are toothed whales sheltered by South African Marine Protected Areas?
Coastal Management

Protections with a bite: Are toothed whales sheltered by South African Marine Protected Areas?

Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are often put into place to protect biodiversity and essential fish stocks, but toothed whales are…
February 3, 2020 Kristin Huizenga
Coastal Management Conservation Science Communication

Lights, Camera, Action! Photography as a tool for observing environmental change

Observing long-term trends in the environment can be a daunting task. Here, scientists used settlement panels to observe community compositional…
August 29, 2019August 29, 2019 Diana Fontaine
Are you jelly? Citizen scientists find jellyfish to help sea turtles
Sea Turtles

Are you jelly? Citizen scientists find jellyfish to help sea turtles

The largest leatherback ever recorded weighed 2,019 pounds, and yet this behemoth lives on a diet composed almost entirely of…
August 26, 2019 Kristin Huizenga
Conservation Science Communication

Blue New Year’s Resolutions

New Year’s resolutions are a great way to work towards being the person you want to be. This year, why…
January 1, 2016January 2, 2016 Carrie McDonough
Coastal Management Conservation

Taiwan creates “Facebook” for sea turtles!

Photo ID databases have been used to estimate population sizes for zebras, cheetahs, whales, sharks dolphins, turtles and more. This…
May 14, 2015May 14, 2015 Megan Chen
Ecology technology

Digitally partnering with spearfishers to survey fish communities

Cameras mounted on spearfishing guns are a viable source of scientific data, which could lead to new citizen science partnerships
September 29, 2014September 29, 2014 Virginia Schutte

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