Experts sound alarm over dangerous side effects of popular decorative holiday item: 'We're stuck with it'

For people, the concern is direct exposure. Humans may consume up to 5 grams (0.18 ounces) of plastic particles weekly ...
The Cool Down

Scientists sound alarm after discovering 'tornadoes' in ocean: 'The main thing we need to consider is the effects'

Researchers discovered that microplastic particles are accumulating in ocean eddies — and it's bad news for the environment.
DelmarvaNow

Right whale sighting east of Ocean City, MD: 'Slow Zone' in effect

North Atlantic right whales were detected east of Ocean City, Maryland, in December 2025. Several Slow Zones are in effect along the East Coast, including areas near Maryland, Virginia, and North ...
BBC

Covid 2020: The year of the quiet ocean

During the lockdowns of 2020, global shipping was severely restricted and ocean noise pollution all but ceased. Instead the songs of fish filled the sea. Crackles, snaps, pops and clicks – that is the ...
Inside EVs

'This Car Was Free, And It May Bankrupt Me': Rich Rebuilds Takes On The Fisker Ocean

The Fisker Ocean is no longer being manufactured, after the company that designed it went bankrupt. As a result, parts and diagnostic software are nearly impossible to track down. But when someone ...
Hawaii News Now

Experience ‘Sounds of the Ocean’ at Bishop Museum

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Audiences can dive into the immersive deep sea experience “Sounds of the Ocean” at Bishop Museum’s Watumull Planetarium Sunday. There will be two one-hour showings at 5:30 p ...
Yahoo

Researchers sound alarm over controversial plan to block ocean currents: 'Unlikely to be socially acceptable'

Could geoengineering save coastal communities from rising sea levels? Researchers warn one proposal gaining steam could leave them worse off than they were to begin with. The 10 warmest years on ...
OPB

Saving Puget Sound’s puffins: Bringing these ocean ambassadors back from the brink

Hundreds of seabirds clung to Williamson Rocks, a guano-covered cluster of stone and grass rising just above the high tide line in Burrows Bay, near Anacortes, Washington. The spectacle drew a flurry ...
Rolling Stone

Fred Armisen Explains His Wacky Sound-Effects Album

Not long ago, Fred Armisen was reminiscing about the sound-effect LPs he used to stock at the Chicago record store where he worked in the Nineties. These vinyl platters contained all kinds of sounds, ...
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How This Noise Became the Most Famous Unexplained Ocean Sound

In 1997, researchers recorded a powerful underwater sound in the Pacific Ocean unlike anything ever heard before. Nicknamed the “Bloop,” the mysterious noise was so loud it was detected thousands of ...
IFLScience

Shark Teeth Are Losing Their Bite As Ocean Acidification Takes Hold

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...