Category: Salt water
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An Iceberg Flipped Over, and Its Underside Is Breathtaking
Image by filmmaker Alex Cornell The underside of this recently flipped iceberg is glassy and free of debris. Snow-covered icebergs dominate the scene near the shore of the Antarctic Peninsula, the northernmost part of the icy south polar region. Between the sun, the water and icy peaks, the beauty can be quite literally blinding. “Everything…
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Scientists Listen to Fish to Figure Out How to Save Them
New acoustic techniques that measure fish populations could potentially be used to help endangered species like the totoaba — and in turn the even rarer vaquita porpoise, which is on the brink of extinction. Researchers are listening to fish to gather data on their populations. If you’re over the right patch of water in the…
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The race to save Florida’s devastated coral reef from global warming
The Paris climate agreement is a key factor in preventing further damage to the ecosystem, and the tourism and seafood industries dependent on it. PICKLES REEF, Florida — Twenty feet under water, Nature Conservancy biologist Jennifer Stein swims over to several large corals and pulls several laminated cards from her dive belt. “Disease,” reads one,…
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2017 Summer Gulf ‘Dead Zone’ Could Be Bigger Than Connecticut
Summer is almost here, and you know what that means. Sun, sand and … a watery wasteland devoid of all life? Yep, this is the time each year when a team of federal and university scientists predicts the size of the so-called dead zone that will develop in the Gulf of Mexico later in the…
