True Ghost Story
Ghost ship, abandoned near Bermuda, is drawn by currents and wind to the Sargasso sea where she resists rescue and drifts on silently, perhaps forever . . . In August, […]
Ghost ship, abandoned near Bermuda, is drawn by currents and wind to the Sargasso sea where she resists rescue and drifts on silently, perhaps forever . . . In August, […]
More than 153 years ago, a survey ship named the Walker went down in heavy seas just 10 miles off of New Jersey. Twenty sailors were lost, and the ship […]
When marine biologists in Mexico noticed whales were turning up with blisters on their skin, a team of scientists began to look into the problem. They spent three years tracking […]
If you think about it, the first person to eat a crab or a lobster must have been pretty brave. I mean, look at those things–yuck. But if you don’t think […]
When the Deep Water Horizon Oil Spill spewed almost 5 million barrels (nearly one and a half billion tons) of black, petroleum Oil into the ocean in 2010, no one […]
If you could breathe underwater, you might be surprised to find that coral reefs actually have a smell. AND different reefs smell differently. Fish not only know this, but fish […]
You’re not likely to be find one at a pet store any time soon, but the world’s first glowing bunnies were born in early August in a Turkish laboratory. It’s […]
Well, not human measles, but a virus that’s related. Since July, more than 357 dolphin have washed ashore from New York to North Carolina, and marine mammal experts say the […]
Thousands of miles from land, human beings have created a whole new ecosystem made of plastic. It’s called the plastisphere, and it’s where old plastic stuff goes to die. […]
Restricted Waters receives five-star review from Indie Reader, and Kirkus Reviews called the book “an absorbing near-future apocalyptic tale of underwater intrigue.” From IndieReader: “a page-turning, deep-sea thriller with an […]
We just learned about this 102-foot catamaran that circumnavigated the globe under the power of the sun!Right now, it’s traveling the over 8,000 kilometers from Miami to Norway. Most of […]
So many people have been exploring coral reefs in the Caribbean for so long, that everyone thought there was nothing new to discover there. But Smithsonian scientist Carole Baldwin proved […]
Scientists found that when air pollution keeps sunlight from reaching coral reefs underwater, coral growth can be stunted. Tiny particles in the air, like the kind released from coal plants […]
Forty three feet. That’s about the length of a full-sized yellow school bus. And it’s the length of the biggest squid ever recorded. The giant squid’s scientific name is Architeuthis, and it’s believed to […]
an “absorbing near-future apocolyptic tale of underwater intrigue. . . a seaworthy supernatural voyage.”
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