Art Can Transform Plastic Pollution into Ocean Conservation
This is a guest post by artist-activist Pam Longobardi and naturalist-photographer Wayne Sentman, originally posted on NOAA’s Marine Debris Blog. Pam Longobardi’s art piece “Consumption Driftweb,” made...
View ArticleInvestigating Environmental Impacts: Oil on the Kalamazoo River
The Kalamazoo River has been closed to the public since the spill in 2010. We’re examining how this has affected public recreation and tribal cultural uses. (Terry Heatlie, NOAA) In late summer of...
View ArticleDetecting Change in a Changing World: 25 Years After the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill
Life between high and low tide along the Alaskan coast is literally rough and tumble. The marine animals and plants living there have to deal with both crashing sea waves at high tide and the drying...
View ArticleLatest Research Finds Serious Heart Troubles When Oil and Young Tuna Mix
This story was first published on March 26, 2014. It was updated April 9, 2015 to reflect additional research. Atlantic bluefin tuna are a very ecologically and economically valuable species. However,...
View ArticleWith Lobster Poacher Caught, NOAA Fishes out Illegal Traps from Florida Keys...
This is a post by Katie Wagner of the Office of Response and Restoration’s Assessment and Restoration Division. On June 26, 2014, metal sheets, cinder blocks, and pieces of lumber began rising to the...
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