Ocean Science Fact: The importance of mangroves
Did you know the Mangrove Forest can stabilize coastlines? Mangrove is a type of tree or shrub that grows in tidal, tropical, costal swamps with numerous tangled roots that grow above ground.
Ocean Science Fact: What is Coral Bleaching?
What is coral bleaching?
When corals expel the zooxanthellae algae that is living inside it, turning it white exposing its transparent skeleton.
This is the result of warmer water temperatures, exacerbated by climate change. …
Ocean Science Fact: What are super corals?
Super corals are corals that demonstrate the ability to withstand, adapt, recover and continue to reproduce stressors such as ocean warming and ocean acidification.
Coral reef systems only make up around 1% of the earths surface but they are home to…
Ocean acidification: a tide of challenges for Pacific Islanders
Over the past few decades, the ocean has slowed down the rate of climate change by absorbing nearly 30% of anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions. It regulates climate and temperature, provides food security, and…
We know more about the moon than we know about our oceans - Early Career Oceans Professionals in Vanuatu
Steve Hango and fellow ECOP Mildrek Kelokelo aboard the One Ocean Expedition in Fiji
For a long time, the Vanuatu oceans office, charged with the management of Vanuatu’s marine environment and its resources, has been a one-man affair. Toney Trevi, Head…
Ocean Science Fact: What is Ocean Acidification?
Ocean acidification is the ractio between Carbon dioxide and water, which forms carbonic acid that increases water acidity. It has increased by about 26% and surface seawater is 30% more acidic than it was 50 years ago. The Ocean Acidification…
Ocean Science Fact: Did you know majority of volcanoes and earthquake occurrence is along the Ring of Fire?
Ring of Fire in the Pacific ocean, also referred as "Circum-Pacific Belt", that is a path along the Pacific Ocean. This belt has many volcanoes and the major site of earthquakes. Around 90% of all earthquakes occur along this belt and about 75% of the…
Ocean Science Fact: Did you know that feeding algae to cow can boost their productivity, keep cows in better shape while cutting methane emissions drastically?
Research shown that feeding seaweed supplementation as little as 0.2% of the total feed can eliminate 98% of methane produced by livestock. Algae can sequester carbon, making this algae-based feeding solution a potential game changer for food systems in…
It’s time to wake up to the importance of ocean health
The recent UN Ocean Conference in Lisbon focused on solutions to conserve and sustainably manage the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development — the heart of SDG14 - life below water.