Tag · Ocean Conservation

Stories tagged “ocean conservation”

5 stories on The Good Press tagged with this topic.

Tasmania Replants Giant Kelp Lost Since the 1970s

Divers are hand-planting hatchery-grown giant kelp off Tasmania's coast, using a technique that can regrow a lost underwater forest within a single year.

Science

Divers Hand-Plant Kelp to Regrow Tasmania's Forests

After losing most of its underwater forests since the 1940s, Tasmania is training live-in diver interns to hand-plant giant kelp spores back onto the reef.

Science

366-Foot Warship Now Teems With Life in Canada

Scuttled off Nanaimo in 1997, the destroyer escort HMCS Saskatchewan has become one of British Columbia's richest artificial reefs.

News

Spain Proposes 23 New Marine Protected Areas

The plan would protect 22,405 square kilometers of Atlantic and Mediterranean waters that host whales, sea turtles, deep coral, and seagrass meadows.

Human Achievements

'Pink Zebra' Seaweed Confirmed New Species After 40 Years

A UK marine botanist confirmed a mysterious pink-striped seaweed as a new species — 40 years after first spotting it in a Cornish maerl bed and never being able to pin it down.