Ocean Conservation

Port-side aerial view of the blue, white, and green CSIRO research vessel RV Investigator steaming through deep ocean waters off Tasmania.

October 28, 2026

CSIRO Captures 2.8 Million Eels Spawning Off Tasmania — and Bottom Trawling Is Now in the Crosshairs

In the pitch-black water below the Tasman Sea, 2.8 million basketwork eels gather on a single underwater ridge off Tasmania in what researchers believe is a reproductive aggregation. Australian scientists just mapped

Wild bottlenose dolphin swimming near the ocean surface through natural marine water

Culture·Nature·News·Science·Technology·UK

Blue Planet III Used Zero Generative AI — BBC Explains Why Murky, Imperfect Underwater Shots Were Left in the Final Cut

Blue Planet III: BBC Confirms No Generative AI Used — Why Cloudier Shots Were Left In When Blue Planet III premieres on BBC One on 1 November 2026, you will notice something unexpected: underwater shots with murky water, floating particles,

October 24, 2026

Astronaut Ocean Stewardship Training: Why Space Crews Dive

Space·Technology

Before astronauts practice spacewalks, they practice scuba diving. The training environments share more than buoyancy — both require careful management of limited resources, acute

Catherine Breed Swims 900 Miles Down the California Coast Through Prime White-Shark Territory

Environment·Nature·USA

Catherine Breed is swimming approximately 900 miles from the Oregon border to Mexico along the California coast in stages. She has encountered great white

Automated river interceptor vessel extracting floating plastic refuse along an inland water channel.

Environment·India·News·Sustainability

“Come Work For Us”: Boyan Slat Offers India’s River Cleaner a Job

A 20-year-old student from a small town in Madhya Pradesh spent months pulling plastic out of a polluted river, largely with his own hands and basic tools. Now the CEO of one

Rahul Somvanshi

September 6, 2026

Discovery·Marine Life·Science

Scientists Discover 31 New Marine Species in Deep Sea 2026 Expedition

Marine biologists have documented previously unknown species living in Earth’s deepest ocean zones, marking a significant milestone in understanding life in extreme environments and highlighting how much remains unknown about our planet’s

Rahul Somvanshi

July 28, 2026

The great age of ocean discovery reducing carbon emissions. Photo Source: Keith Scholey

Activism·Entertainment·Marine Life

Attenborough’s Ocean Film Reveals 370M Tons of CO2 Released Yearly by Trawling While Protected Areas Show 95% Species Recovery

At 99 years old, Sir David Attenborough isn’t slowing down—he’s speaking up louder than ever. In his powerful new documentary “Ocean with David Attenborough”, releasing globally in theaters on May 8, 2025,

Rahul Somvanshi

May 2, 2025

Representative Image. Java Stingaree Extinction. Photo Source: Charles Darwin University (X)

Conservation·Marine Life·News

Java Stingaree Extinction Confirmed After 160 Years of No Sightings Due to Human Impacts

The extinction of the Java Stingaree represents more than just the loss of a single species. After 160 years since its only documented sighting, this small ray has become the first marine

Govind Tekale

April 6, 2025

Footage of Ghost Gear, caused by the industrial fishing industry found on the Emperor Seamounts in the Pacific Ocean.

Marine Life·Nature·News

Florida State University Reveals 84 Sharks Dead in 25 Hours as Industrial Fishing Ravages 80 Emperor Seamounts

New footage revealed by Florida State University researchers reveals catastrophic damage across the Emperor Seamounts, where bottom trawling equipment had scraped ancient coral formations. Greenpeace’s Rainbow Warrior expedition documented 84 shark deaths

Govind Tekale

November 7, 2024

Fishing effort by foreign-owned fishing vessels, 2012-2020.

Conservation·Ocean·Technology

Google-Co-founded Global Fishing Watch Advances Ocean Sustainability: Hundreds of Thousands of Vessels Monitored for Environmental Impact

A decade ago, creating an open-access picture of worldwide fishing activity couldn’t have been more attainable. However, thanks to advancements in satellite technology and computer learning, Global Fishing Watch (GFW) is becoming

Rahul Somvanshiand

Karmactive Staff

July 9, 2024

A plastic particle (red) is colonized by the marine fungus Parengyodontium album

Ocean·Plastic·Pollution·Science

Marine Fungus Solution to Plastic Pollution: Breaking Down Polyethylene at 0.05% Daily—What This Means for Our Oceans

Researchers at the NIOZ (Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research), among others, have discovered that a marine fungus can break down polyethylene, the plastic found at the bottom of the sea, as

Rahul Somvanshi

June 10, 2024

Nature·News

Panama Inspires Others In Ocean Conservation With Expansion Of Its Protected Marine Region To 54%

Panama‘s President Laurentino Cortizo & Minister of Environment Milciades added 36.058 square miles to the Banco Volcan marine protected area in the Caribbean, within the framework of Our Ocean Conference on March

Govind Tekale

March 8, 2023

Ocean·Pollution·Science

Turning the Tide on Climate Change: MIT’s Game-Changing CO2 Removal from Ocean Water

Climate change has become one of the most pressing global challenges of our time. One of the main contributors to climate change is the increasing level of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the

Rahul Somvanshiand

Karmactive Team

March 3, 2023

Activism

Ocean Conservation Namibia – Saving Entangled Seals

Ocean Conservation Namibia (OCN) is a non-governmental organisation recently created in Walvis Bay, Namibia, with the primary objective to put an end to the entanglement of marine wildlife along the Namibian coast. Naude and

Karmactive Staff

May 20, 2022

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