By Madeline Bankson As landfills brim with waste and ocean plastic amasses, artists and businesses are turning to creative reuse as a responsible avenue for sourcing materials. Could creative reuse […]
A monthly round-up of news and trends important to the AltaSea community. MARINE SCIENCE Robert Ballard found the Titanic. Can he find Amelia Earhart’s airplane? (National Geographic) Amelia Earhart and […]
The avalanche of plastic waste that’s rolling over land and sea has inspired numerous potential solutions. Some involve inventing our way out of the mess by creating new kinds of […]
Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan disappeared more than 80 years ago, on July 2, 1937, during the second to last leg of their around-the-world flight. After taking off from Lae, […]
With most of the ocean seabed unmapped, Earth’s last frontier of terrestrial discovery has become a focus of activity for explorers, scientists, cartographers and environmentalists. Ask any explorer what there […]
By Madeline Bankson New alternative mobility programs are shifting low-carbon transportation possibilities to a higher gear. Could these small bikes and scooters have a big impact? Across the United […]
Something odd happened in the oceans in the early 20th century. The North Atlantic and Northeast Pacific appeared to warm twice as much as the global average, while the Northwest […]
A monthly round-up of news and trends important to the AltaSea community. MARINE SCIENCE 6 Unexpected Products You Should Probably Avoid if You Love Animals (Global Citizen) All around the […]
David Hertz and Rich Groden, two California designers have built a shipping container that can harvest water from thin air. For this amazing creation, they were awarded $1.5 million in […]
All around the world, countless products are harming countless animals. Some products are cultivated in ways that cause deforestation, others use ingredients that pollute ecosystems, and others kill animals directly. […]
A team of researchers from Norway and Switzerland has put forward a proposal for ‘Solar Methanol Islands’ that convert atmospheric carbon dioxide to fuel. The islands would have to be […]
A monthly round-up of news and trends important to the AltaSea community. MARINE SCIENCE Remote Island Chain Has Few People — But Hundreds of Millions Of Pieces Of Plastic (NPR) […]
In 2015, Melissa Omand, a thirty-four-year-old oceanographer at the University of Rhode Island, began preparing for a six-day research expedition. For the first time, Omand would be the lead scientist—an important […]
June UrgentSEA Membership Drive AltaSea is building a better future for the San Pedro community, the city of Los Angeles and for the planet by bringing together the best and brightest in exploration, […]
California has had a glimpse in recent years of what it can expect as the climate continues to change: wild swings from extreme drought to extreme rainfall and snowfall, a […]
