Stories
Shipping Safety: 10th Anniversary of the Selendang Ayu Oil Spill
By Mark J. Spalding, President Ten years ago this month, the weather along the Great Circle Route in the North Pacific was horrible. Then again, the weather in this part …
CMRC Program Mentioned in “Men’s Journal”
One of our projects, the Cuba Marine Research and Conservation Program (CMRC), was recently mentioned in Men’s Journal! The article described the unique combination of science and travel that is incorporated …
Sundarban Spill: Mangroves and dolphins at risk
By Mark J. Spalding, President Tuesday morning, we woke to bad news about a shipping accident in the waters of Bangladesh. The Southern Star-7, a tanker had collided with another …
Giving Back to the Ocean
It would be nice to find ways and times to be consciously grateful for what we receive every day, but we all know that it can be hard to do …
Manatees: A Symbol and a Reminder
The Ocean Foundation celebrates Marine Mammal Month in February. In Florida, November is Manatee Awareness Month with good reason. It is the time of year when manatees start their swim …
BioCarbon: What is it and why do we care?
By, Mark J. Spalding, President, The Ocean Foundation This week I had the great good fortune to join about two dozen of our colleagues in Seattle for a briefing about …
Playing in the Mud (And Planting Mangroves)
By Ben Scheelk, Program Associate Volunteering in Costa Rica Part III There is just something about playing with mud, which makes you feel primal. Rubbing big globs of greasy, coarse-grained …
“King Tides:” The wave of the future?
By Mark J. Spalding, President, The Ocean Foundation Raise your hand if you have heard the term “king tide.” Raise your hand if the term sends you rushing to the …
West Coast, Best Coast? Not for Starfish.
By Alex Kirby, Communications Intern, The Ocean Foundation A mysterious disease is sweeping across the West Coast, leaving a trail of dead starfish behind. Since June 2013, mounds of deceased …
Translating urgency into technology
By Mark J. Spalding, President, The Ocean Foundation On 25 September 2014 I attended a Wendy Schmidt Ocean Health X-Prize event at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) in …
Southern California Marine Mammal Workshop
By Mark J. Spalding, President, The Ocean Foundation The room was alive with greetings and chatter as the participants gather for the first session. We were in the conference facility …
The Ocean Solution
By Richard Salas With the decline of the big-fish species in the last 50-60 years our ocean’s food web is out of balance, which spells trouble for us all. The ocean …
