SKIP TO MAIN CONTENT Menu Scientific American Subscribe Close Search CORONAVIRUS THE SCIENCES MIND HEALTH TECH SUSTAINABILITY VIDEO PODCASTS OPINION PUBLICATIONS SUBSCRIBE CURRENT ISSUE Cart0 Sign In Stay Informed Read Our 175th Anniversary Issue Read Now BIOLOGY | OPINION The Ocean Carries ‘Memories’ of SARS-CoV-2 We’ve been looking in the wrong place for a deeper understanding of the virus By Members of the Ocean Memory Project on August 15, 2020 Credit: Richard Fraser Getty ImagesADVERTISEMENT The memories that we humans encode and store ..read more

        Global aquaculture production has continued to grow in the new millennium, albeit more slowly than in the 1980s and 1990s. In the course of half a century or so, aquaculture has expanded from being almost negligible to fully comparable with capture production in terms of feeding people in the world. Aquaculture has also evolved in terms of technological innovation and adaptation to meet changing requirements. World aquaculture production attained another all-time high in 2010, at 60 mt (excluding aquatic plants and non-food products), with an estimated total valu ..read more

Did you ever consider Marine pollution in this dimension? Although you might not be able to see it from your favorite spot on the beach where you like to lay out and tan, pollution is everywhere in the ocean. From oils to chemicals, marine life is suffering. Plastic may be the biggest pollutant. It’s in almost every part of the human life. It’s cheap to make and profit off of, but it hasn’t been disposed of properly, leading to the suffering of marine animals. Read up on some of the most endangered species that would be much better off if people just recycled their plastic. Hawai ..read more

    Sarah is a squid biologist and the executive director of the science communication non-profit Skype a Scientist! She believes that the first step toward improving science literacy is making science feel more approachable by building connections between scientists and non-scientists ..read more

    Author  : Essien Oku About 8milion tons of plastics enters the seas yearly, and at this rate, we face a future with more plastics in the ocean than fish by 2050 (when plastics will likely increase to at least 937million tons). Marine plastic pollution as caused by human wastes mis-management , plastics addictions and poor industrial wastes disposal has led to the ingestion, suffocation and entanglement of hundreds of marine species. Evidently, at least 267 species have been affected and the existence of about 700 species have been threatened as well. This research addresses ..read more

  IMCC6 Virtual Aug 15, 2020 To conserve the world’s oceans we must go beyond science and use it to inform policy and management to catalyze change. The International Marine Conservation Congress (IMCC) brings together conservation professionals and students to develop new and powerful tools to further marine conservation science and policy. With over 700 marine conservation professionals and students in attendance, IMCC is the most important international event for anyone involved or interested in marine conservation. The meeting brings together marine conservationis ..read more

 The Cross River University of Technology Nigeria Glady uses this platform to announce to all and sundry that she'll be joining the rest of other research institutions around the world in a virtual conference tagged INTERNATIONAL MARINE CONSERVATIONIST CONFERENCE... Holding from the Kiel, Germany and the event begins today. You can always join us by opting to attend our session which is the ASSESSMENT ON THE MARINE PLASTIC POLLUTION OF THE YANGTZE RIVER CHINA on Wednesday, 26th August, 2020 Raise a voice today against plastic pollution and save our marine biodiversity today ..read more

 It's going to be a great moment of Wonderful experiences as the IMC BLOG Contents Manager presents a poster presentation on the ASSESSMENT OF MARINE PLASTIC POLLUTION OF THE YANGTZE RIVER, CHINA  On Wednesday 26th of August, 2020 by 8AM GMT for the 2020 edition of the International Marine Conservationist Conference IMCC6   You can't afford to miss this beautiful experience of knowledge acquisition ..read more

It is indeed a pity that the world is plunged into the enclosure of the COVID-19 pandemic. This virus which is considered to have originated from the PRC is widely gaining much grounds in most countries, states and territories of the world. COVID-19 has brought an unexpected halt in the world's economy owing to the ban placement on international trade and diplomacy in order to curtail its spread. INTERNATIONAL MARINE CONSERVATIONISTS IMC BLOG joins every other bodies around the globe to advise; Maintain an increased state of hygiene Stay at home to avoid direct contact Cancel all unnecessa ..read more