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The Future of Food
By Emily Vidovich, George Washington University class of 2019 and founder of @smallstepsforearth “If we humans are to make a successful, sustainable place for ourselves in the world – whether our...
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AltaSea: Trending
A monthly round-up of news and trends important to the AltaSea community. SPECIAL FOCUS: SUSTAINABLE SEAFOOD Sustainable Seafood (California Academy of Sciences) Many species of ocean life are under...
View ArticleHow the world’s deepest fish survives bone-crushing pressure (National...
At the deepest point in the ocean lives a fish that is pink, slimy, and looks a bit like an oversized tadpole, up to a foot long. In the Mariana Trench—7,000 meters below the ocean’s surface—these fish...
View ArticleLost sea creatures wash up on California shores as ocean climate shifts (The...
The Pacific Ocean off the California coast is mixed up, and so are many of the animals that live there. The violet, thumbnail-size snails washing up here in Horseshoe Cove have never been seen this far...
View ArticleHumans Are Speeding Extinction and Altering the Natural World at an...
Humans are transforming Earth’s natural landscapes so dramatically that as many as one million plant and animal species are now at risk of extinction, posing a dire threat to ecosystems that people all...
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AltaSea: Trending – May 8, 2019
A monthly round-up of news and trends important to the AltaSea community. MARINE SCIENCE Lost sea creatures wash up on California shores as ocean climate shifts (The Washington Post) The Pacific Ocean...
View ArticleMariana Trench: Deepest-ever sub dive finds plastic bag (BBC)
An American explorer has found plastic waste on the seafloor while breaking the record for the deepest ever dive. Victor Vescovo descended nearly 11km (seven miles) to the deepest place in the ocean –...
View ArticleRemote Island Chain Has Few People — But Hundreds Of Millions Of Pieces Of...
When a marine biologist from Australia traveled to a remote string of islands in the Indian Ocean to see how much plastic waste had washed up on the beaches, here’s just part of what she found:...
View ArticleBraid Theory CEO Appointed Chief Innovation Officer
On May 2nd, at the annual State of the District Luncheon, Councilman Joe Buscaino announced the appointment of AltaSea partner and Braid Theory co-founder and CEO, Ann Carpenter, to the newly created...
View ArticleBill Gates: This is what we need to do to tackle climate change (World...
Wind and solar power generation is expanding around the globe at record rates, allowing more people to get their electricity from clean, renewable sources than ever before. This is great news. And...
View ArticleL.A. has a plan for combating climate change. But is it realistic? (The Los...
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 sharp increase in...
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AltaSea: Beacon – May 31, 2019
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,...
View ArticleExploring the oceans by remote control (The New Yorker)
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...
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AltaSea: Trending – June 18, 2019
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) When a marine...
View ArticleSolar Powered Floating Islands Could Extract CO2 From Seawater To Produce...
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 clustered...
View Article6 Unexpected Products You Should Probably Avoid if You Love Animals (Global...
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...
View ArticleDevice That Creates Drinking Water From Thin Air Just Won $1.5 Million Award...
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 prizes! To be...
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AltaSea: Trending – July 12, 2019
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 world,...
View ArticleResearchers Find a Simpler Pattern of Ocean Warming (The Harvard Gazette)
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 Pacific cooled over...
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Riding the Bike Share Wave Towards Healthier Oceans
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...
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