The Ocean Brief
Ocean stories and insights covering science, policy, innovation, and the ocean community
Save the world with a shipping pallet revolution
Shipping pallets may not be the most exciting of topics, but when it comes to tackling climate change they have a role to play too! Discover how NGO Change The Pallet are hoping to reduce carbon emissions from shipping and transportation of goods with a rather simple solution…
Sea Shorts: How Iceland's Jökulsárlón lagoon is changing the coast
Breiðamerkurjökull glacier and Jökulsárlón lagoon are changing some of Iceland’s beaches.
Lifting the fog... or is that mist?
There’s something beautiful about early morning fog over the ocean. The water is often calm, the air cool and still. But are you sure that’s fog you’re looking at and not mist?
The devastation of a Tsunami
For coastal communities, few things are more frightening than a Tsunami.
Sea Shorts: The Wonder of the Moeraki Boulders
New Zealand’s Moeraki Boulders are a thing of beauty - and of legend and conspiracies.
Sea Shorts: Multi-tasking underwater
Dreaming of clear blue seas? Underwater survey work doesn’t always happen in warm, clear, tropical water settings.
Sea Shorts: When sea ice turns pink
Sometimes sea ice turns pink. Don't worry - it's entirely natural!
Sea Shorts: The birth of an Isthmus
Bruny Islands 'The Neck' is a beautiful isthmus. But just how did it get there?
Sea Shorts: Stacking up against the sea
Sea stacks were once part of the land, but the power of the ocean and the wind create these awe-inspiring wonders of nature.