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?
Greening your marine science
When it comes to legally sharing your science, gold open-access isn’t your only option. Welcome to the world of Green Open Access - and for us marine people, MarXiv.
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.
You don't need hi-tech gear to study plankton
Ever evolving technology is helping us learn more and more about the ocean, but some tech has barely changed in 300 years….
The barnacle that looks like a goose... apparently...
Don’t let looks fool you. Gooseneck barnacles may look a little dull but like all life on this planet, they are amazing.
The largest fur seal in the world
There’s something strange about the distribution of the brown fur seal - the largest fur seal in the world.