Saving the Oceans

Simple Ways We Can Help Save Our Seas

By Charmaine Coimbra on April 24, 2010 • ( 1 )

Our oceans provide every other breath that we take. Healthy oceans are essential to our overall well-being, but they are in crisis and frantically dial 911.

Levianthian Rises, Challenges Neptune’s 911 Plea

By Charmaine Coimbra on January 21, 2010 • ( 1 )

Our seas seem endless and invulnerable to intrusion. And the ocean wins when we go against its tide. But like a strong woman with endless energy and strength, abuse takes its toll and the once-strong woman becomes a victim that can no longer fight and survive on her own.

Waterway Sewage Deluge, Gulf Hypoxia, Hawaii’s Beaches Shrink

By Charmaine Coimbra on December 2, 2009 • ( 0 )

Excerpts from: As Sewers Fill, Waste Poisons Waterways By CHARLES DUHIGG http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/23/us/23sewer.html?_r=1&pagewanted=print …at Owls Head, a swimming pool’s worth of sewage and wastewater was soon rushing in every second. Warning horns began to blare. A little after 1 a.m., with… Read More ›

The Great Garbage Patch — Time to Think Beyond Plastic

By Charmaine Coimbra on November 5, 2009 • ( 0 )

“(The Great Garbage Patch)… is roughly the size of Texas, containing approximately 3.5 million tons of trash. Shoes, toys, bags, pacifiers, wrappers, toothbrushes, and bottles too numerous to count are only part of what can be found in this accidental dump floating midway between Hawaii and San Francisco.”