Whenever an ocean or marine natural resource topic drifts in, some debaters are drawn to alternative ocean energy projects. What if we could generate limitless energy from ocean waves? Or maybe energy could be...
The most valuable marine natural resource in the world’s oceans may be what isn’t there rather than what is. What isn’t there is state regulation. Just offshore, beyond the reach of state and federal...
Plants and bugs are food for land animals and birds. Out in the world’s oceans, plankton are the common food for everything up the ocean food chain. A map of the world’s ocean plankton...
So the headline reads: “Sewage leak closes some Westchester, N.Y. beaches.” The article I checked online didn’t say who was responsible for the sewage leak. As a general rule, a private firm caught polluting...
Property rights matter. When the only way to establish ownership of coral is by pulling it from the ocean floor, then the private coral trade will continue to deplete coral reefs around the world....
Rebuilding seascapes for underwater tourists, marine entrepreneurs are on the job developing coral condos. Reef Worlds is one firm expanding across underwater ecosystems, according to a Jamaica Observer article: “Our team was shocked,” Wallace...
After reading the June 15-16 WSJ “Gladiator of the Deep” review of Richard Ellis’s Swordfish: Biographer of an Ocean Gladiator, I looked forward to reading and writing about the book. The hardcopy is nearly $20,...
Today’s Daily Mail shocker headline: “Taking omega-3 fish oil supplements may increase the risk of aggressive prostate cancer by 70%” I tend not to rely on the Mail for science and health news, but...
For past debate topics on environmental issues, I have shown students data on the steady reductions in air, water, and land pollution across the United States. Pollution discharges into America’s rivers, lakes, streams, and...
Royal Dutch Shell has spent billions of dollars over six years preparing to drill for new oil in Alaska. Some twenty-five billion barrels of oil are estimated to be deep under the Beaufort and...
