Aquatic Plants Adapted to live in water, they can never venture too far from the surface, for that's where their source of energy...
Mariana Trench Not this Marianas Trench! The Mariana Trench (or Marianas Trench - however this is also the name of a Canadian punk rock band) is the deepest part of the world’s oceans. How deep you ask? The maximum depth...
Aquatic Mammals Like humans, aquatic mammals such as beavers, dolphins and whales are warm-blooded, have hair or fur, breathe air through lungs, bear live young, and nurse their young with milk produced by mammary...
Fish & other Critters There is a gobsmacking 32,700 species of fish inhabiting our rivers, lakes and oceans at the last count. Then there are the countless marine invertebrates; the shellfish, worms, crabs, octupus and even marine...
Reefs & Cays Coral reefs are the most diverse and beautiful of all marine habitats, yet these fragile ecosystems are under threat and are dying rapidly because of man's disregard for the health of our...
What’s Killing our Reefs Coral reefs are the most diverse and beautiful of all marine habitats. These underwater structures are made from calcium carbonate - CaCO₃ (also in pearls, shells and eggshells) which is secreted by corals,...
Signs of Climate Change We hear about the impact climate change will have on our atmosphere, the diversity of our flora and fauna, but it also will have a direct impact on our lives - we too shall have to adapt. So here's 10 changes,...
Meet the Climate Scientists The media have an odd relationship with science - to them it's a giant bundle of confusion (we feel their pain). Research is attributed as 'scientists say', instead of naming the specific scientist, or the...
Greenhouse Gases Our climate is warming, our sea ice is melting and the effect on humans will be catastrophic if we do not reduce our greenhouse gas...
The Facts about Climate Change You know those statements you hear that make you go 'oh, well that sounds plausible'. Yup, they're often a complete load of twaffle. Here's some of the usual suspects, except we've armed you with the real...
