Seaweed is amazing!

This BBC video and text about Australian kelp research and production highlights some of the potential benefits these fast-growing shoreline plants could offer, including as a climate change solution. “Seaweeds are a platform of opportunity in sustainability, nutrition, and innovation.” https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210406-how-kelp-can-help-solve-climate-change

Cleaning up Kaneohe Bay with Sea Urchins

Comment: Sunday, March 7, 2021 Sunday, March 7, 2021 Taking back the bay A sea urchin program by the University of Hawaii has been cleaning up Kaneohe Bay algae for a decade and doing a good jobBy Timothy Hurleythurley@staradvertiser.com Ten years ago the patch reefs in Kaneohe Bay were in pretty sad shape smothered and getting choked […]

SOLVE and SEA Schedule Bandon Beach Cleanup

On Saturday, April 17, 2021, from 10 AM to 1PM, SOLVE and SEA will offer a Beach Cleanup Day to honor Earth Day, 2021. More details and a form for signing up can be found in the link below. https://www.solveoregon.org/opportunity/a0C1I00000QFDXh

Are you a Nurdle Collector?

Well, maybe you’d like to become one. If you don’t know what a “nurdle” is, please read the article below. This new crisis to our waterways and oceans is very real and VERY destructive. We are finding nurdles regularly on our beaches in Bandon. They are extremely dangerous to the fish in our oceans, so […]

Tufted Puffins delight visitors to the Oregon Coast. But their population has plummeted.

If you are like the thousands of people who flock to the Oregon Coast every summer to catch sight of a tufted puffin, you should know that this “Clown of the Sea” is in danger of disappearing from our shores. Read the article below and see what is happening to this beautiful sea bird. https://www.opb.org/article/2021/02/08/cannon-beach-last-place-to-see-tufted-puffins-from-shore-but-for-how-long/

Our ocean floors are looking like landfills!