Water Report
Ocean Wise combs the headlines to bring you the most interesting ocean news. This week learn how fish are using UV light to communicate, why plant productivity is reducing due to climate change — and so much ...
Shoreline Spotlight: Site Coordinator Tackles Litter on Foot and Flotilla
When a passion for waterways mixes with the determination to take
action, amazing things can happen. Hamilton, Ontario resident Lee Brubacher had
never organized a shoreline cleanup before, but this September ...
Water Report
Ocean Wise combs the headlines to bring you the most interesting ocean news. This week, learn why turf seaweed is taking over the Gulf of Main, how glaciers can contribute to hydropower, a plastic substitute m...
Ocean Wise Microfiber Research Featured on CBC’s Quirks & Quarks
Ocean Wise’s Dr. Peter Ross talks to CBC’s Bob MacDonald about the role of microfibers in ocean pollution on popular science podcast Quirks & Quarks.
In October, Ocean
Wise released new
research showin...
What a Summer! Reconnecting Toronto to Shorelines
If you were in Toronto this summer, you may have been lucky enough to meet two summer educators of the Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup. Brad Staite and Connor Thompson, took to the community each week to enga...
DNA: A Key piece in the puzzle of Killer Whale Conservation
By: Adam Warner
There are a lot
of moving parts to the conservation of highly mobile marine predators – a big
task that can be approached at many different scales at once. From identifying
individual animal...
Shoreline cleanups happen everywhere – even in the Arctic!
The students collected nearly 20kg of waste during their cleanups!
What kind of litter is on an arctic shoreline? Plastic pollution in the ocean is ubiquitous it appears even in the most remote arctic regio...
Join Ocean Wise for Public Climate Strike Pre-Rally and Sign Making on October 25th
Ocean Wise hosting Climate Strike Pre-Rally and Sign Making on Friday, October 25th
On Friday, October 25th, Ocean Wise invites everyone to join young people from YouthToSea and Sustainabiliteens for a sig...