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Shout Out – Toronto Ripley’s Aquarium
A trip to the Toronto Ripley’s Aquarium in December-2023 yielded a very pleasant surprise. In addition to the wonderful aquariums filled...

Mermaid Cruiser
Apr 1, 20241 min read


Oblivious in the Bahamas!
Aaaahhhh! The Bahamas. What a glorious way to spend Spring Break week in March. But, COME ON kids. I know you’re here to have fun, wind...

Mermaid Cruiser
Mar 31, 20241 min read


The Ocean Clean-up Project Completes this Year’s First Extraction from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
An article posted on LinkedIn by The Ocean Cleanup describes the first extraction of 2024 stating that 7029 kg of garbage has been...

Mermaid Cruiser
Mar 22, 20241 min read


Protecting Our Wetlands and Rivers- The Okefenokee Protection Alliance
The Okefenokee Protection Alliance is a group of more than 40 organizations (including the Georgia River Network headquartered in Athens,...

Mermaid Cruiser
Mar 15, 20242 min read


Shout Out – Ecotourism Along Georgia’s Coast
An article in the Spring-2024 Edition of the Magazine of the University of Georgia describes how an award-winning certifications program,...

Mermaid Cruiser
Mar 3, 20242 min read


Sailing Towards Conservation: My Journey with Ocean Missions Iceland
In June 2023, I embarked on an extraordinary voyage with Ocean Missions Iceland, a dedicated team of environmental stewards on a mission...

Kate Scott Stewart
Feb 27, 20242 min read


Shout Out - Take 3 for the Sea
Check out this non-profit organization located in Australia: Stop Plastic Pollution | Take 3 For The Sea Here is their story: "Wherever...

Mermaid Cruiser
Apr 9, 20221 min read


SHOUT OUT! GREEN IS LOVE Making Efforts to Educate the Next Generation
Nothing feels better than to know the articles I post on Environmental Blogger | Mermaids4CleanOceans | Defend Our Oceans from Plastics...

Mermaid Cruiser
Mar 28, 20221 min read


Article: "GUIDE TO MARINE PLASTIC POLLUTION"
In its introduction, this article posted by O.Berk (a packaging solutions company), the problem with the use of plastic as a material for...

Mermaid Cruiser
Mar 28, 20221 min read


Teach Your Kids to Clean the Ocean
How do you teach your children to love and respect the ocean? How can you teach young children the importance of the ocean to our...

Mermaid Cruiser
Mar 4, 20222 min read


Sea Turtle Nesting Season is Here!
Here in South Carolina, sea turtle nesting season runs from May 1 until Oct. 31 every year. Further south along the east coast the...

Mermaid Cruiser
Mar 1, 20222 min read


Ocean Pollution a Threat to Human Health
Information republished from an article written by Megan Avakian, Feb-2021 - “Ocean pollution is a widespread, worsening, and poorly...

Mermaid Cruiser
Feb 25, 20222 min read


Indian Ocean Garbage Patch
The Indian Ocean garbage patch, discovered in 2010, is a marine garbage patch, a gyre of marine litter, suspended in the upper water...

Mermaid Cruiser
Feb 18, 20221 min read


North Atlantic Garbage Patch
As four major currents in the North Atlantic Ocean between Virginia and Cuba push garbage through the sea, it gets absorbed into a giant...

Mermaid Cruiser
Feb 11, 20221 min read


BOO For Bimini!
February 2022 - I went on my first cruise since the COVID-19 pandemic shut down the cruise industry in 2020. A 5-day cruise to the...

Mermaid Cruiser
Feb 8, 20222 min read


Great Pacific Garbage Patch
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a collection of marine debris in the North Pacific Ocean. Marine debris is litter that ends up in...

Mermaid Cruiser
Jan 29, 20221 min read


UGA researchers, volunteers help push forward microplastics research
April 27, 2021 - Researchers at the University of Georgia Skidaway Institute of Oceanography are working at the forefront of discovering...

Mermaid Cruiser
Jan 29, 20221 min read


Rare coral reef discovered near Tahiti is ‘like a work of art’, says diver
Published by UN News, January 20, 2022 – “One of the largest coral reefs in the world has been discovered by a UN-supported scientific...

Mermaid Cruiser
Jan 21, 20221 min read


Stop Mermaids from Crying - Plastic Pollution in the Ocean Starts in our Homes
Each one of us has the power to start reducing and ultimately stop plastic waste from reaching the fragile ecosystem under the ocean’s...

Mermaid Cruiser
Jan 14, 20222 min read


Mermaid Tears - Plastic in Our Oceans
Interesting short video. What is sad is that this was posted in 2011 and the problem continues to get worse. "Over the last few decades,...

Mermaid Cruiser
Jan 10, 20221 min read
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