By Ryan Johnson Corals are considered not only as one of the most important creatures in oceans for they do not only add beauty to it but they also provide homes for different marine animals especially fish. In fact, a small percent of coral reefs envelops the ocean bed and supports 30% of known marine […]

By Christopher Thompson Choosing a safe but effective sunscreen is becoming a pain in the brain. While we spent decades happily applying the sunscreen of our choice, the chemical ingredients that manufacturers used to fight the sun have been under attack. The latest salvo: a study by the US Food and Drug Administration showing that […]

Hawaii’s coral reefs are dying, and researchers are a few steps closer to figuring out just how much environmental changes and human interaction affect the ocean’s coral reefs. Researchers from the Ocean Tipping Points project published a new study Thursday after analyzing 10 years of data that examined how sedimentation, development and fishing affect coral reefs in […]

By Alex Mardikian Hawaii has passed a bill to ban sunscreens that contain oxybenzone and octinoxate. These chemicals have beenproven as being extremely harmful to Hawaii’s marine ecosystems. Waikiki is just one of the many areas to have suffered from exceedingly high levels of oxybenzone and octinoxate. The coral reefs of Hawaii are a major […]