Clean Ocean Action

 

For the past few years the Evergreen group and the Biology Honor Society, Tribeta, here at Centenary University participate in Beach Sweeps every Fall season. The Beach Sweeps are a part of a state-wide initiative of The Clean Ocean Action. The Clean Ocean Action has thousands of volunteers that come very season to help clean the beaches, waterways and underwater sites. The Evergreen group and Tribeta usually choose Union Beach because it is easy to get to and is not very far from Campus. The organizers of The Clean Ocean Action ask the group to collect trash from the beach and record what they find in an effort to trace back where it came from and hold the litterers and polluters accountable. They usually find a lot of debris and lumber left over from the Sandy storm that happened five years ago. They had 10 students doing over three hours of work at the beach. I think that this is a great effort to try and help the animals of the shore that can't help themselves. As inhabitants of this earth, it is our job to protect the things that live here and help keep it clean. To learn more about The Clean Ocean Action, visit www.cleanoceanaction.org 

A New World!

Scientists are investigating an Antarctic ice shelf that broke off back in July because it seems that there is quite literally a new world underneath the ice. They have discovered an entirely new ecosystem hidden beneath. It is said that the ecosystem has been hidden from the outside world for up to 120,000 years! Scientist are working very quickly sending radars and GPS signals down in hopes that it can tell them the ice movements for short term and long term periods of time. They are also getting ready to go under the water on a voyage in February in order to investigate the new ecosystem. Now that light has penetrated through the dark the new ecosystem can thrive even more creating more food and inviting new specimens to live there. Life and data that we've never know before may be exposed! This is a very exciting breakthrough in the scientific community!