EarthTalk® From the Editors of E/The Environmental Magazine Dear EarthTalk: A friend of mine working on the Gulf Coast oil cleanup says that at least 50 percent of the loose oil is laying on the sea floor. What’s the long-term prognosis of this? – Chris H., Darien, CT It’s true...

Sara Bayles, is the author of The Daily Ocean blog, which documents her experiment to see how much debris she can collect from her local beach in 365 non-consecutive days.  For 20 minutes at a time she has removed more than 450 pounds of trash from a beach in Santa Monica in just over 110...

Alanna Mitchell, a Canadian author and journalist who specializes in global science issues, recently took some time to speak with Modern Hippie Mag about the state of our oceans as described in her latest book Seasick: The Hidden Crisis in the Global Ocean. “Sea Sick is the first book...