The Marlborough Mermaid's Bluewater Taonga

13/07/2026

The Marlborough Mermaid
hasn’t popped up recently.
Is she functionally extinct?

03/07/2026

Thanks to all who supported this in different ways.

01/07/2026

The tropical Pacific also had its hottest June ever at 27.26C.

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/environment/650643/world-s-oceans-break-june-heat-record-eu-monitor?fbclid=IwY2xjawSyZjZleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEePBg7ZcJQarttY6VSjFgzSkAD0If32SVnjZFQ6WHNdlfqyYu3wLc9Lxf7oXA_aem_ADKsDMssOfbAPKw99GXS5Q

The world's oceans just experienced their hottest June on record and could set fresh highs in the months ahead as El Niño and climate change drive temperatures even higher, scientists said Wednesday.

30/06/2026

Our Blue World is worth a watch. (3 minutes long)

Planet Earth is in the grip of an environmental crisis. Extreme flo...

27/06/2026

Did you know?

11/06/2026

Mermaids and Manatees
What stories can you share?
https://ocean.si.edu/ocean-life/marine-mammals/mermaids-manatees-myth-and-reality?en_txn1=e.gc.eg.x.globalinsights_0611.n.n.sas._gi_onemore&en_txn8=NewSch.ZBEMSA2606NPNZNZZE07Z00-ZZZZZ-###X&lu=eff215ca-2260-36af-bc1d-5e003133da48&customer_id=81801781

08/06/2026

It's World Ocean Day 2026

How is your ocean-human health connection?

Do you care for the sea forests?

04/06/2026

Really Qantas! Which marketing team thought this is a good idea?
This is tone-deaf.

Qantas' newest Airbus A321XLR has rolled out of Airbus' paint shop in Hamburg, Germany, showcasing a livery inspired by one of the seven natural wonders of the world: the Great Barrier Reef.

03/06/2026

“We forget that the water cycle and the life cycle are one.”
~ Jacques Cousteau