Rosen: Measuring Ocean Hypoxia

Rosen: Measuring Ocean Hypoxia

Among the many threats to ocean life — and to the fishermen who make their living from it — is hypoxia, or low oxygen levels. Crabs can suffocate in hypoxic waters, writes Julia Rosen (@1juliarosen) for Hakai Magazine, but a new partnership between crabbers and...

Kwok: Interstate Water Fight

Georgia and Florida are fighting, Roberta Kwok writes in Hakai. They’re battling over water. A multiyear investigation—and court case—is digging into what caused the collapse of the Apalachicola Bay ecosystem and the fish and oyster industries that depended on...

Bailey: The Real Paleo Diet

Kevin Bailey, science writer, University of Washington affiliate professor, and founder of the marine consulting organization Man & Sea Institute, writes about a fish cultured in the Amazon rainforest that was probably eaten by dinosaurs. Kevin doesn’t include...