The oceans matter. But we’re not doing the best job of protecting them from, well, us.  Recent studies indicate that the oceans contain at least 269,000 tons of plastic.  Tons. And that’s just the plastic bits that could be measured.

The oceans matter to our quality of life. Deep Sea News recently published a good article – Six Surprising Reasons To Be Thankful for the Sea.  Did you know, for example, that lampreys  can regrow their spinal cords? Researchers are studying how lampreys do accomplish this and it’s not hard to image what a huge difference their research could make one day for humans with spinal cord injuries.

Curious?  Read on.