Human activity churns out up to 100 times more planet-warming carbon each year as all the volcanoes on Earth, says a decade-long study released Tuesday.
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Oil spills reach more than 100 regions of Brazil’s coast
Brazil’s main environmental agency said Thursday it has detected 105 crude oil spills from an undetermined source polluting the waters of the country’s northeast coast this month.
Read More »‘We know they aren’t feeding’: fears for polar bears over shrinking Arctic ice
Expert Steven Amstrup says ‘the longer the sea ice is gone from the productive zone the tougher it is on the bears’.
Read More »Urgent action required on penguin deaths: Friends of Bicheno Penguins
“We have seen more than 200 little penguins killed in six attacks just this year. It is quite likely that there have been more that have not been reported or discovered.”
Read More »More than 100 dolphins mysteriously found dead on island off West Africa
In a heartbreaking mass stranding event, nearly 200 dolphins washed ashore in the Cape Verde Islands off West Africa this week. Now, experts in Spain are trying to determine what caused the majority of those marine mammals to die.
Read More »Fish can feel pain like mammals, scientist says
Fish experience pain on a level comparable to mammals, according to a scientist who has debunked the common misconception that the animals aren’t capable of such sensation.
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Saimaa Seal (Pusa hispida ssp. saimensis) – Around 310 individuals remain
They are among the most endangered seals in the world, having a total population of only about 310 individuals. Saimaa Seals reside only in Lake Saimaa in southern Finland. Breeding success of Saimaa ringed seal depends on sufficient ice and …
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Angelshark (Squatina squatina) – It is believed to be extinct across most of its former range
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Beluga Sturgeon (Huso huso) – Population decline of over 90% in the past three generations
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Abbott’s booby (Papasula abbotti) – About 6,000 individuals
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Amsterdam Albatross (Diomedea amsterdamensis) – About 130 individuals, with 80 adults
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Bluefin Tuna
Bluefin tuna faces a devastating future and a devastating future for a species means an uncertain future for all of us. The increasing voracious appetite for sushi and sashimi, the greed and the lack of a governmental organisation able to …
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Sharks
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Overfishing: Oceans Are Dying
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We Need to Stop Eating the Oceans
By Captain Paul Watson. The Oceans are like the Goose that Laid the Golden Egg. As long as it was alive it laid a golden egg each day but then the greedy farmer decided to kill it to get all the …
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The World of 2108
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7 Billion Beasts
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Lex Natura
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Farewell, Little Porpoise