Ocean Sentry

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. 

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. 

Expert Steven Amstrup says ‘the longer the sea ice is gone from the productive zone the tougher it is on the bears’. 

“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.” 

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.  

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.