Ocean Sentry
A new report offers a dramatic look at Arctic species being pushed toward extinction by rapid climate change. “Extinction: It’s Not Just for Polar Bears” documents 17 Arctic animals, from Arctic foxes to whales to plankton, struggling to survive the effects of climate change and ocean acidification. It was produced …
September, 2010
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15 September
Lawsuit Launched to Save Tuna Imperiled by Overfishing, Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill
The Center for Biological Diversity today formally notified the National Marine Fisheries Service it intends to sue the agency for failing to respond to a petition to protect Atlantic bluefin tuna. The tuna, which migrates across the Atlantic to spawn in the Gulf of Mexico, faces extinction due to severe …
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7 September
Seafood stewardship questionable: UBC-Scripps experts
The world”s most established fisheries certifier is failing on its promises as rapidly as it gains prominence, according the world”s leading fisheries experts from the University of British Columbia (UBC), Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California at San Diego and elsewhere. Established in 1997 by the World …
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3 September
Oceans on brink of mass extinction: study
Climate change, over-fishing and other human impacts have pushed the oceans to the brink of a mass extinction that could take tens of millions of years to recover from, an Australian scientist says. Dr John Alroy from Macquarie University in Sydney has used the fossil record of the ocean, dating …
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1 September
Horseshoe Crab Populations Declining Due to Climate Change
Experts at the United States Geological Survey (USGS) announce the results of a new study they conducted on horseshoe crabs, which revealed that these creatures are in constant decline due to climate change. The team reveals that it used genomics and related analysis tools in order to figure out the …
August, 2010
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26 August
Corals being illegally extracted
What seems to be an easy source of making a living for some is having a detrimental effect on our environment and our marine life. Fijivillage has witnessed that corals extracted from the Suva Harbour and the Beqa waters are being sold along the Highway between Suva and Navua…
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20 August
Satellites show mangrove forest loss even worse than estimated
New satellite data shows that human actions are wiping out mangrove forests even faster than previous bleak estimates. Conducted by the US Geological Survey and NASA, the researchers found that mangroves comprise 12.3 percent less area than previously estimated. In total, satellites reveal that mangrove forests cover approximately 53,290 square …
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18 August
Researchers Say 80% of Oil Spill Stay on the Gulf’s Seafloor
Researchers from University of Georgia found out that almost 80 percent of the oil blown up from the broken well of BP remained and settled on the seafloor in the gulf. Scientists are still monitoring the waters along the Gulf of Mexico, to evaluate and see what will be the …
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18 August
‘Over-fishing’ threatens Egypt’s Mediterranean, Red Sea coasts
Egypt may face economic and environmental disaster if its waterways continue to be fished beyond sustainable levels, environmental experts say. “Over-fishing” via net-fishing in the Mediterranean Sea has decimated fish populations, while the same form of fishing continues to destroy the Red Sea”s fragile ecosystems, endangering coral reefs and the …
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17 August
Indian Ocean corals walloped by warming
A dramatic rise in sea surface temperatures off Indonesian has resulted in a large-scale coral bleaching event and the death of up to 80 percent of coral cover. Rising water temperatures stress corals. If stressed enough, they expel their plant symbionts…
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16 August
Costa Rican Boat Seized for Illegal Fishing in Galapagos
The Ecuadorian navy seized the Costa Rican fishing boat Rosa I with a cargo of shark meat in the Galapagos Islands and is investigating whether the vessel caught the fish within the archipelago, where shark fishing is banned. The fishing boat was stopped about 104 nautical miles northwest of Darwin …
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15 August
Tons of dumped rubbish threatening to devastate Scots sealife
Scotland”s seas are dying beneath a tidal wave of rubbish, marine scientists warned yesterday. Some of Scotland”s rarest birds and sealife face being wiped out because of the tons of trash being discarded in the waves. Now marine experts want people to vote to protect their favourite sea life. One …