Ocean Sentry
The amount of untreated grey water dumped in Canadian Arctic waters is projected to double by 2035, if left unregulated, this new report commissioned by World Wildlife Fund Canada shows.
August, 2018
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23 August
Footage shows volunteers struggling to stop waves of garbage washing ashore in Manila Bay
Student volunteers who set out to clean up Manila’s waterfront found themselves being battered by waves of rubbish driven ashore by heavy seas in Manila Bay.
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22 August
This fish outlived dinosaurs but oil and gas drilling may threaten its survival
Oil exploration is set to begin near the habitat of the critically endangered coelacanth, a type of fish that has survived over 400 million years.
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21 August
Arctic’s strongest sea ice breaks up for first time on record
Usually frozen waters open up twice this year in phenomenon scientists described as scary.
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21 August
Colombia’s improbable reef offers hope for coral worldwide
Just off the shore of the city of Cartagena, home of one of Colombia’s biggest ports, lies a coral reef that campaigners are furiously battling to protect. Please, join the campaign to save the reef!
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20 August
‘Abrupt thaw’ of permafrost beneath lakes could significantly affect climate change models
Methane released by thawing permafrost from some Arctic lakes could significantly accelerate climate change, according to a new study.
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18 August
Scientists find titanium dioxide from sunscreen is polluting beaches
Scientists have found that sunscreen from bathers releases significant quantities of polluting TiO2 (titanium dioxide) into the sea. This has the potential to harm marine life.
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17 August
Heartbreaking image of a decomposed green sea turtle with the plastic net that killed it still wrapped around its shell
The body of the green sea turtle has completely decomposed – but the plastic netting remains in tact months later.
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17 August
Climate change multiplies harmful marine heatwaves
The number of days marked by potentially destructive ocean heatwaves has doubled in 35 years, and will multiply another five-fold at current rates of climate change, scientists warned Wednesday.
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15 August
It’s not only ‘red tide’ what is killing marine life in Florida
A red tide – bloom of harmful algae – is a natural phenomenon in saline waters caused by a higher than normal concentration of microscopic algae.
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9 August
‘Living fossil’ fish that outlived the dinosaurs could be killed off by plastic in our oceans, after one is found choked to death by a crisp packet
The coelacanth died after a crisp packet wrapped around its intestines.
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8 August
Mumbai’s marine life swimming in troubled waters
After four dolphins were washed ashore in July alone, one simply couldn’t help but think if it was a coincidence that sea animals were getting beached suddenly, or was it something else.