Ocean Sentry
Hundreds of marine animal species living on North American continental shelves will be forced to shift their ranges further north as a result of climate change, according to a study published today (May 16) in PLOS ONE.
May, 2018
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16 May
More mangroves burnt, destroyed for farming; Greens urge state to protect all mangroves
A vast patch of healthy mangroves in Roadpali, Taloja (Navi Mumbai), has been illegally burnt and destroyed by unidentified people to start farming after clearing the wetlands. Environmentalists are seeing a pattern in this type of wetlands destruction, which leads to land grabbing.
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15 May
In Madagascar, fishermen plant mangroves for the future
“I didn’t know that fish lay their eggs in the mangrove,” said Samuel Razafimamonjy, 59, another volunteer.
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15 May
Destruction of native Australian forest approved despite threat posed to neighbouring Great Barrier Reef
Experts have cautioned that runoff caused by the clearing is likely to damage the neighbouring Great Barrier Reef, and the forest itself is home to endangered species including the northern quoll.
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10 May
Earth just soared past yet another climate change milestone
Carbon dioxide levels never exceeded 300 ppm at any point in the past 800,000 years, according to the Scripps CO2 Program, which funds the Mauna Loa observations.
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10 May
The Baltic Sea as a time machine
The scientists argue that changes that are only expected for the future in the global ocean can already be observed in the Baltic today.
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9 May
Coral Triangle at risk
Bottom-trawling, a method where nets are dragged across the sea floor capturing both, grown-ups and hatchlings, is still prevalent in the region, exacerbating the decline of fish populations, which have plummeted up to 95 percent since the 1960s.
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4 May
Bull sharks and bottlenose dolphins are moving north as the ocean warms
Far from their usual tropical waters, some 200 bottlenose dolphins and about 70 false killer whales have been spotted off the western coast of Canada’s Vancouver Island.
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3 May
Weeds take over kelp in high CO2 oceans
Weedy plants will thrive and displace long-lived, ecologically valuable kelp forests under forecast ocean acidification, new research from the University of Adelaide shows.
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3 May
Climate change to cause dramatic drop in Persian Gulf biodiversity and fisheries potential
The Persian Gulf, also known as the Arabian Gulf, may lose up to 12 per cent of its marine biodiversity in some areas before the end of the century if countries in the region do not take measures to address climate change.
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3 May
Everglades under threat as Florida’s mangroves face death by rising sea level
Florida’s mangroves have been forced into a hasty retreat by sea level rise and now face being drowned, imperiling coastal communities and the prized Everglades wetlands, researchers have found.
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2 May
Online campaign to protect wetlands, mangroves, hills in Mumbai metropolitan region
City-based activists have started an online campaign for the protection and preservation of wetlands, mangroves, hills in Navi Mumbai, Thane and Mumbai regions.