Ocean Sentry
Overfishing, illegal practices and plastic pollution threaten to wipe out sharks and rays in the Mediterranean Sea, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) warned on Friday.
July, 2019
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14 July
Bulgarian dolphin deaths could be linked to illegal fishing
The discovery of a headless baby dolphin on a Bulgarian beach recently shocked holidaymakers and pushed an old story back into the headlines.
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14 July
Horrifying video shows Indonesian locals riding distressed sea turtle
A disturbing video of Indonesian locals riding a clearly distressed giant sea turtle has surfaced.
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12 July
Rare shark ends up on dinner tables in Cagayan de Oro village
A rare shark that was entangled in a fisherman’s net off Macabalan Bay in this city last week ended up being slaughtered and eaten by residents, a fisheries official said.
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11 July
Coral reefs shifting away from equator
The researchers found that the number of young corals on tropical reefs has declined by 85 percent—and doubled on subtropical reefs—during the last four decades. “Climate change seems to be redistributing coral reefs, the same way it is shifting many other marine species”.
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11 July
Oil spill hits largest breeding population of African penguin
Experts said an unknown number of penguins had been affected on the rocky, uninhabited island, which is home to the largest breeding colony of endangered African penguins in the world.
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10 July
Clownfish reproduction threatened by artificial light in coral reefs
The popular story about a clownfish that got lost at sea in the movie Finding Nemo could have a much darker sequel—as artificial light in coral reefs leaves the famous fish unable to reproduce offspring, according to a new study.
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10 July
Study warns carbon-saturated oceans are headed toward tipping point — and could unleash mass extinction event
The continuous accumulation of carbon dioxide in the planet’s oceans—which shows no sign of stopping due to humanity’s relentless consumption of fossil fuels—is likely to trigger a chemical reaction in Earth’s carbon cycle similar to those which happened just before mass extinction events, according to a new study.
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9 July
Noise from ships induces stress-related changes in mussels
A new study has found that mussels are impacted on a molecular level by the sounds of ship motors. Researchers discovered that fluctuating noise levels in their environment cause mussels to experience stress, which was detected through changes in their DNA integrity.
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8 July
90% of Sri Lanka’s coral reefs dead: Officials
Sri Lanka, rich in coral reefs, had lost 90 percent of its corals in recent years mainly due to illegal fishing methods such as bottom trawling and dynamite blasting, excessive climate change and high levels of pollution dumped into the seas.
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8 July
Endangered sea lions devastated by New Zealand’s squid industry
A sixth sea lion has died after being entrapped in a squid trawling net off the coast of New Zealand last week. This particular species is only found in and around New Zealand and has only about 12,000 individuals total.
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5 July
Anchorage hits 90 degrees for first time in recorded history
With Alaska in the midst of an unprecedented heat wave that experts say is driven by the climate crisis, Anchorage—the state’s largest city—reached an all-time high temperature of 90 degrees on Thursday.