Campaigners on Friday urged a court in Japan to halt so-called “drive hunting” of dolphins in the country as part of an unprecedented lawsuit that argues the practice violates Japanese law.
May, 2019
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22 May
Plastics study finds age, size does matter for marine life
That’s small enough to make it into a petrel’s stomach but too large to make it out of the small intestine, which can cause a blockage resulting in death.
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22 May
Another gray whale found dead in Alaska, this time near Cordova
Nearly 60 gray whales have been reported dead from Mexico to Alaska. Many were skinny and malnourished.
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21 May
Baby Mediterranean monk seal dies after being caught in fishermen net
Aphrodite, a 5-month-old seal born in Akamas, was found dead in the sea off Kato Paphos, Cyprus. The Mediterranean monk seal, Monachus monachus, is the most endangered type of seal in the world and the only type in the Mediterranean.
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21 May
A quarter of West Antarctica’s ice is now unstable, study finds
New findings released on Thursday reveal that a quarter of the ice sheets in West Antarctica, the most vulnerable part of the continent, have destabilized. Ice loss has sped up fivefold across the region’s most imperiled glaciers in just 25 years.
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20 May
Tuna brands accused of making false “dolphin-safe” claims
The suits say Chicken of the Sea, StarKist and Bumble Bee Foods all use fishing methods that kill or harm a substantial number of dolphins each year.
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18 May
Drilling the seabed below Earth’s most powerful ocean current
The Antarctic Circumpolar Current is the planet’s most powerful and arguably most important. But much is still not known about how it works, including how it might now respond to human-induced climate change.
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18 May
Study dives deep into saving endangered shark
One of the smallest mackerel sharks is the porbeagle—on average less than two meters long—and it’s one of the most critically endangered species of shark, too.
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17 May
Grey whale deaths on West Coast may be linked to Arctic warmth
Plenty of evidence points to a food problem in the whales’ summering grounds in the Arctic Circle.
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17 May
414 million pieces of plastic found on remote island group in Indian Ocean
On the beaches of the tiny Cocos (Keeling) Islands, population 600, marine scientists found 977,000 shoes and 373,000 toothbrushes.
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17 May
Around 18 little penguins mauled to death
The carcasses have been taken to Launceston for an autopsy but it’s understood the deaths are consistent with a dog attack.
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16 May
Russia to release killer whales in new habitat, despite expert advice
Russia is to free captured killer whales over the next month, but will not return them to their original habitat despite expert advice, a scientist said Wednesday.