Ocean Sentry
(From fijitimes.com) – Global warming will kill more birds, says the International Birdlife Program in Fiji. He said changes in ocean currents (due to climate change) were likely to reduce the productivity of the world”s oceans meaning less food would be available for seabirds. Birdlife seabird program manager Steve Cranwell …
July, 2008
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13 July
Shipping Companies, Engineer Arraigned On Charges Of Dumping Oil And Acid
(From independent.com.mt) – A Maltese shipping company, a Greek ship operator and an engineer pleaded not guilty in a federal court in San Francisco last week to charges of illegally dumping oil sludge and acid into the ocean and lying about it in the ship’s records. The defendants are accused …
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13 July
Tailless Dolphin Fitted For New Fin In Florida
(From fortmilltimes.com) Clearwater, Florida – A dolphin that has survived the loss of her powerful tail flukes has been fitted for another new fin at a Florida nonprofit marine animal rescue center. She was a frail, dehydrated 3-month-old when she came to the hospital in December 2005. A fisherman found …
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13 July
Twin Threat Heightens Flamingo’s Plight
(From surfbirds.com) – A second major threat is facing endangered lesser flamingos in Africa after the announcement of development plans close to a man-made breeding site, built less than two years ago to help reverse the birds” decline. Kamfers Dam near Kimberley, South Africa, is the only nesting site for …
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13 July
Getting A Lesson In Ocean Noise Pollution
(From sfgate.com) San Francisco Bay – Around 8 a.m. Saturday, 51 people, five California sea lion yearlings and a pug named Capt. Meatball headed out for the Farallon Islands. The trip, dubbed the Vessel Watch Project, was organized by San Francisco Bay Whale Watching and Seaflow, a nonprofit group that …
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13 July
The Only Diet for a Peacemaker Is a Vegetarian Diet
(From alternet.org) Vegetarianism a key ingredient in the new life of peace, compassion and nonviolence. Much of our potable water and much of our fossil fuel supply is wasted on rearing chickens, pigs, and other animals for humans to eat. And over 50 percent of forests worldwide have been cleared …
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13 July
Cutting CO2 Could Save Dying Corals
(From ipsnews.net) Fort Lauderdale, U.S. – The rapid decline of coral reefs around the world offers a potent warning that entire ecosystems can collapse due to human activities, although there is hope for reefs if immediate action is taken, coral experts agreed at the conclusion of a five-day international meeting …
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12 July
No ice in North Pole
(From nation.ittefaq.com) – There could briefly be no ice at the North Pole this summer – an event that would mark a new stage in the melting of the Arctic ice sheets due to global warming, say experts. “The reason here is that the North Pole area right now is …
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12 July
Plunderers Having a Ball in Our Oceans
(From int.iol.co.za) Tens of millions of rands worth of rock lobster and Patagonian toothfish is poached along SA”s south coast every year. The poached fish is frozen, secretly exported and sold at exorbitant prices to restaurants abroad. This comes despite reports that the availability of the resource had increased after …
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12 July
Seabirds Quit Nest Over Food
(From mirror.co.uk) Seabirds such as the guillemot and kittiwake are struggling to breed again this year because of a shortage of food. The RSPB said climate change had affected birds” food sources, with fewer fish available for them to eat. As a result, cliffs which should be teeming with birds …
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12 July
12-Year-Old Sealers’ Trial in Court This Month
(From thewesternstar.com) A case that is setting Canadian legal history is slated to be called in provincial court in Corner Brook Tuesday. Judge Wayne Gorman’s courtroom will be the site for the trial of 15 sealers who were charged 12 years ago with allegedly selling blueback seal pelts. The 12-year …
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11 July
Pygmy Killer Whales Continue to Improve After Being Stranded Near Boca Grande in June
(From news-press.com)- The condition of the pygmy killer whales brought to Mote’s Dolphin and Whale Hospital on June 16 after being stranded near Boca Grande continues to improve, though both are still considered to be in critical condition. One of the whales, nicknamed “Pete” after the boat captain who found …