Ocean Sentry
Hours of medical treatment failed to save three weakened pygmy whales, whose stomachs were found to be full of plastic bags and other garbage
March, 2018
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11 March
Mozambique: Tanzanian fishermen arrested for turtle poaching
Mozambique’s Quirimbas National Park authorities in Cabo Delgado province said on Sunday they have arrested over 20 Tanzanian fishermen for allegedly decimating marine turtle in the region.
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11 March
South African bird populations have never been in a worse shape
Waning waterbirds, declining raptors, seabirds under pressure and large terrestrial birds running out of space.
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10 March
India lost 40% of its mangroves in the last century
The sight of the Sundarbans, the world’s largest mangrove forest, straddling India and Bangladesh, is humbling. This biodiversity hotspot is home to 180 species of trees and plants growing within its marshy boundaries.
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10 March
How a team of eco-warriors are trying to restore Puerto Rico’s natural beauty
Puerto Rico’s natural beauty is one of its biggest draws. After Hurricane Maria damaged its ecology, conservationists are trying to restore what’s left of the island’s flora.
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10 March
Carcasses of 23 dolphins washed ashore along Na’pattinam coast
In the past two months, 40 dead dolphins (including the present 23) have been washed ashore in the coastal belt of Nagapattinam district.
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9 March
Warmer, saltier polar water could change global ocean currents
Melting ice shelves are changing the ocean’s chemistry at the South Pole and the result could be a change in global currents and increased glacial melt, according to scientists who are creating maps to feed into climate change models.
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9 March
Olive Ridleys begin mass nesting at Gahiramatha
Mass nesting of Olive Ridleys has started on the tranquil beach of Gahiramatha Marine Sanctuary, the world’s largest rookery of sea turtles.
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9 March
Only 12 vaquita porpoises remain, watchdog group reports
The International Committee for the Recovery of the Vaquita reported in 2017 that there were just 30 vaquita left in the Upper Gulf of California, the body of water that separates Baja California from mainland Mexico and the species’ only known range.
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8 March
New insights into biodiversity hotspots could help protect them from potential deep-sea mining
New insights into animal patterns around extinct submarine volcanoes could inform measures used to protect marine ecosystems from human activities, such as trawling and deep-sea mining.
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8 March
Plastic trash—the new threat for coral reefs worldwide
Coral reefs are not getting a break. On top of climate change and bleaching, now tonnes of plastic trash are making them sick.
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8 March
Study shows decline of shark populations even in remote ‘pristine’ archipelago
A team of researchers with members from the U.S., France and the U.K. has found evidence showing reductions in shark populations in a part of the Indian ocean thought to be nearly pristine—the Chagos archipelago.