Ocean Sentry
Beluga whales that spend summers feeding in the Arctic are diving deeper and longer to find food than in earlier years, when sea ice covered more of the ocean for longer periods, according to a new analysis.
February, 2018
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20 February
Global sea level to rise by up to 1.2 metres despite Paris agreement, say scientists
Even if we stop emitting today, the effects of our past emissions will be felt for centuries to come and every year that we delay action has consequences for the future.
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20 February
Costa Rica prepares to export more than 10 tons of hammerhead shark fins
Twenty-two marine conservation NGOs from around the world consider any attempt to export the fins a violation of CITES and therefore a major threat to the survival of hammerhead sharks.
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20 February
Biodiversity loss raises risk of ‘extinction cascades’
New research shows that the loss of biodiversity can increase the risk of “extinction cascades”, where an initial species loss leads to a domino effect of further extinctions.
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20 February
Natural protected area in southern Chiapas suffering from lack of protection
A natural protected area in southern Chiapas appears to be protected in name only as some 60 clandestine garbage dumps, 57 sewage outlets, illegal human settlements and heavy industrial activity are having a negative impact on the surrounding marshlands.
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20 February
27 Risso’s dolphins slaughtered while 9 taken for a life in captivity: Taiji
A pod of 36 Risso’s dolphins was destroyed today. 9 were taken for captivity while 27 had their lives extinguished.
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20 February
African penguins succumb to avian flu in the Cape
African penguins have succumbed to the highly pathogenic H5N8 avian flu along the coastline of the Western Cape.
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19 February
Horrified park ranger discovers 14 slaughtered baby sharks left mutilated and laid out on a rock wall
Dead baby sharks have been found mutilated and lined up in rows along the rock wall of a popular headland near the Queensland border of NSW.
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19 February
Carbon dioxide ‘dissolves starfish’, study finds
Scientists believe carbon dioxide from industry and land run off could cause irreparable damage to marine ecosystems.
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19 February
Four dolphins lost their freedom today, stolen from the ocean, all for profit and “entertainment”
There is no rest for the dolphins migrating by the coast of Taiji. Today, a pod of Pacific white sided dolphins were driven towards the Taiji harbor.
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19 February
Tourists appalled by slaughter of shark and manta rays
It was a heart-wrenching Chinese New Year celebration for Sabah’s shark conservationist Adderick Chong as pictures of the slaughter of oceanic manta ray emerged after a lull from the diving havens of Pulau Mabul.
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18 February
Japanese fishermen pick 5 dolphins for aquarium life; the rest driven back to the open ocean
Today, a pod of eight bottlenose dolphins, including a mother and calf, fought valiantly for their freedom. The dolphin hunters relentlessly pursued them, assaulting their senses with noise.