Ocean Sentry
Last Friday, August 29, between 20 y 30 pilot whales were killed in the village of Hvalvík in the Faroe Islands.
August, 2019
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5 August
Two percent of all North Atlantic right whales have died in the last two months
A Canadian surveillance plane was scanning the waters of Gulf of St. Lawrence when it made a grisly discovery: The carcass of a North Atlantic right whale, one of some 400 remaining in the world, was drifting in the current, much of its skin sloughed off.
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2 August
Greenland has massive ice melt after European heatwave
More than 10 billion tonnes of ice was lost to the oceans by surface melting on Wednesday alone, creating a net mass ice loss of about 197 billion tonnes from Greenland in July.
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2 August
Rare vaquita porpoise ‘extinct within a year’
One of the world’s most endangered animals could face extinction within a year if illegal fishing nets continue to be used, it has been claimed.
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2 August
Point Lay sees earliest walrus haul out ever
The haul-outs are associated with declining sea ice due to climate change. This summer, the Chukchi Sea saw the lowest ice extent on record for July, according to the Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy.
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2 August
Siberia forest fires spark potential ‘disaster’ for Arctic
As fires sweep across millions of hectares enveloping entire cities in black smoke and noxious fumes, environmentalists warn of a disaster threatening to accelerate the melting of the Arctic.
July, 2019
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31 July
Non-lethal impacts of seabirds’ plastic ingestion
The study found that the simple presence of plastic was enough to cause negative consequences, regardless of the amount.
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30 July
Go inside a penguin rescue center with new 360 video
Native to the coast of South Africa and Namibia, African penguin numbers have declined precipitously in the last few decades, from 56,000 breeding pairs in 2001 to approximately 20,000 pairs today.
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30 July
Britain exports more than 50 tonnes of shark fins in two years
More than 50 tonnes of shark fins worth hundreds of thousands of pounds have been exported from Britain over the past two years, a Greenpeace UK investigation has revealed.
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30 July
Sick trophy hunters pose beside polar bear kills as thousands slaughtered
Experts say this shocking animal tourism craze for the rich is on the rise with more than 5,000 of the magnificent creatures slayed for sport in Canada’s area of the Arctic Circle in recent years.
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29 July
We just used up all of Earth’s resources for the year, and it’s only July
This year, July 29th marks Earth Overshoot Day – the date on which we’ve burnt through the amount of resources our planet can renew in a year.
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27 July
Europe’s heat wave threatens record melting of Greenland ice sheet
A heatwave has shot up temperatures in Europe to new highs. Now, it’s set to continue moving north to Greenland. And that’s bad news for the ice sheets, the World Meteorological Organization reports.