Ocean Sentry
New tests have found a wide range of previously undiscovered contaminants in polar bears around Hudson Bay.
October, 2017
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24 October
Dead North Atlantic right whale found on Nashawena Island
The carcass of a North Atlantic right whale has been found on the coast of Nashawena Island, marking the 16th known death of the rare animals this year, according to a Facebook post Monday by the International Fund for Animal Welfare.
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23 October
Right whales could be 20 years away from certain extinction, say scientists
Scientists at an annual meeting for North Atlantic right whales estimate the species has a little over two decades left to survive unless changes are made immediately.
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23 October
More acidic oceans ‘will affect all sea life’
All sea life will be affected because carbon dioxide emissions from modern society are making the oceans more acidic, a major new report will say.
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20 October
Rivers carry plastic debris into the sea
Every year, millions of tons of plastic debris ends up in the sea. The path taken by plastic to reach the sea must be elucidated before it will be possible to reduce the volume of plastic input.
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19 October
Forest the size of ’54 football fields’ to be sacrificed for Vadodara-Mumbai expressway
Another 95 hectares of pristine forest between Thane and Palghar is set to be sacrificed for the proposed 379-km long Vadodara-Mumbai Expressway, which will run parallel to the existing Mumbai-Ahmedabad Highway.
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19 October
Illegal fishing detrimental to species, sea turtle concern
Illegal fishing by locals during the night hours has become detrimental to some species while endangering nesting sea turtles.
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19 October
Researchers push for action as Newfoundland seabirds vanish: ‘It’s shameful’
The small nocturnal birds known as Leach’s storm petrels are a telling symbol of ocean health. But they’ve vanished in the millions since offshore oil production started 20 years ago in the North Atlantic east of St. John’s, N.L., and no one’s sure why.
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19 October
How climate change is affecting polar fish at the tip of a warming world
Fish have been migrating to cooler water over the last several decades as the ocean warms. But in Antarctica, the coldest place on the planet, polar species have nowhere to go.
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19 October
Once common along Maharashtra coast, sawfish face extinction
Study finds 80% decline over 3 generations.
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19 October
Lake Baikal: world’s deepest lake undergoing crisis due to pollution and poaching
Lake Baikal in Siberia, is undergoing its gravest crisis in recent history, according to experts, as the government bans the catching of a signature fish, which has lived in the world’s deepest lake for centuries but is now under threat.
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19 October
Harvey runoff menaces Texas’ coral reefs
The more than 13 trillion gallons of floodwater from Hurricane Harvey have created a massive plume of freshwater in the Gulf of Mexico that is threatening the coral reefs of the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary about 100 miles offshore of Galveston.