published January 28, 2011 and has No Comments
Photo by AnnieGreenSprings via Flickr Creative Commons Dr. Gregory Stone, Senior Vice President and Chief Ocean Scientist for Conservation International, gave an inspiring TED talk during the Mission Blue Voyage called "Saving The Ocean, One Island at a Time" during which he explained how a new strategy for protecting Kiribati's waters could be scaled to fit many other areas ...
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published January 12, 2011 and has No Comments
Photo: Ben Raines Many newly discovered species require a jeweler's loupe to appreciate -- but with this one, you might actually have to take a few steps backwards. Ten years ago, researchers stumbled across an incredible giant pink jellyfish in the Gulf of Mexico, with 70-foot-long tentacles capable of ensnaring dozens of victims at once. So remarkable was their ...
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published January 10, 2011 and has No Comments
Image: mySupermarket Continuing its unofficial role as a fishing industry watchdog, Greenpeace is calling attention to the most environmentally destructive tuna brand in England, a Japanese company that uses destructive fishing methods while falsely claiming sustainability. The organization recently criticized the Marine Stewardship Council for handing out
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published January 5, 2011 and has No Comments
Image: Seaturtle.org Easier to Protect if We Know Where They're Going The leatherback sea turtle, which is categorized as "critically endangered" on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species , has a mysterious life. We know where its main breeding colonies are located (the largest one is off the coast of Gabon in Central Africa), but until recently, we ...
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published January 5, 2011 and has No Comments
Photo credit: Kevin Krejci / Creative Commons The garbage patch in the Pacific Ocean, formed by discarded debris swept up by ocean currents, is frequently said to be "twice the size of Texas." This description conjures images of floating islands to trash , swirling in a remote part of the ocean, possibly even visible from space. The image is ...
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published January 2, 2011 and has No Comments
Image: For the Sea Productions Can you identify what lurks in the photo above? Is it a starship limping home through darkest space after a battle to the near death? Another newly identified nightmare fish from the ocean depths? Or is it just an ordinary everyday household object? All is revealed when you watch the video embedded below.... Read ...
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published December 22, 2010 and has No Comments
Image via YouTube video The Shanghai Ocean Aquarium in Pudong gave visitors an extra treat when they saw Santa swim past. An employee with the aquarium donned the special suit and hopped in with sharks to raise awareness about the state of ocean biodiversity and the problem of shark finning. Check out a video of the dive after the ...
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published December 22, 2010 and has No Comments
photo via flickr There are a lot predators in Congress, so maybe it's not a total surprise that the Senate has joined the House to protect sharks by banning shark finning, the brutal practice of cutting off a shark's fin and throwing its body back into the sea. Specifically, the " Shark Conservation Act " prevents vessels from coming ...
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published December 15, 2010 and has No Comments
Photo: NASA, Public domain R.I.P. Some things are so massive that they can only be appreciated from the vantage point of space. Many of the giant icebergs that are breaking off Antarctica are drifting Northward (is there any other direction that you can go to from the South pole?) and getting stuck on the shallow continental shelf that surrounds ...
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published December 10, 2010 and has No Comments
Satellite image of bottom trawlers off Louisiana Coast; photo via Wikimedia Commons In a great victory on the path to more sustainable fishing, Oceana has announced Belize banned all forms of bottom trawling in its country waters. Effective December 31, 2010, the incredibly destructive fishing practice will be no more for Belize, helping to preserve its reef system and ...
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