New Brief Available: Ocean Hypoxia-’Dead Zones’
Issue Brief: Ocean Hypoxia – ‘Dead Zones’ 15 May 2013 Summary During the last few decades, anthropogenic inputs of excess nutrients into the coastal environment, from agricultural activities and wastewater, have dramatically increased the occurrence of coastal eutrophication and hypoxia…. Read More ›
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Whale & Turtle Entanglement-Free Aquafarm
From Cape Cod Online By Mary Ann Bragg mbragg@capecodonline.com May 18, 2013 PROVINCETOWN — A new 50-acre area in Cape Cod Bay off Provincetown and Truro could provide income for shellfish growers. But a popular, floating method for oyster… Read More ›
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Ocean Activists Call For Calif. Central Coast Marine Sanctuary
By Andrew Christie, Director, Santa Lucia Chapter of the Sierra Club At the November 14, 2012, meeting of the California Coastal Commission in Santa Monica, with the final permit for PG&E’s potentially devastating high-energy offshore seismic survey hanging in the… Read More ›
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1st Time Human Pandemic Strain Found In Northern Elephant Seals
Editor’s note: Northern Elephant Seals lack genetic diversity due to the near extinction hunt of the species during the late 1800′s for their oil–which was used for lighting, women’s makeup and leather pulleys and tooling. From UC Davis May… Read More ›
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World’s Fish Migrating to Cooler Waters
William Cheung, Daniel Pauly and their colleagues at the University of British Columbia looked at 52 distinct marine ecosystems that cover most of the world’s coastal and shelf areas. Even after accounting for the impact of fishing and wide variations in the oceans that cover 71 percent of the planet, water temperatures rose steadily each decade between 1970 and 2006.
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Ten Million Pounds of Trash Cleaned Of 17,719 Miles of Coastline
By Erika Bolstad — McClatchy Washington Bureau, May 15, 2013 WASHINGTON — It’s a beach bummer. Shorelines worldwide are clogged with trash, so much so that during their annual cleanup last year, volunteers with the Ocean Conservancy picked up… Read More ›
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Gray Whale Sighting South of Equator
From the Environment Blog, May 14, 2013 Astonishing news from Walvis Bay, Namibia, where scientists from the Namibian Dolphin project on Tuesday confirmed the sighting of a grey whale. Not only has this north Pacific species been extinct in… Read More ›
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Ten Million Pounds of Trash Cleaned Of 17,719 Miles of Coastline
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Blue Vision Summit Registration Still Open
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A Wave of Change with Climate Change
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Hawaii’s Coral Reefs “In Crisis”
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Protecting the Coral Triangle
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Whale & Turtle Entanglement-Free Aquafarm
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Australian Government Releases Images of Fishnet Trapped Seals
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PCB Contamination in North Caroline Watershed and Fish
May 14, 2013
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Endangered Whales Killed in Drift Gillnets Off Pacific West Coast
April 23, 2013
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Entangled Whale Reported Off of Santa Barbara Coast
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Hotline for Entangled Marine Animals in Maryland Waters
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A 1000-Word Photo
May 10, 2013
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Theory on California Sea Lion Mass Strandings
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Pesky Plastics Problematic for the Great Lakes
April 9, 2013
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Unilever to End Use of “Plastic Micro Beads”
January 8, 2013
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Plastic Art Defines the Plastic in Oceans
December 20, 2012
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Plastics “Suffocating the World”
November 27, 2012
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Sylvia Earle Urges a Rethink on Fish as Food
April 3, 2013
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Climate Change Impacts Gray Whale Sustainability Concern
December 3, 2012
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New Brief Available: Ocean Hypoxia-’Dead Zones’
May 20, 2013
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Scientists Stumped on Sea Lion Strandings
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Otters, Dolphins: Polluted Waters are “Death by a Million Cuts”
April 13, 2013
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Nigerian Writer Paints the Plastic Picture
April 12, 2013
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Marine Protected Areas (MPA) Succeeding
April 23, 2013
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Ocean Acidification Dissolving Marine Snail Shells
November 27, 2012
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Marine Mammals on NMFS “Take” List for Seismic Survey
September 20, 2012
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Seaborn Rubbish Trashes Once Pristine Beaches and Sea
February 1, 2012
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Ocean Activists Call For Calif. Central Coast Marine Sanctuary
May 17, 2013
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Oceana Assesses Atlantic Coast Seismic Impact
April 16, 2013
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Pink Dolphins Disappearing in Hong Kong Waters
May 5, 2013
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Alaksa Lawmakers Roll Back Cruise Ship Wastewater Standards
February 20, 2013
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Blame It On Laguna Beach
June 14, 2012
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Is Spiritual Connection To Planet The Cure?
October 15, 2009
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Louisiana’s Dead Zones Linked to Iowa Farm Runoff
October 29, 2012
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What About Sea Otters & Seismic Blasts?
October 26, 2012
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Gray Whale Numbers Up While Artic Ring Seals Suffer
December 29, 2011
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What Would You Say To A Northern Elephant Seal?
May 5, 2011
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World Oceans Day, June 8
June 7, 2012
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New Weapons of Sperm Whale Slaughter: Plastics, Plastic Bags, Carcinogens
February 10, 2012
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Gray Whale Sighting South of Equator
May 14, 2013
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Maritime Group Set Noise Guidelines For Whale Protection
April 8, 2013
