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Oceana Launches Six-Figure Ad Campaign at Start of Copenhagen Talks
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Goal is to highlight Ocean Acidification Impacts and Solutions to Policy MakersWASHINGTON – Oceana, an international ocean conservation group, launched a new six-figure advertising campaign on December 1, designed to influence policy makers arriving in Copenhagen for the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP ...17 hours ago -
Japanese "scientific whaling" fleet departs
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Greenpeace witnesses the killing of whales in the Southern Ocean by the Yushin Maru and the Kyo Maru No.1 ships of the Japanese whaling fleet, and the transfer of the whales to the Nisshin Maru factory ship. A sign on the whaling ship reads "Greenpeace Misleads You!" Greenpeace is using every available means to bring ...1 day ago -
Empirical evidence: Arctic ice sheets thinner and softer
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On site observers find Arctic ice thinner, softer than satellite data indicated.6 days ago -
Olive the Otter
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Olive the Sea otter/ Credit California Department of Fish & Game In February, Maureen Hart and her family saw something in the distance on Sunset State beach in Santa Cruz. At first, they thought it was driftwood, but as they got closer they realized it was a young sea otter, its body covered in tarry oil. ...1 week ago -
Peak oil panic? Dubai or not Dubai?
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Dubais oil reserve are dwindling and now their rampant investment program has hit a rock.1 week ago -
Climate scientists saying global warming trend is worsening
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Global warming is accelerating says international group of climate scientists.1 week ago -
Another oil spill kills and injures sea birds
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A surf scoter found near the San Leandro Marina / Credit Nils Warnock, Oiled Wildlife Care Network (OWCN) Another oil spill has occurred, this time in the San Francisco Bay. And once again it barely made the news, at least nationally. The San Francisco Chronicle reported in early November that a Panamanian ...1 week ago -
Learn about the shark fin trade with Shark Truth and Wild Rice
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This is Harry the shark, the cute but melancholy mascot for Shark Truth . I’ve only gotten to know him in the past few months, having been previously unaware of what’s been going on with him and his kin. At the time that we met, this is what I thought I knew about sharks : The whale shark is the largest ...3 weeks ago -
Celebrate Steve Irwin Day Nov 15th!
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Celebrate Steve Irwin Day November 15th! /Credit: DCL I remember vividly when I found out about the tragic death of Steve Irwin, September 4th, 2006. I’d stayed up after midnight writing but before bed, I checked the news online. Across the page I saw, “Breaking News” – Steve Irwin reported dead. I ...3 weeks ago -
Greenland becomes green land; Brazil gets good news
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Greenland ice sheets are melting faster.3 weeks ago -
Funky new ghostshark species found
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The Eastern Pacific black ghostshark, a chimaera, is new to science/ Photo Courtesy Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute ( MBARI ) Science has a new cartilaginous fish species, “a big weird looking freaky thing,” says Ichthyologist Douglas Long, Research Associate from the California Academy of Sciences ...3 weeks ago -
Albatrosses feed on giant garbage patch
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Have you read about the gigantic patch of garbage - mostly plastic - floating in the Pacific Ocean? When I say gigantic, I mean huge, ginormous, massive, sprawling, mind-blowingly large. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch actually consists of two patches, in fact: the Western Garbage Patch east of Japan and west of ...3 weeks ago -
RTSea Blog: peruse archive while the author is on assignment
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I will be on assignment for the next week, out to sea, so take this opportunity to catch up on any past postings in this blog or check out some of the other blogs listed below in the right hand column. Writing the RTSea Blog has been very rewarding but difficult at times; there are so many important subjects to ...3 weeks ago -
Working With The Funzi Turtle Club (Day 1)
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This past Wednesday found the GVI marine team travelling from Wasini Island to Funzi Island for two days of training with the Funzi Bay Turtle Club, a local community effort to save endangered sea turtles. Currently there are about 30 members in the club, 20 of which, including the chair, are females from this ...3 weeks ago -
This is going to blow some fuses among global warming deniers
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Christians campaing for global warming action.3 weeks ago -
Rising sea levels and rising levels of anxiety
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You cant negotiate with the laws of physics.3 weeks ago -
Antarctic science denies global warming deniers
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Antarctic sediment core shows this global warming is unprecedented.3 weeks ago -
Arctic U.S. Waters: off limits to commercial fishing in December
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Heres another press release, this time from Oceana.org , regarding the closing of U.S. waters north of Alaskas Bering Strait to commercial fishing (the Arctic Fishery Management Plan ) . The federal closing recognizes the lack of sufficient scientific data on fish populations and the impact from climate change, ...4 weeks ago -
Sea slime killing seabirds off Oregon and Washington
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Wildlife rescue teams wash sea slime off a loon Photo Courtesy Paul Kelway/IBRRC Thousands of seabirds have now died in the Pacific Northwest over the past several weeks, in a near repeat of what occurred in California’s Monterey Bay in November 2007. The cause? A strange foamy sea slime has covered stretches ...4 weeks ago -
Boat alarms may help save manatees
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A Florida Manatee in the Homosassa River in Florida Copyright (c) 2000 Wendee Holtcamp The gentle “sea cow” or Florida manatee ( Trichechus manatus latirostrus ) – a subspecies of West Indian manatee – thrives on aquatic vegetation in the spring-fed rivers and shallow marine and estuarine waters off of ...4 weeks ago
