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Plastic Ocean Debris the Target of New Calif. Bill
ABC News
8 mentions — 1 day ago
It's a common sight on the nation's beaches: among the sand, sea foam and gnarled kelp lay plastic bottles, bags and other garbage. Each year cleanup crews throughout the U.S. collect millions of pounds of plastic trash from beaches and coastal waterways, with the biggest numbers coming from ...
Washington Passes Legislation to Fight Seafood Fraud
The Beacon: Oceana's Blog
4 mentions — 19 hours ago
Earlier this week, Washington State Governor Jay Inslee signed into law House Bill 1200 (HB 1200), which will begin to tackle seafood fraud throughout the state. Seafood fraud switches out the fish consumers intend to purchase with fish that is cheaper, less sustainable, or even dangerous. Oceana’s recent ...
Airline dumps shark's fin cargo
CNN.com
3 mentions — 21 hours ago
Air New Zealand has become the latest airline to stop flying shipments of shark's fin to Hong Kong, the shark's fin capital of the world.The decision came about after the New Zealand Shark Alliance revealed the airline's shipments in local media."Air New Zealand has taken the decision to ...
Meet the Seven Sea Turtle Species
Smithsonian Ocean Portal
4 mentions — 2 days ago
There are seven species of sea turtles, which are marine reptiles that need to breathe air to survive. Six of the seven species are found in US waters, and the flatback turtle is only found in the Western Indo-Pacific. Most of their lives are spent at sea, with ...
14 Awesome Photos Of Turtles On World Turtle Day.
buzzfeed.com
6 mentions — 2 days ago
Your Post Has Been Launched!Fabulous! Don't forget to share with your friends on Twitter and Facebook.Because Turtles Are Rad. Turtle.posted on May 23, 2013 at 6:26pm EDT Turtles are rad. They are the dinosaurs of the sea; the underwater grandpas that everyone adores. And like any great thing ...
The shocking impacts of plastic pollution in our oceans
EIA International
6 mentions — 1 day ago
We live in an increasingly throw-away society, but what are the true environmental costs of our perfectly packaged products?Since plastic production began in the 1950s, plastic debris has been accumulating in our marine environment. In just one week, from bottled water alone, the US produces enough discarded bottles ...
Net Loss: How We Continually Forget What the Oceans Really Used to Be Like [Excerpt]: Scientific American
scientificamerican.com
4 mentions — 19 hours ago
The phenomenon of shifting baselines means that each generation fails to realize how much worse the oceans are getting Showcasing more than fifty of the most provocative, original, and significant online essays from 2011, The Best Science Writing Online 2012 will change the way...Read More » From The ...
The weirdest square mile of ocean on Earth
washingtonpost.com
7 mentions — 2 days ago
Jason Kottke passes along this video of the Lembeh Strait, which is known to divers as “the planet’s most intriguing and bizarre square mile of ocean floor.”The first creature on display, the Bobbit worm, is the stuff of nightmares. We then move on to hairy frogfish (yes) and ...
Science & Services for Society
NOAA Climate.gov
6 mentions — 2 days ago
In this educational activity, students utilize a set of photographs and a 30 minute video on weather to investigate extreme weather events. They are posed a series of questions that helps them to identify weather conditions that predict various extreme events, and they record their responses on a ...
Baby Whale to Kids: "Play with Me!"
huffingtonpost.com
3 mentions — 19 hours ago
Each year the gray whales migrate from their feeding grounds in the north to their nursery lagoons on the Pacific side of the Baja California where they rear their young -- a time when most species exhibit a high degree of protectiveness. In the 30+ years we've been ...
Refurbished Alvin submersible returns to sea
Nature News Blog
4 mentions — 2 days ago
On 25 May, the research ship Atlantis will leave the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, with Alvin on board, bound for Astoria, Oregon. After a series of Navy certification cruises in September and a scientific verification cruise in November, Alvin will return to full ...
How new corals species form in the ocean
sciencedaily.com
18 mentions — 4 months ago
Feb. 6, 2013 — Since the observations made by English naturalist Charles Darwin on the Galapagos Islands, researchers have been interested in how physical barriers, such as isolation on a particular island, can lead to the formation of new species through the process of natural selection. Natural selection ...
The Perfect Protein: The Fish Lover's Guide to Saving the Oceans and Feeding the World: Andy Sharpless, Suzannah Evans, Bill Clinton: 9781609614997: Amazon.com: Books
amazon.com
2 mentions — 19 hours ago
With high demand for predator species like tuna and salmon, wealthy nations like the U.S. convert “reduction� species such as anchovies, mackerel, and sardines into feed for salmon and other farmed animals—even though these overlooked fish are packed with health-boosting Omega-3 fatty acids and could feed millions. By ...
Secrets Beneath The Sea Call Out For Change - CBS Miami
miami.cbslocal.com
4 mentions — 5 months ago
(CBSMiami) – Beneath the Atlantic Oceans’ shining waters lies a potential risk and experts are raising alarming questions about the health of our oceans and the impact it could have on the life above and below the sea.CBS4 Chief Investigator Michele Gillen recently looked into the problem with ...
Calif. bill would require product makers to help reduce plastic trash polluting the ocean
theprovince.com
2 mentions — 22 hours ago
File - In this May 24, 2012 file photo, a woman carries her purchases in plastic bags in Los Angeles. Plastics discarded by people often end up in the ocean, creating coastal pollution that harms marine life and gathers out at sea in what's become known as the ...
Calif. bill would require product makers to help reduce plastic trash polluting the ocean
The Washington Post
2 mentions — 19 hours ago
(Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Mario Aguilera, File/ Associated Press ) - File - In this Aug. 11, 2009 file photo provided by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography shows Matt Durham, center, pulling in a large patch of sea garbage with the help of Miriam Goldstein, right, in the ...
Whales Freed from Fishing Gear May Still Die a Slow Death
ScienceNOW
4 mentions — 23 hours ago
What a drag. A right whale, named Eg 3911, drags a fishing buoy behind her in this January 2011 photo. Photo courtesy ofEcoHealth Alliance, under permit number 594-1759.On Christmas Day 2010, an aerial team of wildlife spotters saw a whale in distress off the eastern coast of Florida.
Tom Toles Tackles Fisheries and Climate Change
Talking Fish
3 mentions — 4 days ago
Following the publication of a new study in Nature last week that demonstrated how climate change will affect global fisheries, the great Tom Toles took on the issue with this cartoon in yesterday’s Washington Post. Really puts a face on the bycatchSea life unintentionally caught while fishing for ...
Top 10 weird wildlife: immortal jellyfish, gender-swapping fish and pink dolphins
Greenpeace UK
3 mentions — 3 days ago
Today is International Day for Biological Diversity. An opportunity to celebrate and wonder at the amazingly diverse variety of species we share the planet with. This year it has a water theme, so we’ve been having some fun over on Twitter, and here’s our pick of the weirdest ...
Think Beyond Plastic Innovation Competition and Conference
Eventbrite
3 mentions — 2 days ago
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Our mangroves are a treasure
ntnews.com.au
2 mentions — 3 hours ago
Australian Marine Conservation Society's Daisy Barham is organising a walk through the mangroves tomorrow, where scientists from CDU will highlight the wildlife that inhabits the area. Picture: KATRINA BRIDGEFORDTHE forest of mangroves in Darwin harbour holds $460 million worth of carbon on the carbon market, research has found.A ...
Net Loss: How We Continually Forget What the Oceans Really Used to Be Like [Excerpt]: Scientific American
scientificamerican.com
3 mentions — 17 hours ago
The phenomenon of shifting baselines means that each generation fails to realize how much worse the oceans are getting Showcasing more than fifty of the most provocative, original, and significant online essays from 2011, The Best Science Writing Online 2012 will change the way...Read More » From The ...
Cull reminds us that gulls need friends
guardian.co.uk
2 mentions — 1 day ago
Lesser black-backed gull chicks. Tens of thousands of the species were culled annually on a grouse moor in Lancashire. Photograph: AlamyHeaven knows, I am used to getting incensed about the killing of predators on grouse moors and pheasant shoots, especially birds of prey, from hen harriers to golden ...
Marine Protected Areas and Catalina Island: Conserve, Maintain and Enrich | Expeditions, Scientific American Blog Network
Expeditions, Scientific American Blog Network
8 mentions — 2 days ago
This is the logo for the US National System of Marine Protected Areas. Image courtesy of NOAA (http://www.noaa.gov/features/resources_0109/).Marine protected areas (MPAs) have been an increasingly important and effective form of conservation and management of coastal habitats and species. The strengthening and enhancement of these sites began on May ...
Atlantic states ease limits on shark finning on dogfish
Examiner.com
7 mentions — 2 days ago
Conservation groups are decrying a decision by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission to loosen what critics say is already a lax restriction on shark finning, the Baltimore Sun reported on Tuesday May 22.“Shark finning” refers to slicing the fins off and discarding the body at sea while ...
Take The Pledge
Plastic Pollution Coalition
4 mentions — 3 days ago
Take the Pledge Read the petition 1,219 signatures ReduceReduce your plastic footprint. Consider the lifecycle of every plastic product you purchase. Choose products with the least packaging, look for products and packaging made from renewable resources, avoid plastic packaging and containers. Choose products that have the least amount of disposable parts. Choose glass and stainless steel over plastic.RecycleRecycle what you can’t refuse, reduce or reuse. Recycling plastic items is a last option, as in many cases your plastic recycling is shipped
Noaa predicts wildly active hurricane season out of Atlantic and Caribbean
guardian.co.uk
3 mentions — 2 days ago
Scientists say three to six major hurricanes will hit US, some in areas far beyond those typically associated with extreme stormsAmericans were warned on Thursday to brace for an extremely active hurricane season – less than a year after the devastation of Sandy, which hit the east coast ...
Gretna man fined $62K for illegal longline fishing
DailyComet.com
2 mentions — 1 hour ago
Published: Friday, May 24, 2013 at 6:01 a.m.Last Modified: Friday, May 24, 2013 at 5:41 a.m.BATON ROUGE, La. - Federal authorities have fined a Gretna fishing boat captain $62,500 for allegedly using live bait on longline gear and possessing J-hooks and a permit to catch highly migratory species.Nam ...
Wordwide Beach Litter Stats - Plastics Lead The List
Surfrider Foundation
2 mentions — 2 days ago
The Ocean Conservancy recently released the totals from last years' worldwide Coastal Cleanup Day (CCD) and each of the top seven items picked up are typically made from plastic.CCD provides a one day snapshot of beach litter with over half a million volunteers picking up over ten million ...
Frog, toad and salamander populations plummeting, U.S. survey finds
The Washington Post
5 mentions — 2 days ago
???initialComments:true! pubdate:05/22/2013 19:46 EDT! commentPeriod:14! commentEndDate:6/5/13 7:46 EDT! currentDate:5/22/13 8:0 EDT! allowComments:true! displayComments:true!Provided by Colorado Division of Wildlife/AP - Boreal toads are found at high elevations. The endangered species is at risk from a fungus as well as human populations and climate change. Frogs, toads and salamanders continue ...
WildHope Digital Magazine Spring 2013
bluetoad.com
2 mentions — 2 days ago
YOUR BRAIN ON OCEAN THERAPY By Dr. Wallace J Nichols Members of the medical profession have long known that stress promotes disease and that natural environments can reduce stress and stimulate healing. These ideas have already made the chasm leap from fringe to mainstream. When designing modern medical ...
Heal the Bay's 2013 Beach Report Card
yubanet.com
2 mentions — 19 hours ago
Heal the Bay's 2013 Beach Report CardLos Angeles County leads annual Beach Bummer List, with four locations in the ranking of the state’s 10 most polluted beachesPublished on May 24, 2013 - 8:41:40 AMMay 23, 2013 - Californians heading to the shoreline this summer can take heart in ...
released
lifebyme
4 mentions — 17 hours ago
Affectionately known as "America's #1 Success Coach," Jack Canfield is the originator of the Chicken Soup for the Soul series and a leading authority in the areas of self-esteem, achievement motivation, and peak performance. [www.jackcanfield.com]Arianna Huffington is the co-founder and Editor in Chief of the Huffington Post and ...
Turtle excluder devices: analysis of resistance to a successful conservation policy
Southern Fried Science
2 mentions — 2 days ago
Conservation efforts often have an associated tradeoff, and many proposed solutions are shot down because the costs are perceived to be too high. A conservation policy that benefited a charismatic endangered species with very little cost should be popular and enthusiastically adopted. However, even though turtle excluder devices ...
Plastic Pollution Global Threat
prezi.com
3 mentions — 17 hours ago
Connect your Facebook account to Prezi and let your likes appear on your timeline.You can change this under Settings & Account at any time.massive plastic pollution massive urgent global massive beaches Puerto Rico Hawaii Oman rivers Los Angeles River, USA communities Manila, Philippines air Kovalam, India our bodies ...