Since 1992, marine biologists from Woods Hole have been tracking a lone whale as it roams the Pacific ocean, singing a song unlike that of any known species and following a migratory pattern that has baffled the scientists completely. The whale’s calls identify it as a baleen whale (blue, fin and humpback whales all belong … Read more
Today is not a good day for the oceans. First the China spill, now this: DEADLY SHIPWRECK NOW A MAJOR ALASKA OIL SPILL Slick measured at 2.5 miles in diameter and expanding ANCHORAGE, Alaska – As the search for six victims of a rescue helicopter crash was scaled back, officials on Friday turned to a … Read more
This can’t be good: BEIJING – Two container ships collided and spilled some 450 tonnes of fuel oil off China’s southern coast, the country’s worst oil spill in five years, a maritime official said on Thursday. Here’s a link to the story from Planet Ark.
I once, as a kid, watched a pod of pilot whales from the deck of a whale-watching boat off the coast of Maine. They are playful, graceful creatures – despite the bulbous protrusion to which they owe the undignified nickname “pothead,” as well as their latin title Globicephala maleana (I’m guessing that means something like … Read more
On Tuesday, November 16, the United Nations rejected the call for a moratorium on high seas bottom trawling. Instead, the UN approved new Oceans & Fisheries resolutions that relegate responsibility for high seas fisheries to member nations and regional coalitions. The high seas: It is one of the last great ecological frontiers on Earth, one … Read more
You may know a lot about long lining, bycatch and sea turtles. You also followed Charlotte on her Mediterranean Sea adventure as a fisher-woman. But do you know about bycatch of sea birds? A recent study based on satellite tracking, released on Wednesday Nov. 10, shows “hot spots” where longline fishing trawlers and albatrosses cross … Read more
It has been announced everywhere and here it is: the Arctic Climate Impact Assessment, the new report on climate change. And what a report! I am actually reading it. I highly recommend it; and please send a copy to those who do not believe… The Arctic Council called for this assessment, and it is the … Read more
Those Europeans always seem to be – environmentally, at least – one step ahead. They have seafood labels, wind farms, viable Green parties…and now a multi-national body acknowledging the danger of navy sonar testing to whales and dolphins. Last week, by a vote of 441 to 15 (with 14 abstentions), the European Parliament adopted a … Read more
Ever wonder what’s with all the Hollywood stars endorsing environmental groups? You’re not alone. Three-hundred reporters and editors from around the nation met last week in Pittsburgh at the Society of Environmental Journalists (SEJ) annual convention, to listen to an opening-night panel discussion on “Celebrity, the Media and the Environment.” It was an exploration of … Read more
Late Friday, Governor Schwarzenegger signed into law AB 2672 (Simitian), making California the first state to ban discharges from sewage from toilets into state waters. This is in addition to the bills passed earlier in the week banning the discharge sewage from sinks, showers and laundries (also called graywater), giving California some of the strictest … Read more
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