February 19, 2010
The Scanner
Happy February Friday!
Things will be quiet around here next week as we head to Pennsylvania for Oceana’s annual international all-staff meeting. Hopefully these links will tide you over until then:
This week in ocean news,
…Slow and steady wins the carbon footprint race. Danish shipping giant Maersk cut its cruising speed in half the last two years, which cut greenhouse gas emissions and fuel consumption as much as 30 percent. If global shipping were a country, it would be the sixth largest producer of greenhouse gas emissions.
…After being removed from the endangered list in November, the brown pelican’s recovery has hit a speed bump. Hundreds of pelicans have been found dead from a mysterious ailment that could be caused by ocean pollution or runoff.
…Miriam presented this month’s Carnival of the Blue in singable couplets. ‘Nuff said.
…In case you didn’t know, the Mariana Trench is really, really, really deep. And humans, by extension, are really small. Have a look at this scale illustration.
…New research shows that heat-resistant algae may buy some time for coral reefs threatened by climate change.
…New research on diseases found in dolphins could have implications for research on human diseases, including diabetes, epilepsy and certain viruses.