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FSU professor studies "dead zones" in the Gulf
Galveston :: TX :: USA | 25 days ago
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Teresa, is studying an area in the Gulf of Mexico roughly the size of New Jersey. It gets better...The low oxygen is the result of nutrient pollution, believed to be caused by fertilizer use in the Midwest that seeps into the Mississippi River and flows...
Tags: Kevin Craig, Dr. Craig, dead zones, FSU, Kirby Kemper, Gulf of Mexico, low oxygen, marine lab, marine life, Galveston, Public universities, Water pollution, Dead zone, Florida State University, Hypoxia, Fisheries, Aquatic ecology, Chemical oceanography, Environment
Humpback Whales to be removed from endangered category
In attempt to determine whether the humpback whales still need to be saved, the government is reviewing the marine mammals' place on the endangered species list for the first time in a decade. The results look promising: “They appear to be coming...
Tags: Humpback Whales, Humpback, Whales, Hawaii, Muai, Marine Life, Ocean Life, Ocean
Oil spill 'contaminating Timor Sea'
Darwin :: Australia | about 1 month ago
Credibility Australian oil spill 'contaminating one of world's richest marine wildernesses' WWF expedition into Timor Sea finds dolphins, sea birds, turtles and other marine wildlife at risk in oil spill that began in August The Montara oil rig as it leaks fuel...
Tags: oil spill, Western Australia, West Australia, Australian, Timor Sea, sea birds, toxic oil, marine life
O.C. fishermen protest possible fishing bans
Dana Point :: CA :: USA | about 1 month ago
Credibility Passing drivers honked in support as about 50 members of the Southern California fishing community rallied in Long Beach Wednesday, protesting proposed coastal fishing bans. The protesters, including a strong contingent from Orange County, held up signs...
Tags: Southern California, Laguna Beach, fishing ban, marine life
Dolphins exposed to Timor Sea oil spill: WWF
Sydney :: Australia | 2 months ago
Credibility The environment group WWF says dolphins and other marine animals are swimming around in oil leaking from a rig off the north-west Australian coast. Oil has been leaking from the West Atlas oil rig in the Timor Sea since at least August 21.
Tags: West Australian, oil spill, WWF, marine life, Australia, Sydney
Activist works to save 20,000 dolphins from Japanese hunters
In the Japanese town of Taiji, 20,000 dolphins could be brutally slaughtered by Japanese hunters who plan to terrorize, harass, capture, and destroy the dolphins. Some of the dolphins will be captured and sold into captivity for the entertainment ...
Tags: Endangered Species, environmental crime, Claifornia Environment, marine life, oceans, Dolphin, Dolphins, whaling, Japan, fishing
A piranha in Britain
The sudden discovery of a giant piranha, longer than the normal ones by at least seven inches, in the Torridge River of Devon in Britain has shocked everyone. These fish are ferocious and frequent the warm waters of the Amazon. Coming across one...
Tags: piranha, amazon river, sweet corn, marine life
Floating garbage 'killing marine life'
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | 3 months ago
Credibility Known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, the floating pile of debris in the Pacific Ocean could be killing off marine life at a shocking rate, a group of scientists from the University of California say. Amongst the usual bottle caps, plastic bags and...
Tags: Great Pacific Ocean, Great Pacific Garbage Patch, North Pacific Ocean Gyre, marine life, University of California, San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Beware of the Puffer fish
Recently there were a number of deaths of dogs, birds and marine life on the beaches of Auckland – the reason has been attributed to the poisonous puffer fish that can puff themselves up like a balloon when threatened. It seems that tetrodotoxin...
Tags: puffer fish, marine life, tetrodotoxin, algae specialist
Over-fishing since 1000yrs ago
Vancouver :: Canada | 6 months ago
Credibility Europeans started over-exploiting freshwater fish at least 1 000 years ago, according to historical studies that could help manage depleted modern fish stocks worldwide. Whales teemed in waters off New Zealand in the 19th century and a now almost non-existent...
Tags: Marine Life, New Zealand
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