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Reporter, journalist and author who has owned and operated a bookstore, a pool and spa full service business, an apple farm, and is now committed to environmental issues. She has written four books: The Gathering Basket, Connection with 48 Natural Contemplations, Seek Beauty, Find Joy: a Companion Journal to Natural Contemplations; and children's book, Isu Learns to Swim.

• Search for Missing Jet Showcases Ocean’s Pollution

  By Charmaine Coimbra on April 1, 2014 • ( 0 )

  Anticipation has repeatedly turned into frustration in the search for signs of Flight MH370 as objects spotted from planes in a new search area west of Australia have turned out to be garbage. It’s a time-wasting distraction for air and… Read More ›

• Oceans: “Like Swimming in Lemonade”

  By Charmaine Coimbra on March 27, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  “I’m very worried about acidification. Some coral species will substitute for others, but if you lose table corals and tall branching corals, most of nooks and crannies – the hiding places for juvenile fish – will disappear. And it’ll directly affect humans being because fish stocks will be affected.”

• Epileptic Seizures in Sea Lions

  By Charmaine Coimbra on March 24, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  Sick and confused sea lions convulsing with seizures are being found in increasing numbers along the California coast, suffering from what Stanford University scientists say is a form of epilepsy similar to the kind that attacks humans. The culprit is a… Read More ›

• Oceana Releases Shocking Report: “Wasted Catch” in the US

  By Charmaine Coimbra on March 21, 2014 • ( 0 )

  From Oceana, March 20, 2014 Today, Oceana released a new report exposing nine of the dirtiest fisheries in the United States. These nine fisheries combined throw away almost half of what they catch and are responsible for more than 50… Read More ›

• Japanese Whaling Fleet Ends For the Season

  By Charmaine Coimbra on March 21, 2014 • ( 0 )

  From Environment News Service MELBOURNE, Australia, March 19, 2014 (ENS) – The Japanese whaling fleet has left the waters of the Antarctic Treaty Zone, ending whaling in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary for this season, according to data from the… Read More ›

• 2010 BP Oil Disaster Still Impacting Louisiana Coastal Wetlands

  By Charmaine Coimbra on March 20, 2014 • ( 0 )

  By Mark Schleifstein, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune Email the author | Follow on Twitter on March 19, 2014 at 6:06 PM, updated March 19, 2014 at 7:19 PM Insects living in wetland grasses along Louisiana’s coast oiled in the aftermath… Read More ›

• Plastic Waste Returns Home on Kelp

  By Charmaine Coimbra on March 19, 2014 • ( 0 )

  What seemed like a landfill of plastic in kelp, catapulted me into photographic obsession (about 200 frames shot). I lost track of time while I stooped and bent my body to find the right way to capture this polyester moment. Eventually several curious people asked “ What are you photographing?”

• Acidic Ocean Plagues Scallops With Die-Off

  By Charmaine Coimbra on February 27, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  Ten million scallops that have died in the waters near Qualicum Beach due to rising ocean acidity are the latest victims in a series of marine die-offs that have plagued the West Coast for a decade. Human-caused carbon dioxide emissions… Read More ›

• The Economist Discusses “The Tradgedy of the High Seas”

  By Charmaine Coimbra on February 24, 2014 • ( 0 )

  New management is needed for the planet’s most important common resource   Feb 22nd 2014 | From the print edition The Economist IN 1968 an American ecologist, Garrett Hardin, published an article entitled “The Tragedy of the Commons”. He argued… Read More ›

• Indonesia Protects Rays & Sharks

  By Charmaine Coimbra on February 24, 2014 • ( 0 )

  Indonesia Gives Mantas A New ‘Ray of Hope’ From Conservation International Dr. Mark Erdmann Mark Erdmann has been working closely with the Indonesian Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries on the development of Indonesia’s new regulation protecting its manta rays…. Read More ›