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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.

• Update of the Plastisphere on So. Alaskan Beaches

  By Charmaine Coimbra on July 17, 2013 • ( 0 )

  I am back ashore after an unusual expedition that brought scientists and artists to witness and respond to beach trash on the shores of southern Alaska. I have good and bad news. The expedition was called GYRE, partly because much… Read More ›

• Newest Reports on Plastic Polluted Oceans

  By Charmaine Coimbra on July 17, 2013 • ( 0 )

  Recent publications include research and reports on plastic pollution in the oceans.  The following are links to the reports: Plastic Waste Is All At Sea It’s a global mess created in less than a century. Experts are concerned about the… Read More ›

• 479 Hypoxic Waterways Worldwide

  By Charmaine Coimbra on July 12, 2013 • ( 0 )

  By Ruth Reader Historic eutrophic and hypoxic zones, from the World Resources Institute’s interactive map Read more: http://motherboard.vice.com/blog/the-biggest-dead-zones-in-americas-waterways#ixzz2YqOYw4zq Follow us: @motherboard on Twitter | motherboardtv on Facebook The NOAA forecasted that this year’s Gulf of Mexico hypoxic “dead” zone will be… Read More ›

• Fukushiuma Contaminates Pacific Ocean

  By Charmaine Coimbra on July 11, 2013 • ( 0 )

  Japan’s nuclear regulator expressed growing alarm on Wednesday at increased contamination beside the seafront of the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station and urged the plant’s operators to take protective measures. Fukushima’s operator, Tokyo Electric Power Co., has acknowledged problems… Read More ›

• Group Petitions NMFS to Protect Marine Species

  By Charmaine Coimbra on July 11, 2013 • ( 0 )

  WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today WildEarth Guardians submitted a formal petition to the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) seeking protection for 81 imperiled marine species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The 81 petitioned species span the world’s oceans and range… Read More ›

• Whales Flee Loud Sonar

  By Charmaine Coimbra on July 9, 2013 • ( 0 )

  by Damian Carrington—the Guardian July 2, 2013 Whales flee from the loud military sonar used by navies to hunt submarines, new research has proven for the first time. The studies provide a missing link in the puzzle that has connected naval exercises around… Read More ›

• Yellow Sea Turns Green

  By Charmaine Coimbra on July 9, 2013 • ( 0 )

  It’s become an annual affair, the rafts of green algae washing up on the shores of Qingdao, China. Since 2007, massive algae blooms in the Yellow Sea have been fueled, scientists think, by “pollution and increased seaweed farming” south of Qingdao. The mats… Read More ›

• New Rule Considered To Prevent Entanglement

  By Charmaine Coimbra on July 8, 2013 • ( 0 )

  As early as this week, federal fisheries regulators are expected to propose a new rule so North Atlantic right whales, humpbacks and fin whales will be less likely to get entangled in vertical fishing lines. A team of commercial fishermen,… Read More ›

• Maine’s Lobsters Face “Double Whammy”

  By Charmaine Coimbra on July 4, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  You might not know it from their abundance in Maine restaurants, or by the number of traps in Casco Bay, but scientists warn that lobsters are facing a double whammy of a threat: climate change and ocean acidification. Dr. Rick… Read More ›

• Noise Pollution Confuse Reef-Dwelling Fish

  By Charmaine Coimbra on July 2, 2013 • ( 0 )

  Noise pollution in the ocean may prevent fish from finding home, according to new research on reef-dwelling fish in French Polynesia by the Universities of Bristol, Exeter and Liège Fish normally make use of acoustic cues from other fish and… Read More ›