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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.

• Hey, Krill: Stay in the Water!

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

  

  GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) — Millions of krill — a tiny shrimp-like animal that is a cornerstone of the ocean food web — have been washing up on beaches in Southern Oregon and Northern California for the past few weeks…. Read More ›

• Texas A&M Confirms Gulf Dead Zone Spread

  By Charmaine Coimbra on June 29, 2013 • ( 0 )

  NOAA scientists are expecting a very large “dead zone” in the Gulf of Mexico this year following a relatively small one by recent standards in 2012 due to the worst drought conditions in 100 years affecting the approximately 41% of… Read More ›

• Ocean News week of June 23-June 28, 2013

  By Charmaine Coimbra on June 28, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  This week in ocean news: Stories from Los Angeles Times, CBC News, Pew Environment Group, Bloomberg Businessweek, LiveScience, and Science Daily.

• Gulf of Mexico Seismic Surveys Partially Halted

  By Charmaine Coimbra on June 28, 2013 • ( 0 )

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Oil and gas companies working in the Gulf of Mexico have agreed not to use seismic surveys for the next 2 ½ years in three areas considered critical to whales and along the coast during the… Read More ›

• Will the Atlantic Ocean Disappear?

  By Charmaine Coimbra on June 28, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  Ker Than for National Geographic Published June 19, 2013 A newly discovered crack in the Earth’s crust could pull North America and Europe together and cause the Atlantic Ocean to vanish in about 220 million years, scientists say. A new… Read More ›

• Hypoxia: More in Gulf of Mexico; Less in Chesapeake Bay

  By Charmaine Coimbra on June 19, 2013 • ( 0 )

  June 18, 2013 NOAA photo Less oxygen dissolved in the water is often referred to as a “dead zone” (in red above) because most marine life either dies, or, if they are mobile such as fish, leave the area. Habitats… Read More ›

• Florida’s Lagoon a Marine Life “Killing Zone”

  By Charmaine Coimbra on June 18, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  Its 156 miles of water boast more than 600 species of fish and more than 300 kinds of birds.   The lagoon is not just an ecological treasure. To the towns along its edge — Titusville, Cocoa, Melbourne, Vero Beach and… Read More ›

• Science Dissects Ocean’s Nitrogen Cycle

  By Charmaine Coimbra on June 16, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  June 14, 2013 — The ocean the Titanic sailed through just over 100 years ago was very different from the one we swim in today. Global warming is increasing ocean temperatures and harming marine food webs. Nitrogen run-off from fertilizers… Read More ›

• Whale Rescue Team Working With Entangled Fin Whale

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

  

  UPDATE. Parks Canada, in collaboration with Parcs Quebec, the Group for Research and Education on Marine Mammals (GREMM) and the Campobello report: Whale Rescue Team, are continuing their attempts to free the fin whale entangled in fishing gear in the… Read More ›

• Summer 2013 Beach Clean-Up Schedule

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

  The Barefoot Wine Beach Rescue Project, now in its seventh year, helps keep beaches, rivers and lakes across America “barefoot friendly.”  In 2013, Barefoot Wine and the Surfrider Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to protection and enjoyment of the world’s… Read More ›