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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.
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World’s Marine Life Connected From Sea to Shiny Sea
Census shows connectedness of world’s marine life By SETH BORENSTEIN (AP) WASHINGTON — The world’s oceans may be vast and deep, but a decade-long count of marine animals finds sea life so interconnected that it seems to shrink the watery… Read More ›
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A Flick of a Filter Feeds A Fish–Then Poisons It
There’s a myth that cigarette filters biodegrade. Not so much. The plastic (acetate) filter can take years to decompose. They also resemble tasty morsels of food to passing by fish and other marine life.
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Septic Tanks, Agriculture Runoff & Lawn Fertilizer Killing Sea Otters?
By J.M. Brown Santa Cruz Sentinel SANTA CRUZ — Scientists from UC Santa Cruz and the state Department of Fish and Game believe they have traced at least 21 recent California sea otter deaths to a poison produced by algae… Read More ›
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Seabirds Land A First-time World Conference
. From Environment News Service VICTORIA, British Columbia, Canada, – Concern for the survival of albatrosses, penguins, and other marine birds has drawn scientists from 40 countries to first World Seabird Conference in VictoriaThe five-day event opened Tuesday, sponsored by 26 professional… Read More ›
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Cruise Ships–Still Lightly Regulated–Still Big Ocean Polluters
August 15, 2010 States struggle to curb pollution by cruise ships Discharge rules, some voluntary, are easy to skirt Lee Van Der Voo InvestigateWest Tags: cruises cruise ships environment pollution After a week aboard the Carnival Spirit, its passengers can’t help but… Read More ›
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Crumpling Oceans, Like Dominos Falling
Dominos. It’s like 150 years of stacked dominoes collapsing in four directions from Rugby, North Dakota, North America’s geographical center and from every geographical center of every continent on Planet Earth—with the final dominos landing in every sea that touches every continent. Collapsing dominos. That’s how I envision the condition of our seas today.
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Tuna U (Or How to Make Tuna Salad From the Best Label)
From Monterey Bay Aquarium July 15, 2010 Tuna: What’s in the Can? Our Seafood Watch pocket guides (and iPhone app) are designed to help you have a conversation at the fresh fish counter, or the restaurant. But how do you converse… Read More ›
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Gulf of Mexico-A Sea Under a Toxic Seige
Editor’s Note: As newsfeeds land in our inbox, the outlook for the Gulf Of Mexico environment seems bleak. Neptune 911 will reproduce on this page the latest reports September 10, 2010 From NPR: Scientists Find Thick Layer of Oil on… Read More ›
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Humpback Hunting Okayed, Texans Tackle Trash, Unusual Sea Lion Pupping
Humpback Whale Hunting Okayed From BlueVoice.org: The International Whaling Commission (IWC) did not, as feared, vote to legalize commercial whaling. The Obama administration, for reasons incomprehensible to us, tried to broker a deal that would have allowed the resumption of… Read More ›
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“Deep Blue Home: An Intimate Ecology of our Wild Ocean”
Whitty draws freely on historical and mythological sources to portray the power of the oceans in human culture. She finds inspiration in Hindu literature’s Mahabharata, India’s Rig Veda, the Greek pantheon, Norse mythology, and the cave art of Baja California.
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