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Dead & Entangled Gray Whale Stories: 2012

By Charmaine Coimbra on May 3, 2012 • ( 0 )

Whale found dead in Wash. had swallowed golf ball Read more here: http://www.sanluisobispo.com/2012/04/25/2042347/whale-found-dead-in-wash-had-swallowed.html#storylink=cpy Dead gray whale washes ashore near San Simeon Read more here: http://www.sanluisobispo.com/2012/04/23/2040436/dead-gray-whale-washes-ashore.html#storylink=cpy Lost whale spotted, rescuers wait for opportunity Read more here: http://www.sanluisobispo.com/2012/04/24/2041883/lost-whale-spotted-rescuers-wait.html#storylink=cpy California Gray Whale Entangled:… Read More ›

New Research: Plastics in Ocean “Scarier” Than Expected

By Charmaine Coimbra on May 3, 2012 • ( 0 )

From California Watch The cause célèbre of plastic litter in the ocean is the Texas-sized, swirling island of plastic debris thousands of miles off the coast of California in the Pacific Ocean. But researchers from the Universities of Washington and… Read More ›

Hardy Jones Reports On Peru Dolphin Die-Off

By Charmaine Coimbra on April 26, 2012 • ( 0 )

From BlueVoice.org Hardy Jones, April 26, 2012 An apocalyptic die-off of dolphins is occurring along the coastline of northern Peru. The reasons for the die-off are as yet unknown, though several culprits have emerged. During February of this year… Read More ›

Seismic Testing Proposed for California’s Central Coast

By Charmaine Coimbra on April 20, 2012 • ( 0 )

Editor’s Note: Seismic Testing is known to harm marine mammals. Is it another trashing of the ocean’s or an essential tool to learn more about earthquake faulting and oil exploration? What is Seismic Testing? Following the news story by David… Read More ›

Artic Marine Mammals Suffer “Mystery Disease”

By Charmaine Coimbra on April 12, 2012 • ( 0 )

From Planet Ark Symptoms of a mysterious disease that has killed scores of seals off Alaska and infected walruses are now showing up in polar bears, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said on Friday. Nine polar bears from the Beaufort… Read More ›

A Cold Case–The Rising Seas

By Charmaine Coimbra on April 4, 2012 • ( 0 )

From Climate Central By Michael D. Lemonick The crime under investigation happened more than 14,000 years ago — a cold case in more ways than one. It was a time when the great Laurentide ice sheets that covered vast stretches of… Read More ›

Stockholm Science Study Puts A Value On Oceans

By Charmaine Coimbra on March 28, 2012 • ( 0 )

From Planet Ark 3/23/12 The cost of damage to the world’s oceans from climate change could reach $2 trillion a year by 2100 if measures to cut greenhouse gas emissions are not stepped up, a study by marine experts said… Read More ›

Gulf Oil Spill is “A Tangled Web of Impact” 2-Years Later

By Charmaine Coimbra on March 27, 2012 • ( 0 )

Editor’s Note: Recent Updates on After Effects of BP Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Five articles follow. From Huffington Post: NEW ORLEANS (AP) — After months of laboratory work, scientists say they can definitively finger oil from BP’s… Read More ›

The Diary of Whale Entanglement

By Charmaine Coimbra on February 28, 2012 • ( 0 )

From Whales Bermuda “On the afternoon of February 12, 2012 operators on the Silver Bank worked together in an attempt to help a badly entangled humpback whale that was discovered during the first afternoon of their scheduled tours. Jeff Pantukhoff… Read More ›

New Weapons of Sperm Whale Slaughter: Plastics, Plastic Bags, Carcinogens

By Charmaine Coimbra on February 10, 2012 • ( 2 )

We have a new blog for the young children in your life: Neptune 911 For Kids. This fun blog features stories about ocean-hero kids, marine mammals, ways to save the ocean, and pages about the unique and weird creatures one… Read More ›

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