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• Atlantic Ocean Seismic Exploration Concerns Conservationists

  By Charmaine Coimbra on February 25, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  WASHINGTON — Oil and gas companies hoping to drill in the Atlantic Ocean will have to contend with a new federal proposal to declare waters off the Carolinas and Georgia as critical for endangered whales. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric… Read More ›

• Researchers Debate Upwelling Variance by Climate Change

  By Charmaine Coimbra on February 24, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  CORVALLIS, Ore. – A report to be published Thursday in the journal Nature suggests that global warming may increase upwelling in several ocean current systems around the world by the end of this century, especially at high latitudes, and will… Read More ›

• Shellfish Production Vulnerable to Acidification

  By Charmaine Coimbra on February 24, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  (Reuters) – U.S. shellfish producers in the Northeast and the Gulf of Mexico will be most vulnerable to an acidification of the oceans linked to climate change that makes it harder for clams and oysters to build shells, a study… Read More ›

• Marine Debris “a life-threatening global impact on marine life”

  By Charmaine Coimbra on February 23, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  WASHINGTON: Debris in the ocean, such as plastic and glass, has been having a life-threatening global impact on marine life. Nearly 700 species of marine animal have been recorded as having encountered man-made debris according to the most comprehensive impact… Read More ›

• Warmer Ocean Linked to Sea Lion Pup Stranding

  By Charmaine Coimbra on February 20, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 18 (Reuters) – The strandings of a record number of sea lion pups along the California coast this year are linked to a puzzling weather pattern that has warmed their Pacific Ocean habitat and likely impacted fish… Read More ›

• Jellyfish Invasions Impact Industry

  By Charmaine Coimbra on February 18, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Nikkei Asian Review SHIGEHISA FURUYA, Nikkei staff writer TOKYO — Seas around the world are turning into jellyfish soup, as swarms of the creatures hit coastal areas, paralyzing power plants and undermining fisheries. These massive outbreaks are being caused by… Read More ›

• Toxic Chemicals In Florida Lagoon Marine Life

  By Charmaine Coimbra on February 18, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Flame retardants and pesticide byproducts are showing up at potentially toxic levels in sharks, rays and other marine life in the Indian River Lagoon and in the ocean just off Brevard County. Little is known about the health effects of… Read More ›

• Science Journal Publishes Plastics in Ocean Study

  By Charmaine Coimbra on February 13, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Some eight million metric tons of plastic waste makes its way into the world’s oceans each year, and the amount of the debris is likely to increase greatly over the next decade unless nations take strong measures to dispose of… Read More ›

• Virginia Considers Banning Balloon Releases

  By Charmaine Coimbra on February 6, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — Balloons are killing animals on land and in water, according to researchers at the Virginia Aquarium. And now a lawmaker from Virginia Beach is hoping to ban the release of helium balloons into the air…. Read More ›

• Low Oxygen and Warming Seas Historical Research

  By Charmaine Coimbra on February 6, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  “Our modern ocean is moving into a state that has no precedent in human history.”

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