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• Louisiana’s Dead Zones Linked to Iowa Farm Runoff

  By Charmaine Coimbra on October 29, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  From the Des Moines Register Click this link for a video where environmental reporter Perry Beeman explores Iowa’s fertilizer runoff and Louisiana’s fisheries: http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20121029/NEWS/310290013/Dead-zone-s-size-tied-tightly-to-water-levels?archive&nclick_check=1   The Gulf of Mexico dead zone changes by the year, even by the hour. Its… Read More ›

• What About Sea Otters & Seismic Blasts?

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

  Editor’s Note:  Carol Georgi is the California Central Coast marine Sanctuary Alliance Coordinator.  She is active in halting the proposed PG&E Seismic Testing proposal along the Central Coast.  Her concern, as shown in this letter to the US Fish and… Read More ›

• Whales Revealed to be BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Victims

  By Charmaine Coimbra on October 25, 2012 • ( 0 )

  From the Guardian.uk US downplayed effect of Deepwater oil spill on whales, emails reveal Documents obtained by Greenpeace show officials controlling information about wildlife affected by the disaster Suzanne Goldenberg, US environment correspondent guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 24 October 2012 07.03 EDT… Read More ›

• When the Methane Blows, What’s Next?

  By Charmaine Coimbra on October 25, 2012 • ( 0 )

  Alanna Mitchell covered this subject in her 2009 book, Seasick: “…methane hydrate molecules, when cold, are like geodesic domes, stable structures that remain in the ocean’s deeps…If the molecules are shaken up or warmed, the bonds break and bubbles of… Read More ›

• Protecting the Coral Triangle

  By Charmaine Coimbra on October 23, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  From The Nature Conservancy   Between the southern tip of Asia and northern Australia, hundreds of miles of coral reef bind six island nations – Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia, East Timor, Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands. From sea turtles… Read More ›

• Coastal Community Protests Decibel Levels, Intensity of Proposed Seismic Testing

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

  

  By Charmaine Coimbra Citizens along the Central Coast of California have joined forces to halt the proposed seismic testing in the ocean waters that lap up against the Diablo Nuclear Plant, as reported in a recent Neptune 911 post. The… Read More ›

• Seismic Stress On Great Barrier Reef Whales

  By Charmaine Coimbra on October 2, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  For more news about the Great Barrier Reef, read today’s report: Half of Great Barrier Reef Lost In Past 3 Decades by: GRAHAM LLOYD, ENVIRONMENT EDITOR From: The Australian October 01, 2012 12:00AM WHEN shipping was stopped in Canada’s Bay… Read More ›

• Ocean Acidification Threatens Food Security

  By Charmaine Coimbra on September 25, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  “Pakistan, Thailand, the Philippines, Iran, and China are among the top 50 nations whose food security may be threatened by the effects that the rise of manmade carbon-dioxide (CO2) gas emissions are already starting to have on fish and shellfish,… Read More ›

• Surfrider Foundation Stands Against Seismic Testing Plan

  By Charmaine Coimbra on September 21, 2012 • ( 0 )

  September 20 2012 Planned Testing Will Be Catastrophic To Marine Life and Poses Risk to Divers, Swimmers and Surfers The Surfrider Foundation vowed today to stop seismic testing slated to begin off the coast of Central California this November. Pacific… Read More ›

• Rising Sea Temps A “Fisheries Disaster”

  By Charmaine Coimbra on September 21, 2012 • ( 0 )

  Editor’s Note. Two pieces follow here:  A story about how changing ocean temperatures results in traditional fishery depletion; a letter from Acting Secretary of Commerce to Alaskan Governor regarding failure of the Alaskan Chinook salmon industry in 2012. From Mother… Read More ›

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