A team of scientists is also testing blood and tissue samples for bacterial, viral and other infectious agents as well as radioactive traces as part of their investigation, launched last week when NOAA declared an “unusual mortality event.”
Climate Change
Exposed Underwater Methane Fields Concern Researchers
This NPR Report is worth the time to read. Judging by the number of hits on Neptune 911’s earlier reports on methane and our oceans, we believe our readers will find this both concerning and fascinating. The bold facing is… Read More ›
Less Arctic Ice Threatens Two Ice Seal Species
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 ›
Climate Change Impacts Gray Whale Sustainability Concern
Editor’s Commentary: Several years back I attended a local informational event about the gray whale presented by NOAA’s Dr. Wayne Perryman. Prior to this informational event, Sue Arnold, CEO of the California Gray Whale Coalition (CGWC), was in the same… Read More ›
When the Methane Blows, What’s Next?
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
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 ›
Rising Sea Temps A “Fisheries Disaster”
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 ›
A Cold Case–The Rising Seas
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 ›
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