GOOGLE EARTH By Bette Bardeen According to Google Earth, an elephant seal lives down the street from me A photo link shows sand and waves and his enormous nose But the sand and waves are actually a few… Read More ›
Environment
Global Warming? Ask Antarctic Penguins
What’s getting to be a familiar story, the warming ocean waters continue “unraveling” sea life. In a recent “Science News” story, Adelie and chinstrap penguins are another species undergoing a forced weight-loss program—less available krill for meals in the West… Read More ›
Our Trash Chokes A Northern Elephant Seal
It’s ironic that the northern elephant seal’s worst nightmare was the human mammal–not its natural predators the great white shark and orca. In the 1800s oil hunters slaughtered nearly the entire northern elephant seal population…
“…Corals the Most Endangered Animal on the Planet”
Visit “Students Take a Vacation Saving Coral” on Neptune 911 for Kids From NPR February 23, 2011 A major new survey of the world’s coral reefs finds that they are in trouble. Big trouble. Overfishing and local pollution continue to… Read More ›
Japan Suspends Whale Hunt
From Planet Ark Februay 17, 2011 Photo: Reuters/Simon Ager/Sea Shepherd/Handout Japanese whaling fleet vessel Yushin Maru No. 3 (C) sprays water cannons at Sea Shepherd vessel ”Gojira” during their clash in the Southern Ocean February 4, 2011. … Read More ›
Runaway Elephant Seal Pup Rescued
Sure enough, before January 25, 2011, a young pup separated from its mother, managed to survive in the water, and washed up several miles south of the rookery–assuming this is where the pup was born.
Warming Arctic Waters Endanger Pacific Walrus
From: The New York Times February 8, 2011, 10:22 pm <!– — Updated: 12:07 am –>Walrus on Endangered Species Waiting List By ANDREW C. REVKIN Feb. 9, 12:10 a.m. | Updated The Fish and Wildlife Service has determined that the… Read More ›
Sea Otter Death Toll Rises in 2010
From The San Francisco Chronicle Victoria Colliver, Chronicle Staff Writer Sunday, January 23, 2011 A record number of sea otter bodies were found on California coastlines last year, a trend that leaves scientists and conservationists concerned for the future of… Read More ›
Medical Waste Foul Beaches, Cruise Ships Foul Waters
When a friend returned from her Hawaiian holiday she called me in near tears. “We didn’t stay in a resort this time, where the beaches are always clean, so when I took a beachside walk and found mounds of… Read More ›
“Parasites, Pesticides, Sick Salmon,…Dead Lobsters”
From Bangor Daily News /7/11 10:36 pm Updated: 1/7/11 11:48 pm By Bill Trotter BDN Staff Parasites, pesticides, sick salmon and dead lobsters. These four things have become an issue in Passamaquoddy Bay, and no one seems to be happy about… Read More ›
Neptune 911! 