By J.M. Brown Santa Cruz Sentinel SANTA CRUZ — Scientists from UC Santa Cruz and the state Department of Fish and Game believe they have traced at least 21 recent California sea otter deaths to a poison produced by algae… Read More ›
Environment
Cruise Ships–Still Lightly Regulated–Still Big Ocean Polluters
August 15, 2010 States struggle to curb pollution by cruise ships Discharge rules, some voluntary, are easy to skirt Lee Van Der Voo InvestigateWest Tags: cruises cruise ships environment pollution After a week aboard the Carnival Spirit, its passengers can’t help but… Read More ›
Crumpling Oceans, Like Dominos Falling
Dominos. It’s like 150 years of stacked dominoes collapsing in four directions from Rugby, North Dakota, North America’s geographical center and from every geographical center of every continent on Planet Earth—with the final dominos landing in every sea that touches every continent. Collapsing dominos. That’s how I envision the condition of our seas today.
Tuna U (Or How to Make Tuna Salad From the Best Label)
From Monterey Bay Aquarium July 15, 2010 Tuna: What’s in the Can? Our Seafood Watch pocket guides (and iPhone app) are designed to help you have a conversation at the fresh fish counter, or the restaurant. But how do you converse… Read More ›
Humpback Hunting Okayed, Texans Tackle Trash, Unusual Sea Lion Pupping
Humpback Whale Hunting Okayed From BlueVoice.org: The International Whaling Commission (IWC) did not, as feared, vote to legalize commercial whaling. The Obama administration, for reasons incomprehensible to us, tried to broker a deal that would have allowed the resumption of… Read More ›
“Deep Blue Home: An Intimate Ecology of our Wild Ocean”
Whitty draws freely on historical and mythological sources to portray the power of the oceans in human culture. She finds inspiration in Hindu literature’s Mahabharata, India’s Rig Veda, the Greek pantheon, Norse mythology, and the cave art of Baja California.
Whales, God’s First Creation.
7/7/10 Update on Peter Bethune Trial: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/08/world/asia/08whaling.html?_r=1 UPDATE: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/23/AR2010062300810.html?hpid=moreheadlines By Charmaine Coimbra Part 3 of 3 Part 1 begins at https://neptune911.wordpress.com/2010/05/28/whales-and-us-or-whats-all-the-fuss/ Genesis: 1:21 And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly,… Read More ›
Whale Hunt History And Today’s Whaler Death Ships
Whales and whale hunters follow humankind’s voyage thru the ages. Whale meat and the byproducts of its blubber, bones and baleen made the great cetacean an optimum kill. Whale hunts grew from primitive beaching techniques to today’s factory ships, or death ships as named by conservationists.
Whales and Us or What’s All the Fuss?
en whale watchers sight a nearby whale they either scream in excitement and capture the beast with cameras, or fire off a harpoon cannon and land an exploding harpoon into the surfacing cetacean then tow it in for harvesting.
Two camps. Two points of view. One whale of a controversy.
Deepwater Horizon Disaster Deeply Threatens Marine Life-Updates
Editors Note: This page will continue to update Neptune 911 readers on the environmental impact on sea life as it becomes available. 2/21/11: Infant dolphins dying in high numbers 2/21/11: BP reneges on deal to rebuild oyster beds, repair wetlands, Louisiana… Read More ›
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