Our oceans provide every other breath that we take. Healthy oceans are essential to our overall well-being, but they are in crisis and frantically dial 911.
Environmental Water Woes
Sea Otter Survey: Numbers Remain Threatened
California sea otters are cute, entertaining, and still not out of the kelp (or woods) as far as their environmental well-being goes. In other words, this species remains ”threatened” on the Endangered Species list after a recent census …
Aquaculture May Be A Sustainable Seafood Choice
And our once common fish like cod, grouper, haddock, rockfish, shark, snapper and swordfish are either overfished or laced with mercury.
Levianthian Rises, Challenges Neptune’s 911 Plea
Our seas seem endless and invulnerable to intrusion. And the ocean wins when we go against its tide. But like a strong woman with endless energy and strength, abuse takes its toll and the once-strong woman becomes a victim that can no longer fight and survive on her own.
Waterway Sewage Deluge, Gulf Hypoxia, Hawaii’s Beaches Shrink
Excerpts from: As Sewers Fill, Waste Poisons Waterways By CHARLES DUHIGG http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/23/us/23sewer.html?_r=1&pagewanted=print …at Owls Head, a swimming pool’s worth of sewage and wastewater was soon rushing in every second. Warning horns began to blare. A little after 1 a.m., with… Read More ›
Toxic Algae Blooms Poison Marine Life and Seabirds
Killer Algae: Key Player In Mass Extinctions http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091019134716.htm Editor’s Note: A recent toxic algae bloom has caused the deaths of California Sea Lions along the Central Coast of California. Neptune 911 is researching this local information and will report our… Read More ›
Old Mines Ooze Mercury Into Calif. Coastal Waters
AP IMPACT: Gov’t stands by as mercury taints water By JASON DEAREN (AP) – Sep 17, 2009 NEW IDRIA, Calif. — Abandoned mercury mines throughout central California’s rugged coastal mountains are polluting the state’s major waterways, rendering fish unsafe to… Read More ›
F for Disney Cruise Lines, A for Texas, F for Mafia, A for Coral Recovery
Disney Cruise Lines get an environmental F grade, while Texas looks to save its coastlines, while the Italian Mafia sinks toxic waste ships, all while an unhealthy coral reef has recovered.
Neptune’s Nightmares: Lawns, Green Algae, Plastics & Medical Wastes
Current Conditions updates on the toxicity of hissing lawns, deadly green algae on French beaches, plastic trash and medical wastes growing along shorelines.
Mermaid Tears — Another Nautical Disaster
From my window, the Pacific Ocean looks endless and impenetrable. It is so big, that surely, one little accidental drop of trash, like a plastic bottle that blew out from my hands, could not hurt this water giant.
Neptune 911! 