From the Sydney Morning Herald Nov. 8, 2012 The bid to free a Humpback whale calf tangled in ropes in Sydney Harbour has been abandoned for the night, after an adult whale accompanying it began behaving in an ‘‘erratic and… Read More ›
Marine Mammals
The Risky Disentangling A California Grey Whale
“Looking into those eyes staring at you was kind of neat… Their eyes seem to be very thoughtful.”
Whales Revealed to be BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Victims
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 ›
Coastal Community Protests Decibel Levels, Intensity of Proposed Seismic Testing
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
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 ›
Surfrider Foundation Stands Against Seismic Testing Plan
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 ›
Marine Mammals on NMFS “Take” List for Seismic Survey
Opinion by Charmaine Coimbra Neptune 911’s mission is to bring information about the oceans to the everyday-person—persons like me. It’s goal is to help us understand how what we do affect the ocean’s well being and that an unhealthy ocean… Read More ›
Whales Too Big for the Ocean Traffic and Oil Research?
Editor’s Note: Whales are in the news. The following two articles show that perhaps the oceans are not big enough for whales and us. Shipping Traffic in Sri Lanka Injures Blue Whale From the New York Times By ERIK OLSEN… Read More ›
Seismic Exploration Suspected in Marine Mammal Mass Mortality
From BlueVoice.org by Hardy Jones Friday, June 1, 2012 BlueVoice has learned from a highly reliable source that in 2008 there was a mass mortality event (MME) of melon-headed whales (a species of dolphin) on the coast of Madagascar. This… Read More ›
Yangstze Porpoises “face enormous challenges”
Six years after the Yangtze river dolphin (Lipotes vexillifer), or baiji, was declared “functionally extinct” by scientists, another marine mammal appears on the edge of extinction in China’s hugely degraded Yangtze River. In less than two months, 32 Yangtze finless… Read More ›
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