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 ›
Oceans
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 ›
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 ›
Raising Funds
Your Neptune 911 posts will be slack for the next 9 weeks. I’m up to my ears in the final assembly of a non profit fundraiser for a marine environmental educational group, Friends of the Elephant Seal. Check out what… Read More ›
47% Of Beach Pollution From Ag & Rain Runoff
By Tony Barboza, Los Angeles TimesJune 27, 2012 Beaches across the nation continue to be fouled by sewage and storm water pollution that puts swimmers at risk of getting sick, according to a report by an environmental group. The Natural… Read More ›
Blame It On Laguna Beach
By Charmaine Coimbra Blame it on my summers in Laguna Beach. From here on out, that’s my answer to, “But there are so many other pressing challenges to tackle other than plastics in the ocean.” Those two weeks away from… Read More ›
World Oceans Day, June 8
A Message From World Oceans Day. org: June 8, 2012 is World Oceans Day, a day when people around the globe come together to celebrate our ocean and take action to protect it. And with good cause! The ocean not… 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 ›
Is Leaking Methane From Arctic Sea More Than A Warning?
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 ›
New Research: Plastics in Ocean “Scarier” Than Expected
From California Watch The cause célèbre of plastic litter in the ocean is the Texas-sized, swirling island of plastic debris thousands of miles off the coast of California in the Pacific Ocean. But researchers from the Universities of Washington and… Read More ›
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