Editor’s Note: This recent story out of Texas is a prime example of the nightmare of “ghost nets” and the damage they incur to already endangered marine life. From KGRV.Com SOUTH PADRE ISLAND – Fishermen fishing along the jetties on… Read More ›
Oceans
More Plastic Debris than Plankton in the Gyres?
By Charmaine Coimbra There’s a worldwide movement to ban the one use plastic bag. It’s up for vote in my neck of the woods. I’ve read some wild letters to the editor about why the plastic bag is good for… Read More ›
Recycle Your Cell Phone-Help Clean Oceans Project
October is recycle your cell phone month at The Clean Oceans Project. There are more than 500 million used cell phones in the U.S. sitting in people’s drawers, or worse, in our landfills. Another 130 million will be added… Read More ›
Walruses Running Out of Ice
Melting Arctic Sea Ice Drives Walruses Onto Land Date: 18-Aug-11 Country: USA Author: Deborah Zabarenko Fast-melting Arctic sea ice appears to be pushing walruses to haul themselves out onto land, and many are moving around the area where oil leases… Read More ›
Journalists Investigage Tohoku Earthquake & Tsunmai Contamination
Two journalists recently uncovered and discussed the short and long term environmental damage from the March tsunami in Japan. Beside the fact that much of the toxic wastes will/has flowed into the ocean, they discovered that the existing toxic sludge… Read More ›
Will Oceans Succumb To Manmade Stress? Experts Worry.
Editor’s Note: The oceans seem so big that they appear immune to change. But the fact that the oceans comprise 71% of Planet Earth, perhaps it is time for educating ourselves about the oceans and how they regulate our weather,… Read More ›
Plastics: “Most pervasive pollution problems facing the world’s oceans…”
Editor’s Note: Before reading another dismal report on the conditions our ocean’s face, some communities are trying to stop one use plastics within their communites, such as this report from Surfrider Foundation: Supermarkets, pharmacies and certain retail stores in Long… Read More ›
Gulf of Mexico Possible “Largest Dead Zone Ever”
From PBS News Hour A dead zone — already the size of the state of New Jersey — is growing in the Gulf of Mexico, fueled by nutrient runoff from the swollen Mississippi River. This year, with floodwaters from the… Read More ›
What Would You Say To A Northern Elephant Seal?
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 ›
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 ›
Neptune 911! 