Our Changing Planet: Environmental Issues and Conservation
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www2.macleans.ca - October 14, 2011 1:50 PM

In the company of whales

"Sperm whales have distinct dialects, complex relationships and a set of traditions passed down between generations—what scientists are calling a ‘multicultural civilization’"

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www.latimes.com (via @MedCityConf) - May 2, 8:52 PM

Bill would keep controversial 'no-otter zone' in place

A bill backed by House Republicans would stall plans to let sea otters reclaim their historical range off Southern California because of concerns that the threatened marine mammals would compromise commercial fishing and military training...
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www.abc.net.au (via @skatai) - May 2, 8:36 PM

I Can Change Your Mind about Climate - ABC TV

Video recommended by @thebenshi - I can change your mind on climate change http://t.co/z93GOcA4 #brenclimate...
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news.mongabay.com - December 8, 2011 8:30 PM

Yasuni ITT: the virtues and vices of environmental innovation

As the 17th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is taking place in Durban, Ecuador has embarked on the development of a project presented as highly innovative.

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endoftheline.com - December 7, 2011 2:30 PM

The End of the Line :: Home Page

The End of the Line is a powerful film about one of the world's most disturbing problems - over-fishing.

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www.sfgate.com (via @GreenCarMag) - November 17, 2011 5:14 PM

Climate change: Sea rise could kill vital marshes

The critical tidal marshes of San Francisco Bay - habitat for tens of thousands of birds and other animals - will virtually disappear within a century if the sea rises as high as some scientists predict it will as a...
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seagrantpr.org - November 14, 2011 10:51 AM

Purple Bags of Fun – UVI/VI-EPSCoR | Regional Research Plan – Caribbean Large Marine Ecosystem

If you’ve recently been diving in St. Thomas, you may have stumbled upon some strange purple orbs and wondered if aliens deposited their giant eggs for incubation on our reefs. Or maybe you thought you had discovered a new species of algae ripe for naming after yourself (or maybe you thought had indigestion and were hallucinating).

Actually, the Purple Bags of Fun, as dubbed by Dr. Marilyn Brandt of the University of the Virgin Islands (UVI), are an important part of the research project titled Towards modeling the trajectory of US Virgin Islands coral reefs – Scleractinian growth and recruitment rates along an onshore-offshore gradient...

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www.guardian.co.uk (via @gregorykorthase) - November 14, 2011 12:32 PM

Competition for seven wonders of natural world runs into trouble

Organisers of contest to choose seven wonders accused of asking for millions for marketing, despite entry fee of $199 (I've been to 2 of the 7 "Wonders of the World." You?
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www.treehugger.com (via @Diabircoo) - November 13, 2011 1:06 PM

5 Things You Need to Know About Wildlife Corridors

Protecting habitats is very important to the survival of many species, but its not enough. To really thrive, these habitats must be connected to one another by wildlife corridors.
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www.bbc.co.uk (via @AKSafetyMngmt) - November 13, 2011 1:04 PM

Ocean currents link to wildfires

Data on changes to oceans' sea surface temperature can help predict the severity of Amazon fire seasons, a study suggests.
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www.sciencedaily.com (via @EcoBiology) - November 11, 2011 11:24 AM

Trees on tundra's border are growing faster in a hotter climate

Evergreen trees at the edge of Alaska's tundra are growing faster, suggesting that at least some forests may be adapting to a rapidly warming climate, says a new study.
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news.nationalgeographic.com (via @AlbedoDry) - November 11, 2011 11:17 AM

New Shark-Fin Pictures Reveal Ocean "Strip Mining"

Pictures taken by the Pew Environment Group in Taiwan suggest that fishers are "strip mining" the oceans of sharks, conservationists say.
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respectourseas.blogspot.com (via @serranojer) - November 10, 2011 9:14 AM

Respect Our Seas: Save Our Marine Conservation Zones!

RT @SussexWildlife: Great marine blog from @respectourseas http://t.co/LHMsRsiP #SaveourMCZs...
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wcel.org (via @check_your_head) - May 2, 8:56 PM

Limiting fish protection to “serious harm” is a serious problem | West Coast Environmental Law

The federal government’s Budget Implementation Bill, Bill C-38, recently introduced in Parliament, is self-servingly called the Jobs, Growth and Long-term Prosperity Act 2012, which is ironic because most Canadians recognize that you can’t have...
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www.vancouversun.com (via @j34baller) - May 2, 8:54 PM

Fisheries Act overhaul prompts scramble at Cohen Commission

The federal government's bid to make sweeping changes to the Fisheries Act has prompted an 11th-hour scramble at the $26.4 million Cohen Commission, which was created by Prime Minister Stephen Harper in 2009 to study dramatic declines in the West...
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www.guardian.co.uk (via @saunieindiego) - May 2, 8:37 PM

Study finds even polar bear cubs can swim huge distances in open water

GPS tracking of 52 female adult polar bears by US Geological Survey reveals average swim of 96 miles and one of 220 miles (Study finds polar bears cubs may have to swim 200 miles. That's 10 days swimming!
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www.oceanmagazine.org - December 8, 2011 8:30 PM

OCEAN

OCEAN is a magazine about the ocean. DOLPHIN is a magazine about dolphins. OCEAN is a not for profit organization dedicated to celebrating and protecting the earth's ocean and its creatures. OCEAN publishes OCEAN Magazine and DOLPHIN Magazine.

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www.civicgovernance.ca - December 8, 2011 8:30 PM

For the Love of Nature: Solutions for Biodiversity | Centre for Civic Governance

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www.grist.org - November 20, 2011 10:17 AM

Why are we eating bluefin tuna to extinction?

The Atlantic bluefin tuna -- an animal that reaches 1,500 pounds, swims at 40 miles per hour, heats its blood 20 degrees above ambient and crosses the breadth of the ocean -- is in serious trouble.

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newswatch.nationalgeographic.com (via @mohad498) - November 17, 2011 5:10 PM

The Little Fish That Could

A tiny fish in Lake Victoria is under a huge threat from overfishing and invasive species.
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wwf.panda.org (via @WWFForestCarbon) - November 14, 2011 12:42 PM

WWF - Adapting farming to combat climate change in Madagascar - the story of Emile Jean

Finding workable, practical solutions to the problems posed by Climate Change and Global Warming (Adapting farming to combat climate change in Madagascar - the story of Emile Jean:  Emile Jean lives in Tsiandri...)...
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blog.conservation.org (via @ISF_missIre) - November 13, 2011 1:07 PM

Reptiles at Risk: Adding Madagascar’s Lizards and Snakes to the IUCN Red List

How did scientists assess the conservation status of Madagascar's reptiles? CI's Philip Bowles explains.
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www.dailymail.co.uk (via @being_woman) - November 13, 2011 1:05 PM

There's no such thing as a free lunch... unless you're a whale shark! They're captured stealing fish from trawler nets

The 20 tonne mammals were captured placing their mouths against the nets and sucking anchovies through the holes as trawlermen fished in West Papua, Indonesia. (RT @Oceanwire: RT @dianen56 Wow!
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www.ecology.com - November 12, 2011 2:13 PM

300 Years of FOSSIL FUELS in 300 Seconds – Video

In this fast-paced video, Richard Heinberg, Senior Fellow-in-Residence at Post Carbon Institute offers an informative glimpse at how we have become so addicted to fossil fuels and what we need to do to preserve our world.
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www.bbc.co.uk (via @MNFGlobal) - November 11, 2011 11:23 AM

Fires 'changing seed evolution'

Human-induced fires are influencing the evolutionary process of some flowering plant species' seeds, a study shows.
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news.nationalgeographic.com (via @TsarSam) - November 10, 2011 9:25 AM

Entire Mammal Genus on Brink of Extinction

For the first time in 75 years, an entire genus of mammal may go the way of the dodo—unless a new sanctuary succeeds, conservationists say.
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