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The End of Coral Reefs ? Around for 10 Million Years, Wiped Out in 100

The End of Coral Reefs ? Around for 10 Million Years, Wiped Out in 100 | OUR OCEANS NEED US | Scoop.it

The Independent, September 23, 2013

-▶  CORAL ALERT: DESTRUCTION OF REEFS 'ACCELERATING' WITH HALF DESTROYED OVER PAST 30 YEARS .The eco-system has been around for tens of millions of years and we are wiping it out within a hundred, says IPCC scientist http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change/coral-alert-destruction-of-reefs-accelerating-with-half-destroyed-over-past-30-years-8835480.html


The Guardian, February 2, 2015 http://ow.ly/JFpyW
-▶ CORALS FACE 'SLOW STAVATION' FROM INGESTING PLASTICS POLLUTION, EXPERTS FIND  http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/feb/25/corals-face-slow-starvation-from-ingesting-plastics-pollution-experts-find


Phys.org, February 24, 2015
-▶ FEARS OVER CORAL EATING PLASTIC IN AUSTRALIA'S GREAT BARRIER REEF. Corals in the Great Barrier Reef are eating small plastic debris in the ocean, Australian researchers raising fears about the impact the indigestible fragments have on their health and other marine life. Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2015-02-plastic-eating-coral-australia-barrier-reef.html#jCp


EcoWatch, February 25, 2015
-▶  DAVID SUZUKI:  WE HAVE TO STOP KILLING OUR OCEANS WITH PLASTIC http://ecowatch.com/2015/02/25/david-suzuki-stop-killing-oceans-plastic/


One Green Planet
-▶  700 MARINE SPECIES MIGHT GO EXTINCT BECAUSE OF PLASTIC POLLUTION.  HERE ARE 5 WAYS YOU CAN HELP http://www.onegreenplanet.org/environment/marine-species-extinction-and-plastic-pollution/


                                             MERMAID TEARS:

          MICROBEADS AND MICROPLASTICS IN BEAUTY PRODUCTS

                            A THREAT TO OUR OCEAN AND RIVERS

                                           http://sco.lt/50DEtV



HuffPost Green, April 16, 2014
-▶  CORAL REEFS:  GOING, GOING ... GONE http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-reese-halter/coral-reefs-going-goinggo_b_5157272.html


NOAA,
-▶ SUNSCREEN CHEMICAL THREATENS CORAL REEFS: Additive used in personal-care products since the 1960s to protect against ultraviolet light http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/news/feb14/sunscreen.html


Scientific American, July 02, 2014

-▶ OVERFISHING AND POLLUTION ARE KILLING MORE CORALS THAN CLIMATE CHANGE http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/overfishing-and-pollution-kill-more-corals-than-climate-change/


Climate Progress, January 3, 2014
 -▶  ARE WE WITNESSING THE END OF CORAL REEFS?

Tropical coral reefs form the very foundation of marine biodiversity. Sadly, their seemingly inevitable demise may prove to be one of the first irreversible consequences of climate change. That’s the conclusion of a comprehensive new report on abrupt climate changes from the National Academy of Sciences. http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/01/03/3118001/coral-reefs-climate-change/


Oceana, December 11, 2014
-▶  CORAL REEFS TURNING SILENT FROM OVERFISHING, OTHER HUMAN IMPACTS http://oceana.org/en/blog/2014/12/coral-reefs-turning-silent-from-overfishing-other-human-impacts


Oceana, December 05, 2014
-▶  A LOOK AT THE VALUE OF CORAL REEF ECOSYSTEMS (PHOTOS)  http://oceana.org/en/blog/2014/12/during-corals-week-a-look-at-the-value-of-coral-reef-ecosystems-photos


Summit County Citizens Voice, February 18, 2015
-▶  CORAL REEFS TO TAKE BIG GLOBAL WARMING HIT THIS YEAR. NOAA scientists say warm oceans pose risk to reefs http://summitcountyvoice.com/2015/02/18/coral-reefs-to-take-big-global-warming-hit-this-year/


RTCC Climate, February 18, 2015
-▶  CORALS EVERYWHERE COULD LOSE THEIR COLOUR WITH MASS DIE-OFFS IN 2015 - NOAAUS federal agency predicts mass die-off of the world’s coral reefs in 2015 as a result of climate change http://www.rtcc.org/2015/02/18/corals-everywhere-could-lose-their-colour-in-2015-noaa/

                                              ORIGINAL REPORT

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administraton, February 17, 2015
-▶ WARM OCEAN TEMPERATURES MAY MEAN MAJOR CORAL BLEACHING  http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2015/20170211-noaa-warm-ocean-temperatures-may-mean-major-coral-bleaching.html



Common Dreams, April 01, 2014
-▶  UNPRECEDENTED OCEAN TEMPERATURES ON TRACK TO BRING DEATH TO CORAL ECOSYSTEMS. 'It’s not that change is going to come, it’s that change is already happening' http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2014/04/01-1


                                               SHORT VIDEO (1:36)
                                         Conservation International
            NATURE IS SPEAKING  – IAN SOMEHALDER IS CORAL REEF
                         https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVMV3StvLCs


Guardian, November 27, 2014
-▶  CORAL TRIANGLE COULD BE LAST BASTION FOR PLANET'S BELEAGURED REEFS. If humans are driving earth’s sixth great extinction event, coral reefs will be one of the first and most visible ecosystems to succumb. Scientists estimate that by 2050, the ocean could be largely devoid of reefs as climate change and our relentless plundering of the sea set in motion geological changes not seen for millions of years.  http://www.theguardian.com/environment/the-coral-triangle/2014/nov/27/coral-triangle-last-bastion-planets-beleaguered-reefs


DW.DE, August 20, 2014
-▶  "IF WE DON'T CHANGE NOW WE WILL LOSE THE REEFS" http://www.dw.de/if-we-dont-change-now-we-will-lose-the-reefs/a-17817279


Climate Spectator, June 06, 2014
 -▶  UN REPORT FINDS WIDESPREAD CORAL DESTRUCTION. Global warming is causing trillions of dollars of damage to coral reefs, aggravating risks to tropical small island states threatened by rising sea levels. The rise in sea levels off some islands in the Western Pacific was four times the global average, with gains of 1.2cm a year from 1993 to 2012, due to shifts in winds and currents, said the United Nations' Environment Programme (UNEP). http://www.businessspectator.com.au/news/2014/6/6/science-environment/un-report-finds-widespread-coral-destruction

 

Dodo, November 0, 2014
-▶ WHAT CORAL REEFS MEAN TO THE FUTURE OF THE OCEAN

 https://www.thedodo.com/community/AnabelField/coral-reefs-are-rising-from-th-802907146.html


                                                      PHOTOS

-▶  BREATHTAKING PANORAMIC IMAGES OF CORAL REEFS REVEAL HOW THEY'RE BEING DESTROYED http://www.fastcoexist.com/3018381/breathtaking-panoramic-images-of-coral-reefs-reveal-how-theyre-being-destroyed


Climate Progress, July 11, 2014
 -▶  TROPICAL FISH ARE TAKING OVER TEMPERATE OCEAN, CAUSING UNDERWATER DEFORESTATION http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/07/11/3458771/tropical-fish-deforesting-temperate-waters/


January 19, 2012 Planet Earth Online

▶  CLIFFHANGING CORALS AVOID TRAWLER BOTTOM TRAWLING DAMAGE http://planetearth.nerc.ac.uk/news/story.aspx?id=1139&cookieConsent=A


                                             BOTTOM TRAWLING:

                    SCRAPING THE BOTTOM OF THE OCEAN CLEAN

        AN INSATIABLE DRIVE FOR PROFITS, DESTRUCTION OF OCEANS

                                             http://sco.lt/7QNLQ9

                                                   

                                                    VIDEO

OnEarth Magazine, February  28, 2012
-▶  OVERFISHING UNLEASHES A SCOURGE OF SEA URCHINS ON REEFS http://www.onearth.org/blog/overfishing-unleashes-scourge-of-sea-urchins-on-reefs

 

-▶  A BILLION-DOLLAR BUSINESS PUTS SPECIES AND PEOPLE AT RISK At least 12% of groupers – globally-important food fish species that live on coral and rocky reefs – face extinction http://sco.lt/5HdRr7


Guardian Environment, September 18, 2013

-▶  CORAL REEFS SUFFER AS THE RELENTLESS HUNT FOR SHARK FINS TAKE ITS TOLL. The rampant overfishing of sharks, often solely for their fins, is causing a damaging chain reaction that could significantly degrade coral reef systems, a decade-long Australian-led study has found. "The result of this is that the whole food chain is being thrown out of whack." ... creating a collapse of the food chain.
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/sep/19/coral-reefs-suffer-hunt-sharks


                                                       WATCH

     HOW THE CORAL REEF WILDLIFE TRADE IS DEGRADING CORAL REEFS http://www.scoop.it/t/our-oceans-need-us/p/2452598153/how-the-coral-reef-wildlife-trade-is-degrading-coral-reefs

 

  -▶  CORAL REEFS IN CARIBBEAN ON LIFE SUPPORT http://sco.lt/7GodYf


 Science Daily, December 4, 2013

 -▶  FIRST GLOBAL SNAPSHOT OF KEY CORAL REEF FISHES: FISHING HAS REDUCED VITAL SEAWEED EATERS BY MORE THAN 50 PERCENT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131204091620.htm


 Global Possibilities, May 14, 2014
-▶ WHAT GOOD ARE CORAL REEFS? THEY PROTECT AROUND 200 MILLION PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN COASTAL AREAS http://www.globalpossibilities.org/what-good-are-coral-reefs/


 Guardian, March 08, 2014
-▶  CORAL REEFS:  LIFE IN THE BALANCE http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/mar/09/coral-reefs-bleaching-life-in-the-balance


                        "CORAL REEFS: UNDERWATER PHARMACIES"

                                             http://sco.lt/733VaL

 

Science Daily, December 17, 2013

 -▶ SAVING FIJI'S CORAL REEFS LINKED TO FOREST CONSERVATION http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131217155329.htm


                                               AUSTRALIA:

             THE GREAT BARRIER REEF WE STAND TO LOSE 

                                       http://sco.lt/6q4ykD


                                                        WATCH

                           **** THE GARDENS OF THE QUEEN" -

                                      60 Minutes - CBS News

                                           http://sco.lt/6rlXKT

 

                                                     PHOTOS
CELEBRATING THE MOST BEAUTIFUL CORAL REEFS

FOR WORLD OCEAN'S DAY

http://oceana.org/en/blog/2014/06/photos-celebrating-the-most-beautiful-coral-reefs-for-world-ocean-s-day

 

                                                         WATCH

                                        Treehugger, April 02, 2014
TIMELAPSE FILM OF 150,000 PHOTOS SHOWS THE MIRACLE OF  SLOW LIFE OF CORALS. THE UNDERWATER CREATURES YOU NEVER SEE. Coral is actually a living creature, but the human eye rarely catches it moving. This incredibly slow-motion video lets you see the ocean life you don't notice, before it's destroyed by climate change. http://www.treehugger.com/natural-sciences/slow-life-150000-photos-timelapse-corals-daniel-stoupin.html

 

                                                       WATCH

                               Another Stunner From BBC Nature.....

                                   "BLUE HEART OF THE PLANET"

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20130129-blue-heart-of-the-planet



GOOGLE STREET VIEW BRINGS THE WORLD'S CORAL REEFS TO YOU

http://grist.org/living/google-street-view-brings-the-worlds-coral-reefs-to-you/


 -▶  THESE MACRO CORAL PHOTOS ARE TOTALLY JAW-DROPPING http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/05/coral-photos_n_3876179.html


UNESCO Office in Bangkok, February 22, 2012

-▶  MARINE SCIENTIST ALARMED ABOUT INCREASING THREATS TO OCEAN ECOSYSTEMS http://www.unescobkk.org/news/article/marine-scientists-alarmed-about-increasing-threats-to-ocean-ecosystems/



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                                               CLIMATE CHANGE

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October 11, 2012 Planet Change

-▶  CORAL REEF CRISIS THREATENS NATURE'S ABILITY TO HELP US DEAL WITH CLIMATE CHANGE http://change.nature.org/2012/10/11/people-at-risk-to-natural-disasters-and-how-nature-can-help/


Water World, October 29 2013

 -▶  NATURAL CORAL CHEMICALS PROTECT AGAINST WARMING OCEANS http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Coral_chemicals_protect_against_warming_oceans_999.html



 Mother Nature Network, May 20, 2014
-▶ HOW CORAL REEFS CAN HELP US ENDURE CLIMATE CHANGE.


Coral reefs absorb 97 percent of waves' energy, a new study shows, providing vital protection from rising seas and stronger storm surges. Plus, saving reefs is 15 times cheaper than building sea walls.  http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/wilderness-resources/blogs/how-coral-reefs-can-help-us-endure-climate-change


 


 Wildlife Extra News -
-▶ CLIMATE CHANGE STOPS REEF FISH DETECTING PREDATORS. Coral reef fish have been proved to lose their sense of predators as a result of too much CO2 in the water. Carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere is absorbed into ocean waters, where it dissolves and lowers the pH of the water. http://www.wildlifeextra.com/go/news/reef-fish-climate-change-478.html#cr


July 3, 2013 About My Planet
-▶  CLOWNFISH LOSE HEARING IN ACIDIC WATERS: SPELLS DEATH TO CORAL REEFS http://www.aboutmyplanet.com/environment/clownfish-lose-hearing-in-acidic-waters


 -▶  OCEAN ACIDIFYING: RAPIDLY RISING C02 IN ATMOSPHERE CAUSING POTENTIAL CATASTROPHE  http://sco.lt/8WLvHd

 

-▶  ANIMALS ARE ALREADY DISSOLVING IN SOUTHERN OCEAN  http://sco.lt/7tBxMP

 


  -▶  CLIMATE CHANGE AND OCEAN ACIDIFICATION: HIGHEST LEVELS IN 56 MILLION YEARS - ARCTIC COULD BE ICE FREE IN TWO YEARS http://sco.lt/5txWXB



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                                   BEAUTIFUL PHOTO GALLERY
                                           A FRAGILE EMPIRE
                             AUSTRALIA'S GREAT BARRIER REEF
From tiny coral polyps grew a marvel: Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. Could it all come crumbling down? http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2011/05/great-barrier-reef/doubilet-photography


                                                      WATCH

                               CORAL REEFS:  THE OCEANS' LARDER
                                      BBC Future, February 13, 2013
 http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20130219-coral-reefs-the-oceans-larder



RedOrbit, December 12, 2013

 -▶  UNIVERSITY RESEARCHERS OBSERVE SURPRISING BONEFISH SPAWNING BEHAVIOR IN THE BAHAMAS
Bonefish, also called gray ghosts, are among the most elusive and highly prized fishes sought by recreational anglers in the Florida Keys, Bahamas and similar tropical habitats around the world. Bonefish support a fishery worth hundreds of millions of dollars annually, but this fishery is threatened in many areas by habitat loss and degradation, and by overfishing. Scientists are scrambling to identify and protect critical habitats and identify other ways to conserve this vital fishery. A recent study of bonefish spawning behavior in the Bahamas brings to light new information that should aid bonefish conservation efforts.
Read more at http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1113026726/university-researchers-observe-surprising-bonefish-spawning-behavior-in-the-bahamas/#Xr7m1QVDK17sgExx.99

 

                                                           VIDEO
                        BONEFISH GOING OFFSHORE TO SPAWN

                http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KMGm39zOqI


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 Smithsonian, December 18, 2012
-▶  THE TEN BEST OCEAN STORIES OF 2012 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/2012/12/the-ten-best-ocean-stories-of-2012/

 

                                                    VIDEO - CNN

 "OVER-FISHED AND UNDER-PROTECTED: OCEANS ON THE BRINK OF CATASTROPHIC COLLAPSE" http://sco.lt/7e9wYL

 

  -▶  SEA CHANGE: THE LOSS OF OCEAN SPECIES IS STAGGERING http://sco.lt/51LeCn


                                               DEEP END

THE DISASTER WE'VE WROUGHT ON THE WORLD'S OCEANS MAY BE IRREVOCABLE  http://sco.lt/5pUYyX


 

  -▶  OUR OCEANS ARE DYING:  RAPIDLY SPIRALING DOWNWARD: MASS EXTINCTION MAY BE INEVITABLE  http://sco.lt/8CFwcT

 

 -▶  DESTRUCTIVE FISHING GEAR KILLS 400K SEABIRDS EACH YEAR http://sco.lt/7UfLIP



 -▶  CLIMATE GEOENGINEERING: CAN WE SAVE THE PLANET BY MESSING WITH NATURE?


THE CURSE OF INDUSTRIAL FARM FERTILIZERS AND RUNOFF http://sco.lt/7a28sT




Guardian Environment, December 15, 2013One of the natural wonders of the world is about to have 3 million cubic metres of sludge dumped on top of it.... http://www.theguardian.com/environment/southern-crossroads/2013/dec/15/great-barrier-reef-destruction-abbot-point-greg-hunt


                                              EXTINCTION CRISIS

WE HAVE DISAPPEARED HALF OF THE WORLD'S WILD ANIMALS IN 40 YEARS: ECOLOGICAL ARMAGEDDON http://sco.lt/8fK5eT

 


 

 -▶  "WE HAVE FIVE MINUTES BEFORE MIDNIGHT" - UN CHIEF SCIENTIST URGES ACTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE http://sco.lt/6heNd3

 

 

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Deep Sea Mining : Devastating ocean seabeds, destroying unknown ecosystems

Deep Sea Mining :  Devastating ocean seabeds, destroying unknown ecosystems | OUR OCEANS NEED US | Scoop.it

 

                                 DEEP SEA MINING - WIKIPEDIA

                      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_sea_mining

 

 

The Atlantic, January/February 2020
 ▶ DEEP SEA MINING
History’s Largest Mining Operation Is About to Begin, dredging thousands of square miles a year, scraping the top five inches of the ocean floor—and the consequences are unimaginable.

 

 Engineering Inspiration, December 22, 2018

 

 ▶  A 'GOLD RUSH' AT THE BOTTOM OF THE OCEAN COULD BE THE FINAL STRAW FOR ECOSYSTEMS 

https://uclengins.org/external/a-gold-rush-at-the-bottom-of-the-ocean-could-be-the-final-straw-for-ecosystems/view/

 

December 19, 2018 @physorg_com

 ▶   A “GOLD RUSH” OF SEABED MINING COULD LEAD TO UNPRECEDENTED DAMAGE TO FRAGILE DEEP-SEA ECOSYSTEMS, RESEARCHERS HAVE WARNED

https://phys.org/news/2018-12-deep-sea-gold.html

 

National Geographic, November 29, 2018

 ▶   WORLD'S LARGEST DEEP-SEA OCTOPUS NURSERY DISCOVERED, TWO MILES BENEATH THE OCEAN,

Scientists discovered over 1,000 females, many brooding eggs, in shimmering "octopus garden" that may be seeping natural gas or hot water.

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2018/10/deep-sea-octopus-nursery-discovered-animals-news/

 

The Narwhal, March 26, 2019

 ▶   IT'S ONLY A MATTER OF TIME FOR DEEP-SEA MINING

Until recently, the largest ecosystem on earth has stayed mostly beyond human reach. But a new chapter in resource extraction could open up Earth’s most remote places to industrial development.

The deep sea, broadly considered the area of ocean below 200 metres, encompasses half of the world’s total ocean estate. To this day, just 5 per cent of the ocean abyss has been explored. It is only in the last decade that major advances in ocean-exploring technology, growing demand for metals used for tech gadgets, and the diminishing availability of these metals on land has created the burgeoning industry of deep sea mining.

http://thenarwhal.ca/its-only-a-matter-of-time-before-deep-sea-mining-comes-to-canada-were-not-ready/

 

 National Geographic, August 29, 2018

 ▶   THE RACE IS ON TO MINE THE DEEP SEA -- BUT SCIENTISTS ARE WARY:  Some of the biggest deposits of iron, copper, and rare-earth elements are in the middle of the Pacific.  They come at a cost.

“Deep-sea mining could end up having the largest footprint of any single human activity on the planet in terms of area of impact,” says University of Hawaii oceanographer Craig Smith.

It’s already underway: pioneer excavations in Papua New Guinea and Japan

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2018/08/news-race-to-mine-deep-sea-drones-seafloor-environmental-impact/?cmpid=org=ngp::mc=social::src=twitter::cmp=editorial::add=tw20180915env-deepseamining::rid=&sf197706336=1

 

PRI Living On Earth, June 10, 2014
▶  DEEP SEABED MINING IS NEW, LIGHTLY REGULATED AND RISK DEVASTATING DEEP, UNKNOWN OCEAN ECOSYSTEMS. - AN EXPERIMENT THAT COULD GO VERY WRONG.

“We all know that mining on land has all sorts of environmental impacts. It’s very difficult to contain mine tailings, even on land. In the ocean, which, of course, is a fluid environment with all these currents, we can expect widespread pollution.”  ...We can expect other ill effects, too — everything from smothering of deep sea creatures with sediment to light pollution, which in the deep sea will have an impact on creatures that have evolved to live in dark environments. Greenpeace is calling for protection measures to be put in place now, before the “experiment” begins.http://www.pri.org/stories/2014-06-10/deep-seabed-mining-new-and-lightly-regulated-ecological-experiment

 

INTERACTIVE VIDEO

March 13, 2013 BBC News -

DEEP SEA MINING RISKS DESTRUCTION OF YET UNKNOWN ECOSYSTEMS

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21787098

 

 

 ▶   WE NEED TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE DEEP OCEAN IF MINING IS TO GO AHEAD

There is a strong chance we will change the seabed irreparably before we fully understand what’s down there.

https://chinadialogueocean.net/6858-we-should-explore-the-deep-ocean-not-mine-it/#.XIQhG_UW84o.twitter

 

                                         

 OnEarth, December 03, 2014
 ▶   MINING THE DEEP SEA COULD DESTROY AN ALIEN WORLD WE BARELY KNOW HOW THE DEEP-SEA ENVIRONMENT INTERACTS WITH THE REST OF THE PLANET  http://www.onearth.org/earthwire/under-sea

 

 

 

 ▶   NEW SPECIES OF TRANSLUCENT, GELATINOUS FISH DISCOVERED 25,000 FEET BELOW THE SURFACE OF THE SEA

Scientists from Newcastle University report the discovery of three new species of snailfish nearly 25,000 feet below the surface of the sea. The efforts were borne out of a collaboration between 40 scientists from 17 different nations trawling the waters of the Atacama Trench, a cavernous, rocky gash near the South American coast of the Pacific Ocean.

The trench is home to pressures approximately 750 times what we feel at sea level, and frigid temperatures just a hair above freezing

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/new-species-translucent-gelatinous-fish-discovered-deep-sea-180970259/#KK5wz6VuFMtzoysu.99

 

Japan Times, July 26, 2014
- ▶ AS SPECIES DIE, WHAT VALUABLE KNOWLEDGE DIES WITH THEM? http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2014/07/26/environment/species-die-valuable-knowledge-dies/

 

Guardian Envronment, April 09, 2014
▶  THE GOLD RUSH ON THE OCEAN FLOOR.  SEE WHAT IMPACT DEEP SEA MINING WILL HAVE ON MARINE LIFE  http://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2014/apr/08/deep-sea-mining-the-gold-rush-on-the-ocean-floor

 

DEEP SEA MINING 'GOLD RUSH' MOVES CLOSER  http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-22546875

BBC News, May 17, 2013

 

Guardian, January 5, 2014

▶  GREENLAND EXPLORES ARCTIC MINERAL RICHES AMID FEAR FOR PRISTINE REGION http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/05/greenland-mines-arctic-fears-pristine-environment

 

 

  ▶   DEEP SEA MINING - WHAT IS THE ISSUE AND WHY WE NEED TO TREAD CAREFULLY?

Disturbance of the seafloor
-The scraping of the ocean floor by machines can alter or destroy deep-sea habitats, leading to the loss of species and fragmentation or loss of ecosystem structure and function. Many species living in the deep sea are endemic – meaning they do not occur anywhere else on the planet – and physical disturbances in just one mining site can possibly wipe out an entire species. This is one of the biggest potential impacts from deep-sea mining.

 - A better understanding of the deep sea is necessary to guide mitigation strategies and proper enforcement of regulations in order to limit the environmental impacts of mining activities.

https://www.iucn.org/resources/issues-briefs/deep-sea-mining

 

 

                                                      WATCH

WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT LIFE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE OCEAN http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-gallo/underwater-astonishments_b_3362126.html

 

 

 

 ▶ SCIENTISTS FEAR DEEP-SEA MINING IMPACT ON SEARCH FOR NEW MEDICINES.

Bacteria from the ocean floor can beat superbugs and cancer. But habitats are at risk from the hunger for marine minerals.

Scientists who view the deep ocean and its wealth of unique and undocumented species as a prospecting ground for new medicines, fear such potential will be lost in the rush to exploit the deep sea’s equally rich metal and mineral resources

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/may/20/scientists-fear-impact-of-deep-sea-mining-on-search-for-new-medicines

 

Popular Science,The Future Now, November 20, 2012
▶  HOW TO MINE THE SEA FLOOR:  REMOTELY OPERATED EXCAVATORS FOR MINING IN THE ABYSS http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2012-10/remotely-operated-excavators-mining-abyss

 

Guardian, March 01, 2014
 ▶   MARINE MINING:  UNDERWATER GOLD RUSH SPARKS FEARS OF OCEAN CATASTROPHE. 

Mining metal and minerals in 'ecosystems we hardly understand' poses grave threat to marine life, warn environmentalists http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/mar/02/underwater-gold-rush-marine-mining-fears-ocean-threat

 

 

 BBC News Science and Environment, May 17, 2013

 ▶  DEEP SEA MINING RUSH MOVES CLOSER

The prospect of a deep sea "gold rush" opening a controversial new frontier for mining on the ocean floor has moved a step closer....  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22546875

 

Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, May 15, 2014
▶ WITH HALF THE PLANET UP FOR GRABS, A CALL FOR DEEP-OCEAN STEWARDSHIP https://scripps.ucsd.edu/news/half-planet-grabs-call-deep-ocean-stewardship

 

PRI The World, May 20, 2013

▶   ECONOMIC BONANZA OR ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTER? http://www.theworld.org/2013/05/deep-sea-mining-economic-bonanza-or-environmental-boondoggle/

 

SciDevNet, November 7, 2012
▶  EXPLORATION AND DESTRUCTION OF OCEAN BED ECOSYSTEMS INEVITABLE http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/opinions/deep-sea-mining-exploration-is-inevitable.html

 

 

Yale Environment 360, October 20, 2014
▶  DRIVE TO MINE THE DEEP SEA RAISES CONCERNS OVER IMPACTS.

Armed with new high-tech equipment, mining companies are targeting vast areas of the deep ocean for mineral extraction. But with few regulations in place, critics fear such development could threaten seabed ecosystems that scientists say are only now being fully understood.  http://e360.yale.edu/feature/drive_to_mine_the_deep_sea_raises_concerns_over_impacts/2818/

 

Australian Broadcasting Corporation, August 25 2014
▶  CONCERNS OVER IMPACT DEEP SEA MINING FOR COPPER, GOLD OFF PAPUA NEW GUINEA WILL HAVE ON SEA LIFE.

A controversial mining project that involves ploughing the sea floor off Papua New Guinea (PNG) is set to begin amid concerns about its impact on the marine environment http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-08-25/concerns-for-sea-life-near-png-deep-sea-mining-project/5695644

 

SciDevNet, January 14, 2013
 ▶ SHOULD DEEP-SEA MINING GO AHEAD IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA? http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/features/should-deep-sea-mining-go-ahead-in-papua-new-guinea-.html

 

 

Green Left Weekly, July 21, 2014
▶  NEW DEEP MINING TECHNIQUE A THREAT IN THE PACIFIC: LUST FOR DEEP SEA RICHES COULD SPARK PACIFIC MINING BOOM https://www.greenleft.org.au/node/56901

 

                                                  --     WATCH --

              THE KILLING IMPACT OF OIL AND MINING IN ALASKA

                                           Winner of Goldman Prize

                                                 http://sco.lt/68m1x3

 

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BBC News, February 17, 2014
▶  DEEP SEA MINING MUST RESPONSIBLY RESPECT ECOSYSTEMS.

Scientists call for a "new stewardship" of the deep sea. Scientists have made an impassioned plea for humanity to pause and think before making a headlong rush to exploit the deep sea. The researchers said the oceans' lowest reaches had untold riches that could benefit mankind enormously, but not if the harvesting were done destructively

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment

 

                                                 VIDEO FOOTAGE

                         Mother Nature Network, March 04, 2014

▶  CAPTURED FIRST GLIMPSE OF LIFE IN UNEXPLORED DEEP OCEAN TRENCH SHOWS CREATURES THRIVING AT 23,000 FEET DEEP.

Exploring how future changes in the ocean's systems due to climate change and other factors is affecting life throughout the ocean's depths. http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/wilderness-resources/stories/video-captures-first-glimpse-of-life-in-unexplored-deep

  

 

 

 Reuters, December 17, 2013

 ▶ ANTARCTICA MAY HAVE A NEW TYPE OF ICE:  DIAMONDS http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/12/17/us-antarctica-diamonds-idUSBRE9BG0XF20131217

 

 

 ▶  LET’S END THE DESTRUCTION OF THE DEEP OCEAN - http://petition.bloomassociation.org/stop-the-destruction-of-deep-sea/

 

TOMORROW'S LIFE-SAVING MEDICATIONS

MAY CURRENTLY BE LIVING AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA 

http://sco.lt/7tJmK1

 

 

September 13, 2013 Climate Progress

▶  TO SATIATE THE WORLD'S DEMAND FOR CELL PHONES, WE'RE TURNING NEW ZEALAND'S PRISTINE COAST INTO A STRIP MINE http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/09/13/2612911/seabed-mining-zealand/

 

 

 

BOTTOM TRAWLING 

SCRAPING THE SEABED CLEAN

AN INSATIABLE DRIVE FOR PROFITS,

DESTRUCTION OF ECOSYSTEMS

http://sco.lt/8duEe9

 

 

 

Britishseafishing.co.uk

▶  OUR FISH DON'T STAND A CHANCE:  NOW "PULSE TRAWLING" OUR SEABEDS http://britishseafishing.co.uk/pulse-trawling/

 

 

THE SUICIDAL RACE FOR ARCTIC'S NATURAL RESOURCES

OBAMA'S ARCTIC STRATEGY SETS OFF A CLIMATE TIME BOMB

                                           http://sco.lt/85k9th 

                         

 

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                                  OIL - DEEP SEA DRILLING

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Treehugger, May 25, 2012

-▶ THE $4 BILLION LOBBYING BLITZ THAT BOUGHT SHELL THE ARCTIC http://www.treehugger.com/environmental-policy/4-billion-lobbying-blitz-bought-shell-arctic.html

 

 EcoWatch, August 11, 2014
-▶ EXXON STARTS 'MOST CONTROVERSIAL OIL RIGS IN THE WORLD' http://ecowatch.com/2014/08/11/exxon-controversial-oil-rig-russia-arctic/

 

June 5, 2013 Grist
-▶ BP TO PUMP $1 BILLION INTO IT'S ALASKA DRILLING EFFORTS - AFTER TAXES REDUCED ON OIL COMPANIES AS INCENTIVE http://grist.org/news/bp-to-pump-1-billion-into-its-alaska-drilling-efforts/

 

 

 

                                            SONAR, SEISMIC TESTING

                      AND WHALES, SEA CREATURES ARE A DEADLY MIX

                                The Acoustic World Beneath The Waves

                                                 http://sco.lt/7XdRMP

 

ARCTIC IS RELEASING HUNDREDS, PERHAPS THOUSANDS OF ENORMOUS PLUMES OF METHANE DIRECTLY INTO EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE http://sco.lt/8gVi1x

 

 

POST BP DEEPWATER HORIZON OIL SPILL:
DOLPHINS DYING IN DROVES AND SCIENTISTS CAN'T STOP IT

                                                http://sco.lt/7OtO9h

 

 

 

VAST METHANE 'PLUMES' SEEN IN ARCTIC OCEAN AS SEA ICE RETREATS

http://sco.lt/6H0vuD 

 

                                             OUR OCEANS ARE DYING

                             MASS EXTINCTION MAY BE INEVITABLE

                                               http://sco.lt/6BuBCz

 

                                              OCEANS ACIDIFYING

RAPIDLY RISING CO2 IN ATMOSPHERE CAUSING POTENTIAL CATASTROPHE  http://sco.lt/8LsqbR

 

 

                                   ECOLOGICAL ARMAGEDDON

                                          EXTINCTION CRISIS

IN 40 YEARS, WE HAVE DISAPPEARED HALF OF THE WORLD'S WILD ANIMALS http://sco.lt/8fK5eT

 

                      EXCEPTIONAL DOCUMENTARY (1:29:00)

                    "PLANET OCEAN" - WHO OWNS THE OCEANS?

                     How The Health of The Oceans Are The Pivot

                         For all of Earth's Healthy Eco Systems

https://vimeo.com/97706434

 

 

 

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                                      CORPORATE LAND MINING

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▶  MINING, FOREIGN LAND GRAB DESTROYING  ENVIRONMENT, ECOSYSTEMS AND LOCAL COMMUNITIES http://sco.lt/5M5eLp

These Mega Corporations Operate With Little or No Regulation or Oversight and Are Not Held To Account For the Destruction,  They answer to no government or society for their ecocidal activities left behind in their wake.   They throw big money around to the corrupt, innocent and the ignorant until it is too late, the contract has been signed,  This is Corporate Ecocide At It's Worst and Must Be Reigned For The Sake of Life in both our oceans, forests and wetlands.

 

 May 23, 2013 Common Dreams
▶  TERRACIDE: THE BIGGEST CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE IN HISTORY - Destroying Our Planet For Record Profits http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/05/23-4

 

 

HOLDING CORPORATIONS RESPONSIBLE:

Mining Companies Devastate Pristine Wisconsin for Frac-Sand - Leaving Chemical Cesspool http://sco.lt/6gL1ov

 

 

                                                           VIDEO:

                                   SIERRA MAGAZINE PRESENTS

                                       THE TRUE COST OF COAL

                            AN EXTRAORDINARY PHOTO EXPOSE

                                               http://sco.lt/5wLb2f

 

                                                     PHOTOS, VIDEOS 

WHEN EARTH IS SCARRED FOREVER - PHOTOS, VIDEOS

http://io9.com/when-earth-is-scarred-forever-495971504

 

Mongabay, June 06, 2014
-▶ NEW STUDY FINDS ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE GLOBALLY MAY COST MORE THAN U.S. GDP http://news.mongabay.com/2014/0606-morgan-ecosystem-services.html

 

Rewire, February 26, 2014
▶  FRACK DRILLING WASTE BEING DUMPED INTO OCEAN OFF CALIFORNIA COAST -- WITH LEGAL PERMIT !! Fracking wastewater contains more than just the chemicals used by oil and gas companies to break up the rocks, including toxic substances like methanol, benzene, naphthalene, and trimethylbenzene. It can also include nasties that it picks up from those deep rock formations, including lead and arsenic. And while safely disposing of such substances isn't easy in the best of situations, ocean disposal poses special risks for those who play in, live near, or eat fish from the sea. http://www.kcet.org/news/rewire/petroleum/fracking-waste-is-being-dumped-into-the-ocean-off-californias-coast.html

 

FRACKING OUR FOOD AND WATER SUPPLY http://sco.lt/6eL9sn

 

 Real News One, June 10, 2014
-▶ PUTTING THE ECONOMY BEFORE THE ENVIRONMENT IS ENVIRONMENTAL VANDALISM AND SUICIDAL http://realnewsone.com/2014/06/10/putting-the-economy-before-the-environment-is-environmental-vandalism/

 

 

                      PRICING CARBON AND CARBON STORAGE:

FAILED STRATEGIES THAT WON'T SAVE THE CLIMATE OR PLANET

                                        http://sco.lt/7GrrPd

 

 

                      THE SIXTH MASS EXTINCTION IS UPON US. 

                                       CAN HUMANS SURVIVE?

                                              http://sco.lt/630INt

 

▶  WORLD LOSING BIODIVERSITY THOUSAND TIME FASTER THAN NATURAL EXTINCTION: UN http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life/p/3618052038/world-losing-biodiversity-thousand-times-higher-than-natural-extinction-un

 

▶  AUSTRALIA SEEKS TO LIMIT OCEAN 'GEOENGINEERING'  http://sco.lt/5zLlLd

 

 

                                           ERADICATING ECOCIDE:

WHY BUSINESS LEADERS MUST STEP UP TO THE CHALLENGE                                                  http://sco.lt/56vkOH

 

 

COMING FAST:

GLOBAL CORPORATE GOVERNANCE?

SOVEREIGNTY RIGHTS NEGOTIATED AWAY IN NEW SECRETIVE GLOBAL TRADE PACTS  http://sco.lt/4zvupF

 

 

 

 

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INDUSTRIAL FISH FARMING IS DESTROYING OUR WILD FISH AND OCEAN ECOSYSTEMS

INDUSTRIAL FISH FARMING IS DESTROYING OUR WILD FISH AND OCEAN ECOSYSTEMS | OUR OCEANS NEED US | Scoop.it
 
Our #OCEANS Should Not Be Treated As Places For Mega-Corporations To Industrialize & Destroy.
Scotland's Wild Salmon Threatened by FISH FARMS.
73,000 farmed salmon escaped from an industrial fish farm, spreading disease & significant risk to wild fish.
#DontCageOurOcean
 
-▶ WHY ARTIFICIAL FISH FARMING IS UNSUSTAINABLE AND HARMING THE PLANET. There’s something fishy going on between the BigAg GMO soy industry and new fish farming methods, and there is little news coverage of this growing relationship. A report titled "Factory-Fed Fish: How the Soy Industry is Expanding Into the Sea: by Food & Water Watch and Food & Water Europe http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/tools-and-resources/factory-fed-fish/ highlights some of the potential dangers created by the unexpected relationship between soy and fish, and looks at the harm that is being caused to the global environment by this unnatural coupling.  What's the Problem? ... http://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsandnature/why-fish-farming-is-unsustainable-and-harming-the-planet/
 
 ▶ HORRIFIC FOOTAGE EXPOSES FACTORY SALMON FARMING
 
An issue of immense animal suffering, environment devastation and imperiled wildlife.
Industrial salmon rearing is #factoryfarming at sea, an animal welfare tragedy. Confined in vast numbers, these ocean wanderers have no choice but to swim in small circles, often becoming diseased + riddled with parasites.@TheGAAI @ciwf
 
Positive News, August 14, 2019
▶ FIGHTING FOR THE FUTURE OF WILD FISH
 Iceland’s wild salmon population under threat by the mighty commercial fish farming industry.
     Conservationists fear that the King of Fish, as Atlantic Salmon is sometimes called, is in peril once more. The threat? Iceland’s industrial salmon farming industry, which is set to more than quadruple in size.
     Wherever in the world commercial salmon fishing has taken place, an “environmental and biological disaster” has followed.             Wild salmon stocks are so depleted in neighboring Norway that around 100 of its 450 salmon rivers are now closed to anglers.

     The industry uses a technique called ‘open net’ production. This involves fish being grown intensively in pens located in lakes or near the ocean shore. Each pen can contain up to 200,000 fish, with most farms comprising a minimum of four or five pens each.

     Environmentalists argue that the system, which is widespread in Scotland, Chile, Norway and Canada, results in widespread marine pollution (from fish waste and pesticides, primarily) and involves high mortality rates.

     But their main concern is what happens when farmed fish escape, something that “tens of millions” have done since the introduction of open net farming in the 1970s, according to independent scientific research.

     “Farmed fish have an instinct to swim and breed, so they end up entering the rivers and competing with the wild salmon population for their breeding grounds,”

Mowi, the Norwegian-owned global company which produces up to 60,000 tonnes of salmon each year in the UK alone

https://www.positive.news/economics/fighting-for-the-future-of-wild-fish/

 

 

 

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S.O.S

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The Straight News, August 11, 2019

 ▶ FACTORY FARMED SALMON INFECTING TENS OF MILLIONS WITH DEADLY PRV VIRUS - SALMON POPULATIONS COLLAPSE

Tens of millions of British Columbia's wild salmon dying in uncontrollable outbreak.

The escalating battle to protect Pacific wild salmon from a Norwegian virus.

THIRTY MILLION ATLANTIC SALMON were imported into B.C. from Norway, before anyone knew that the virus existed.  

In 2017, we reported that 94 percent of farm salmon in markets are infected and that the virus has spread coastwide. But it is significantly more prevalent in wild salmon caught near salmon farms.

Wild Chinook near these farms are in collapse despite fishing closures. The oddly yellow Chinooks died slowly and painfully, releasing the virus into the surrounding waters

https://www.straight.com/news/1284286/alexandra-morton-virus-email-and-survival-bcs-wild-salmon

 

▶  800,000 MORE FARMED ATLANTIC SALMON COMING TO PUGET SOUND BEFORE INDUSTRY'S PERMITS EXPIRE

The juvenile fish will be placed in pens this fall, more than a year after thousands of fish escaped from a Cooke Aquaculture facility.

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/environment/800000-more-farmed-atlantic-salmon-coming-to-puget-sound-before-industrys-permits-expire/

 

CBC News, January 08, 2015
▶ SEA LICE PESTICIDES USED IN SALMON FARMING INDUSTRY MAY BE HAZARDOUS  http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/sea-lice-pesticides-used-in-salmon-industry-may-be-hazardous-1.2894258

 

Dr. David Suzuki, April 29, 2014
SALMON FARMS vs. WILD SALMON: HAS ANYTHING CHANGED AFTER A DECADE OF CONTROVERSY? http://ecowatch.com/2014/04/29/salmon-farms-wild-salmon-controversy/

 

 

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GENETICALLY ENGINEERED (GMO) FARMED SALMON

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AlterNet, March 07, 2012
 -▶ WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THE COMPANY PUSHING GENETICALLY ENGINEERED SALMON TO CONSUMERS

http://www.alternet.org/story/154454/what_you_should_know_about_the_company_pushing_genetically_engineered_salmon_on_consumers?akid=8379.237541.9t9h4W&rd=1&t=12

 

Dec. 28, 2012 Alternet

 ▶ DESPITE DUBIOUS EVIDENCE OF SAFETY, YOU MAY SOON BE EATING UNLABELED GENETICALLY ENGINEERED SALMON  http://www.alternet.org/environment/despite-dubious-evidence-safety-you-may-soon-be-eating-unlabeled-genetically-engineered

 

 -▶  "SUSTAINABLE" GENETICALLY ENGINEERED RUNAWAY SALMON STIR CONSERVATION WORRIES http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/25/runaway-salmon-stir-conservation-worries/

 

-20 March, 2013 - The Guardian Environment

-▶  MAJOR US SUPERMARKETS TO BOYCOTT GM SALMON  - FIRST OF 30 OTHER GENETICALLY ALTERED SPECIES UNDER DEVELOPMENT. The GM salmon is the first in some 30 other species of genetically engineered fish under development, including tilapia. Researchers are also working to bring GM cows, chickens and pigs to market.... http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/mar/20/major-us-supermarkets-boycott-gm-salmon

 

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The Fish Site, February 09, 2015
 ▶ PANCREAS DISEASE THREAT TO WILD SALMON FROM ESCAPED NORWEGIAN FARMED SALMON  http://www.thefishsite.com/fishnews/25085/pancreas-disease-threat-from-escaped-norwegian-salmon

 

Geographical, January 23, 2015
 -▶ CHINA'S UNSUSTAINABLE FISH FARMS http://geographical.co.uk/nature/oceans/item/727-china-s-fish-farms-squeeze-global-supply

 

 

 

 

▶ APPETITE FOR FARMED SEAFOOD DESTROYING MARINE ECOSYSTEMS. Wild Seafood Stocks Collapsing
The dirty secret behind the farmed seafood on your plate: our new hard-hitting investigation traces 'sustainable' farmed seafood

 

BBC News, May 29, 2019

▶ SALMON FARMING GIANT MOWI PROBED OVER CHEMICAL USE

The world's biggest salmon farming company is one of a number of firms under investigation by Scottish regulators for possible misreporting of chemical use.

There are concerns that the large amounts of pesticides, as well as faeces and food waste coming from the thousands of salmon in the fish farm nets, could be damaging the environment in some of Scotland's lochs.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-48334029

 

 

                    WHO OWNS THE SEA LIFE IN OUR OCEANS?

                                   Daily Mail Online, April, 2015
HUNDREDS OF SEALS ARE SECRETLY BEING SHOT ALONG BRITISH COASTS TO PROTECT FARMED FISH STOCKS

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3028571/Hundreds-seals-secretly-shot-British-coasts.html

 

Salon, August 17

▶ SUSTAINABLE SEAFOOD IS A FANTASY

Being a responsible fish eater is much for difficult than it appears.

http://www.salon.com/2013/08/17/sustainable_seafood_is_a_fantasy/

 

Ecowatch, August 16, 2012
 ▶ AQUACULTURE: WORLD'S INSATIABLE APPETITE FOR FISH DECIMATES WILD FISH POPULATION. “Growth in fish farming can be a double-edged sword,” said Nierenberg, co-author of the report and Director of Worldwatch’s Nourishing the Planet project. “Despite its potential to affordably feed an ever-growing global population, it can also contribute to problems of habitat destruction, waste disposal, invasions of exotic species and pathogens, and depletion of wild fish stock.”  http://ecowatch.com/2012/08/16/decimates-wild-fish-population/

 

Telegraph, April 18, 2015
 -▶ NO COD, NO HADDOCK - WHAT FISH CAN WE EAT WITH A CLEAN CONSCIENCE?  Sounds fine – after all, we all like a bit of salmon. But in fact it takes 3-4lb of these little fish to produce 1lb of farmed fish such as salmon. Sure, some farmed fish are herbivorous, such as t... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/11542239/No-cod-no-haddock-what-fish-can-we-eat-with-a-clean-conscience.html

 

 

                                   ANIMATED VIDEO (2:25)

                          Sustainable Business, March 12, 2015
WHY A 10,000 MILE ROUND TRIP FOR COD JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE - SYSTEMS THINKING  http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/video/10000-mile-trip-for-cod-unsustainable-fishing-systems-thinking

 

 

SafeBee, January 20, 2015
-▶  FARMED FISH:  YAY OR NAY? Is farmed fish good for your health — or the environment? http://www.safebee.com/food/farmed-fish-yay-or-nay

 

Eat This Not That
-▶ HOW TILAPIA IS WORSE THAN BACON http://www.eatthis.com/tilapia-is-worse-than-bacon

 

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) February 05, 2014
 ▶ FISH FARMS TO PRODUCE NEARLY TWO THIRDS OF GLOBAL FOOD FISH SUPPLY BY 2030 http://www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/213522/icode/

 

 

Grist, July 15, 2014

 ▶ CAN WE HAVE OUR SUSTAINABLE SEAFOOD AND EAT IT TOO? http://grist.org/food/can-we-have-our-sustainable-seafood-and-eat-it-too/

 

 

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AQUAFARMING - FISH FARMING

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CNCNews, February 18, 2015
 ▶ AQUACULTURE RULE CHANGES RAISE PESTICIDE CONCERNS IN CANADA : WHO EXPORTS FISH TO USA

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/aquaculture-rule-changes-raise-pesticide-concerns-1.2961882

 

SCOTTISH FISH FARMERS USE RECORD AMOUNTS OF PESTICIDES, DESTROYING MARINE ECOSYSTEMS http://sco.lt/4i52I5

 

                                             

                         THE PROBLEM WITH FARMED SALMON:

                      AQUAFARMING IN CANADA AND PESTICIDES

                                         EXPORTED TO USA

                                           http://sco.lt/8zJ8oj

 

                                              Earth Website
-▶ WORLD FISH STOCKS, FISHERIES MAPS, AQUACULTURE STATISTICS http://www.theglobaleducationproject.org/earth/fisheries-and-aquaculture.php

 

Guardian Environment, May 31, 2014

-▶ IS IT NOW ETHICAL TO EAT FARMED, CAGED  FISH? There aren't plenty more fish in the sea. Our fish and seafood consumption is soaring, so in steps aquaculture. From 2011 to 2012 global aquaculture provided 90m tonnes of fish, overtaking 80m tonnes from the wild fisheries. But in reality 50% of the world's wild caught fish are fed to other animals, including farmed fish. There's also a large pressure group advocating introducing GM farmed salmon – dubbed "Frankenfish" ...

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jun/01/is-it-ethical-to-eat-farmed-fish

 

Jan 24, 2013 NYTimes.com

-▶  NOWHERE TO SWIM: MILESTONE LOOMS FOR CORPORATE FACTORY  "FARMED"-RAISED FISH  https://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/01/24/a-milestone-looms-for-farm-raised-fish/

 

NPR, January 22, 2015
▶INVESTMENT FUND POURS CASH INTO 'CLEANER, GREENER' FISH FARMING  http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2015/01/22/379090302/investment-fund-pours-cash-into-cleaner-greener-fish-farming

 

SHRIMP: SEAFOOD SURPRISE: 

                                      WAIT...WHAT AM I EATING?

                                             http://sco.lt/7KhClN

 

  

 

 

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                     AQUACULTURE: TAMING THE BLUE FRONTIER

                                             http://sco.lt/8a5Knx

 

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 June 13, 2013 Sustainablog
 ▶ FARMED FISH PRODUCTION OVERTAKES BEEF http://sustainablog.org/2013/06/fish-farming-overtakes-beef/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+IM-sustainablog+%28Sustainablog%29

 

Mongabay, Jeremy Hance January 15, 2015
 ▶ EMPTY SEAS:  SCIENTISTS WARN OF AN INDUSTRIALIZED OCEAN

http://news.mongabay.com/2015/0115-hance-industrialized-oceans.html

 

New York Times, January 01, 2015
 -▶ WHERE HAVE ALL THE COD GONE? http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/02/opinion/where-have-all-the-cod-gone.html

 

May 14, 2013 Mongabay

-▶ INDUSTRIALIZED FISHING HAS FORCED SEABIRDS TO CHANGE WHAT THEY EAT - FAR REACHING IMPLICATIONS FOR OCEAN ECOSYSTEMS http://news.mongabay.com/2013/0514-hance-petrel-bones.html

 

 

 -▶ PUT YOUR TUNA ROLL DOWN AND WATCH THIS !!

TO THE LAST FISH

http://sco.lt/7AkdiD

 

“FATALLY FLAWED" FDA ASSESSMENT TO UNLEASH GENETICALLY ENGINEERED SALMON ONTO YOUR DINNER PLATE.  NO Regulation NO Oversight NO Labeling... http://sco.lt/67gold

 

 

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-▶ 100 MILLION SHARKS KILLED A YEAR, JUST FOR THEIR FINS.  SHARK POPULATIONS PLUMMET BY 90%  http://sco.lt/7kHqLZ

 

                           WRECKING THE OCEAN ECOSYSTEM

OVERFISHING, COLLAPSING FISHERIES, OCEAN DEPENDENT SPECIES STARVING   http://sco.lt/6bO2nR

 

                                                  WATCH

                                      "SEA THE TRUTH" 

                       IN 2048 OUR OCEANS WILL BE EMPTY

http://www.scoop.it/t/our-oceans-need-us/p/1838959581/sea-the-truth-in-2048-our-oceans-will-be-empty-video

 

SHRIMP

                 THE MASSIVE HIDDEN ENVIRONMENTAL PRICE TAG

               DESTROYING MANGROVE FORESTS AND OUR OCEANS

                                                  http://sco.lt/7eonir

 

                                  WHY SARDINES MATTER

            CRITICAL ECOSYSTEM FOOD SOURCE IN STEEP DECLINE

                                          http://sco.lt/5I8QOf

 

                THE BUSINESS CASE FOR SEAFOOD TRACEABILITY

                                                ECO-LABELING

                                          http://sco.lt/5EgPZ3

 

 

 -▶ OCEANS ARE OUR PLANETARY LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEM http://sco.lt/4ynRkv

 

-▶ ARCTIC OCEAN 'ACIDIFYING RAPIDLY' - HIGHEST LEVELS IN 55 MILLION YEARS - ARCTIC COULD BE ICE FREE IN TWO YEARS http://sco.lt/6KTOpl

 

 

 


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GHOST FISHING Derelict fishing nets have turned the bottom of the sea into a death trap - Ocean Plastics 

GHOST FISHING Derelict fishing nets have turned the bottom of the sea into a death trap - Ocean Plastics  | OUR OCEANS NEED US | Scoop.it

AND YOU THOUGHT CONSUMER PLASTIC POLLUTION WAS BAD!

Ghost nets are any fishing net that is lost abandoned or discarded at sea or on land. Unfortunately many marine organisms such as Turtles, sharks, whales, dolphins, fish and even sea bird become entangled in these silent killers often unnoticed.  

 

Metro UK, May 31, 2019

- ▶ SEAL DIED A 'TORTURED DEATH' AFTER GETTING TRAPPED IN 35G OF UK MARINE LITTER

The heartbreaking situation off the coast of Cornwall has been described as ‘one of the worst cases of entanglement seen anywhere in the world.’

https://metro.co.uk/2019/05/31/seal-died-tortured-death-getting-trapped-35kg-uk-marine-litter-9757196/?ito=cbshare

 

GHOST FISHING - VIDEOS 

DERELICT FISHING NETS HAVE TURNED THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA INTO A DEATH TRAP  

Each year, at least 640,000 tonnes of nets and other fishing gear goes overboard and never comes back. But just because it’s lost to the sea doesn’t mean that derelict gear stops doing its jobs. The lobster pots, crab traps and dense thickets of nets that litter the sea bottom keep snaring fish and other animals for years or even decades after they go missing.
     It’s impossible to estimate how many marine animals are killed each year by “ghost fishing,” as the problem is known. However, the mosaic of local reports suggests staggering numbers—many of them of commercially valuable or endangered species. In Puget Sound, ghost gear is thought to kill more 3.5 million animals a year, including nearly 25 seals, porpoises and other marine mammals a week.  http://qz.com/247942/derelict-fishing-nets-have-turned-the-bottom-of-the-sea-into-a-death-trap-2/

 

Newsweek, December 07, 2019

- ▶ DEAD SPERM WHALE WITH 220 POUNDS OF PLASTIC IN ITS STOMACH FOUND ON BEACH IN SCOTLAND: 

Earlier this week, a young 20-ton male sperm #WHALE died with over 200 lbs of debris stuck in its stomach including plastic cups, bags, gloves, packing straps and tubing as well as bundles of rope and sections of net

https://www.newsweek.com/dead-sperm-whale-220-pounds-plastic-stomach-beach-1475007

 

Mongabay, July 23, 2019

- ▶ THOUSANDS OF SHARKS AND RAYS ARE BECOMING ENTANGLED IN PLASTIC POLLUTING EARTH'S OCEANS. 

“The most common entangling objects were ghost fishing gear (74% of animals) followed by polypropylene strapping bands (11% of animals), with other entangling materials such as circular plastic debris, polythene bags and rubber tyres comprising 1% of total entangled animals,” the authors write in the study

https://news.mongabay.com/2019/07/scientists-say-thousands-of-sharks-and-rays-are-likely-entangled-in-plastic-polluting-earths-oceans/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

 

 

 Treehugger, July 29, 2019

- ▶  ANNUAL PHOTO CONTEST REVEALS DANGERS OF GHOST NETS.

Depressing photos received by the Ocean Conservancy show just how helpless marine animals are in the face of drifting nets.  Once tangled up in a net, it's pretty near impossible for a marine animal to escape.

While it is difficult to know just how much 'ghost gear' enters the world's oceans every year, the amount is estimated to be around 800,000 tons. The majority of fishing gear is made from plastic or other synthetic materials; it does not biodegrade, and continues to pose as much of a threat to wildlife in its 'ghost' form as it did while being used by a fishing fleet. Ghost nets also damage delicate coral reefs, amass other plastic debris, and pose a risk to ships

 https://www.treehugger.com/ocean-conservation/ocean-conservancys-annual-photo-contest-reveals-dangers-ghost-nets.html

    

VIDEO

Mercy For Animals, June 29, 2018

STRAWS AREN'T THE ONLY PROBLEM. 

ABANDONED FISHING NETS ACCOUNT FOR 46 PERCENT OF ALL OCEAN PLASTIC- KILLING HUNDREDS AND THOUSANDS OF SEA LIFE PER YEAR. 640,000 tons of gear are lost and pollute oceans each year. In 2016 there were 71 reported cases of whales caught in abandoned fishing gear off the U.S. Pacific coast.

https://mercyforanimals.org/straws-arent-the-real-problem-fishing-nets

 

Inertia, March 20, 2018

- ▶ NEW REPORT FINDS WHOPPING 700,000 TONS OF ABANDONED FISHING GEAR LEFT IN THE OCEAN EVERY YEAR

https://www.theinertia.com/environment/new-report-finds-whopping-700000-tons-of-abandoned-fishing-gear-left-in-the-ocean-every-year/

 

 - ▶ A SINGLE DISCARDED FISHING NET CAN KEEP KILLING FOR CENTURIES.  

A new report estimates that around 700,000 tons of fishing gear are abandoned in the oceans each year. 

gigantic mass of abandoned fishing gear and its catch. The monstrous net, as wide and deep as the Hollywood sign is tall, drifted just below the water’s surface with tendrils that teemed with hundreds of dead and dying fish and sharks. 

- ▶ The plastics that make up most of the nets in the oceans today take around 600 years to break apart. One old gill net found wedged between rocks off the coast of the San Juan Islands reportedly sat atop a pile of marine bird and mammal bones that was three feet deep

https://www.nrdc.org/onearth/single-discarded-fishing-net-can-keep-killing-centuries

 

 

 Daily Mail Online, November 30, 2014
- ▶ ABANDONED NETS TRAPPING THE OCEANS RARE AND DELICATE CREATURES. The ghost nets trapping the ocean's rare and delicate creatures: Horrific photos reveal turtles, seals, sharks and birds caught in abandoned fishing gear. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2852619/The-horrific-photos-marine-life-stuck-ghost-nets-coast-Northern-Australia-one-worst-world.html

 

- ▶ FATAL INGESTION OF FLOATING NET DEBRIS BY TWO SPERM WHALES (Physeter macrocephalus) - sperm-whale-fatal-ingestion.pdf http://www.marinemammalcenter.org/assets/pdfs/vetsci-stranding/scientific-contributions/2010/sperm-whale-fatal-ingestion.pdf

 

Guardian Sustainable Business, September 100 2015

- ▶ HIDDEN PROBLEM OF 'GHOST GEAR' : THE ABANDONED FISHING NETS CLOGGING UP OCEANS - The fishing industry’s sustainability issues with by-catch and plastic pollution are relatively well reported, but the issue with ghost gear is less well known. http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2015/sep/10/fishing-industry-vows-to-tackle-wildlife-deaths-from-ghost-gear

 

TakePart, April 20, 2015
- ▶ THE UNSEEN SLAUGHTER  UNDER THE SEA

Ocean Defenders Alliance is on a mission to stop abandoned "ghost nets" from killing dolphins, sea turtles, and millions of other marine animals.

http://www.takepart.com/feature/2015/04/20/people-stopping-ghost-fishing-killing-whales-dolphins-seals

 

                                                     VIDEO (2:25)
              PROTECTING ANIMALS FROM GHOST FISHING GEAR
                   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhIhgBUDkaQ

 

 

TakePart, April 22, 2015
- ▶ PHOTOS: IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO SAVE A MONK SEAL http://www.takepart.com/feature/2015/04/22/endangered-hawaiian-monk-seal-ocean-plastic-pollution-climate-change


Earth Island Journal, January 27, 2014
- ▶ GHOST FISHING NETS:  INVISIBLE KILLERS IN THE OCEANS http://www.earthisland.org/journal/index.php/elist/eListRead/ghost_fishing_nets_invisible_killers_in_the_oceans/

 

Triple Pundit, December 15, 2014
- ▶ GLOBAL GHOST GEAR INITIATIVE AIMS TO CLEAN UP THE FISHING INDUSTRY http://www.triplepundit.com/2014/12/global-ghost-gear-initiative-amis-clean-fishing-industry/

 

                                                    PHOTOS

                   GHOST FISHING NETS KILLING MARINE LIFE

http://www.tonywublog.com/journal/ghost-fishing-nets-killing-marine-life 

 

 

 

 

March 27, 2013 CNN

▶  OVERFISHED AND UNDER-PROTECTED: OCEANS ON THE BRINK OF COLLAPSE http://edition.cnn.com/2013/03/22/world/oceans-overfishing-climate-change/index.html?hpt=ias_t2

 

 

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DRIFT GILLNETS

 

 The National, March 04, 2015

- ▶ ILLEGAL DRIFT NETS KILLING ABU DHABI'S ENDANGERED DUGONGS http://www.thenational.ae/uae/environment/illegal-drift-nets-killing-abu-dhabis-dugongs

 

 

 Mongabay, November 18, 2013
▶  GILL NETS: NEW STUDY: NEARLY HALF A MILLION SEABIRDS DIE IN GILL NETS EVERY YEAR, BUT SOLUTIONS EXIST http://news.mongabay.com/2013/1118-seabirds-die-by-gillnets-solution.html

 

 

Conservation Magazine, May 09, 2014
▶  JUST $200 PER FISHING VESSEL COULD SAVE THOUSANDS OF ALBATROSSES FROM INDUSTRIAL FISHING GEAR. The commercial fisheries aren’t going to stop their business for the seabirds.  it’s all too easy for a seabird to get caught up in the fishing gear that trails behind a fishing boat, and when they do, it’s usually fatal. In 2004-2005, an estimated 15,500 birds were killed that way off of South Africa. Pelagic albatrosses and petrels are particularly hard-hit,  http://conservationmagazine.org/2014/05/just-200-per-fishing-vessel-could-save-thousands-of-albatrosses/

 

World Fishing & Aquaculture, January 14, 2014
▶  PROJECT TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF SEABIRDS CAUGHT IN INDUSTRIAL TRAWLER FISHING WIRES http://www.worldfishing.net/news101/industry-news/project-to-reduce-the-number-of-seabirds-caught-in-fishing-wires

 

Pew Charitable Trust, November 31, 2014

- ▶ LIMITS ON DEADLY DRIFT GILLNETS ARE THE LEAST WE CAN DO  http://www.pewtrusts.org/en/about/news-room/news/2014/11/21/limits-on-deadly-drift-gillnets-are-the-least-we-can-do

 

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OCEAN TRASH, PLASTIC, POLLUTION

 

ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) February 18, 2015

- ▶ MORE THAN 8km OF FISHING LINE RECOVERED FROM SWAN AND CANNING RIVERS IN PERTH, AUSTRALIA "It would have otherwise ended up in the Swan and Canning estuary system, could have ended up entangling some of our wildlife, some of our dolphins, some of our black swans, as we've often seen happening over the last 12 months." Since 2008, five dolphins had been found caught in fishing line, with four of the animals dying."That is a horrific way for any creature to die, it is a very slow and painful death, and that can be caused by any discarded fishing line," ... A lot of the entanglement problems that we have seen with our wildlife, fishing line is in particular quite a problem, in fact fishing line can take up to 600 years to break down if it's just left in the environment."

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-02-18/fishing-line-recovered-from-perth-waterways/6143624

 

 HuffingtonPost Green, December 22, 2014
- ▶ HEROIC WHALE RESCUE REVEALS SAD REALITY OF OCEAN POLLUTION'S IMPACT ON ANIMALS

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/12/16/noaa-whale-freed-fishing-line_n_6331366.html

 

June 25, 2013 Treehugger

▶  OCEAN SEAFLOOR COVERED IN TRASH: Researchers study 18,000 hours of deep sea footage, find ocean seafloor is covered in trash http://www.treehugger.com/ocean-conservation/researchers-study-18000-hours-deep-sea-footage-ocean-seafloor-covered-trash.html

 

nter Press Service, October 13, 2014
MARINE LITTER:  PLUNGING DEEP, SPREADING WIDE http://www.ipsnews.net/2014/10/marine-litter-plunging-deep-spreading-wide/

 

Wildlife Extra News - October 2014
- ▶ 57 TONS OF MARINE DEBRIS REMOVED FROM NORTHWESTERN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS  http://www.wildlifeextra.com/go/news/hawaii-debris-310.html#cr

 

Care2, October 30, 2014
A SEA FULL OF TRASH:  TACKLING THE HUGE PLASTIC PROBLEM IN OUR OCEANS http://www.care2.com/causes/a-sea-full-of-trash-tackling-the-plastic-problem.html

 

BBC Science and Environment

HEALTH OF WORLD'S OCEANS DETERIORATING EVEN FASTER THAN SCIENTISTS PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-24369244

 

Huffington Post Green, October 22, 2013
▶  THE URGENCY OF PROTECTING THE OCEAN: A SOCIAL DEMAND http://www.huffingtonpost.com/cristina-narbona/the-urgency-of-protecting-ocean_b_4123464.html

 

 

BILLIONS OF POUNDS OF PLASTIC IN OUR OCEANS

IMPACT ON SEA LIFE, YOUR SEAFOOD AND YOUR HEALTH

http://sco.lt/768Gsz

 

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                                                  VIDEO

                NO SUPER TRAWLERS.  NOT HERE, NOT ANYWHERE

                                        http://sco.lt/8fhDH7

 

 

WATCH

DEADLY BY-CATCH

TWO THIRDS OF HEALTHY FISH BROUGHT ON TO FISHING VESSELS ARE THROWN BACK INTO THE SEA - DEADLY BYCATCH

http://sco.lt/6jvCXx

 

$400 BILLION CORPORATE FISHING FLEETS EMPTYING OUR OCEANS

http://sco.lt/7ABxHV

 

 

HOW INDUSTRIAL FISHING GEAR IS KILLING WHALES  http://sco.lt/8yu4R7

 

 

 

 

NEW REPORT FINDS MILLIONS (NOT THOUSANDS)  OF MARINE TURTLES KILLED BY LONGLINE AND SUPER TRAWLER FISHERIES

http://sco.lt/5ipXN3

   

 

DEEP END

THE DISASTER WE'VE WROUGHT ON THE WORLD'S OCEANS MAY BE IRREVOCABLE 

http://sco.lt/5pUYyX

 

 

 

 

                      100 MILLION A YEAR JUST FOR THEIR FINS.

                       SHARK POPULATIONS PLUMMET BY 90%

                                           http://sco.lt/7kHqLZ

 

 

 

WRECKING THE OCEAN ECOSYSTEM : OVERFISHING DESTROYING FOOD SOURCE FOR OCEAN SPECIES  

http://sco.lt/5T7ZGj

  

  

 

 

▶  ANTARCTIC ICE LOSS HAVING PROFOUND EFFECTS ON OCEAN FLOOR ECOLOGY AND SEA LIFE http://sco.lt/7mgaTR

 

 

 

 

                                  ECOLOGICAL ARMAGEDDON

                                         EXTINCTION CRISIS

IN 40 YEARS WE HAVE DISAPPEARED HALF OF THE WORLD'S WILD ANIMALS  http://sco.lt/8fK5eT

 

 

  

 

                           EXCEPTIONAL DOCUMENTARY (1:29:00)

                    "PLANET OCEAN" - WHO OWNS THE OCEANS?

                     How The Health of The Oceans Are The Pivot

                         For all of Earth's Healthy Eco Systems

                https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjxR5d1c87A

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Billions of Pounds of Oil-Based Plastic in Our Oceans: Impact on Sea Life, Your Seafood and Your Health

Billions of Pounds of Oil-Based Plastic in Our Oceans: Impact on Sea Life, Your Seafood and Your Health | OUR OCEANS NEED US | Scoop.it
  • SEA LIFE, BIRDS DYING
  • PLASTIC IN OUR FOOD CHAIN
  • MICROBEADS, MICRO FIBERS, MICROPLASTICS
  • PLASTIC BAGS

 

WE WERE WARNED SOMETIME BACK 

WE JUST WEREN'T LISTENING!

 

                                                     WATCH:

                                    DO WE HAVE THE COURAGE?

              A Moving Short Film About MIDWAY  by Chris Jordan - http://www.scoop.it/t/our-oceans-need-us/p/1061944409/midway-a-short-film-by-chris-jordan-do-we-have-the-courage

 

IMPORTANT VIDEO 5:55

              CHRIS JORDAN ON THE MIDWAY PROJECT

Documenting the tragic phenomenon of the death of the local albatross population due to excessive intake of plastic from the Pacific Garbage Patch.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-M9t2fm__K0&feature=player_embedded#

 

PLASTIC POLLUTION

IMAGES OF A GLOBAL PROBLEM

Startling photos highlighting the vast amounts of discarded plastic choking the world's oceans, shorelines and rivers.

Wildlife, particularly marine animals, are at risk when they become entangled in plastic waste, or ingest it.

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-44215882

 

Ecowatch, October 21, 2019

99% OF SEABIRDS WILL HAVE PLASTIC IN THEIR GUTS WITHIN DECADES

VIDEO

Extracting plastic straw and plastic forks from turtles noses.

https://www.ecowatch.com/seabirds-plastic-pollution-2609353767.html

 

The Guardian, January 25, 2015
▶  DROWNING IN PLASTIC - THE WORLD'S NEXT ECOLOGICAL DISASTER We’ve all heard stories of islands of floating rubbish in the middle of the oceans, but it’s the trillions of barely visible microscopic fragments that are set to be the world’s next ecological emergency. 

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/jan/25/drowning-in-plastic-rubbish-in-oceans-ecological-emergency

 

 New York Times, August 25, 2014

CHOKING THE OCEANS WITH PLASTIC The world is awash in plastic. It’s in our cars and our carpets, we wrap it around the food we eat and virtually every other product we consume; it has become a key lubricant of globalization — but it’s choking our future in ways that most of us are barely aware. Plastics are now one of the most common pollutants of ocean waters worldwide. Pushed by winds, tides and currents, plastic particles form with other debris into large swirling glutinous accumulation zones, known to oceanographers as gyres, which comprise as much as 40 percent of the planet’s ocean surface — roughly 25 percent of the entire earth... http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/26/opinion/choking-the-oceans-with-plastic.html

 

KUOW News, November 22, 2013 photos

▶  STUDY:  EATING PLASTIC CAUSE TUMORS, LIVER PROBLEMS IN FISH -- AND YOU? http://kuow.org/post/study-eating-plastic-causes-tumors-liver-problems-fish

 

BBC News, January 02, 2019

PLASTIC FOUND IN 'ALMOST 100% OF ALDERNEY'S GANNET NESTS

The plastic build-up in the breeding colonies is killing the seabirds, with some entangled gannets found hung or missing legs. The plastics are largely from fishing industry rope or line

https://www.bbc.com/news/amp/world-europe-guernsey-46738338?__twitter_impression=trueMedium

 

National Geographic, July 18, 2014
WHERE HAS IT ALL GONE?  FIRST OF ITS KIND MAP REVEALS EXTENT OF OCEAN PLASTIC http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/07/140715-ocean-plastic-debris-trash-pacific-garbage-patch/

 

 

 

July 23, 2019

THE PLASTIC POLLUTION OF FISHING GEAR IS MUCH WORSE THAN STRAWS

If you care about the environment, it's time to start talking about the 640,000 tons of discarded fishing gear killing ocean creatures.

https://tenderly.medium.com/plastic-ocean-fishing-gear-ad6a2eae53d2

 

TARGETING MICROPLASTICS:

There are more micro pieces of plastic in the oceans than stars in the Milky Way. Worried about microplastics in the oceans ending up in the food you eat?

WATCH

TARGETING PLASTICS

Using Nuclear Techniques to tackle global challenges

the VIDEO to learn how scientists at our ocean labs in Monaco are using nuclear techniques to better understand this global threat https://youtu.be/BcPdpIu95Y8

 

 

OUR OCEANS ARE DROWNING IN PLASTIC

http://sco.lt/5ZYbZ3

 

 

WATCH - INDEPTH REPORT 

60 Minutes 26:36

December 16, 2018

 CLEANING UP THE PLASTIC IN THE OCEAN

Plastic Pollution is everywhere.  The Oceans Are Drowning in It.  At Midway Atoll, the birds are mistaking plastic for food and dying.

https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/the-great-pacific-garbage-patch-cleaning-up-the-plastic-in-the-ocean-60-minutes/

 

PLASTIC POLLUTION AFFECTS SEA LIFE THROUGHOUT THE OCEAN.

Photos document extent of the impact, which extends to the seafood people eat.

https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/articles/2018/09/24/plastic-pollution-affects-sea-life-throughout-the-ocean?utm_campaign=environment&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_content=plastic_sealife

 

 

 

 

 Nature World News, September 01, 2015

▶  OCEAN POLLUTION: 60 PERCENT OF SEABIRDS HAVE PLASTIC IN THEIR STOMACHS http://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/16400/20150901/ocean-pollution-plastic-estimated-90-percent-seabirds-guts-2050.htm 

 

 

 

 

 The Scotsman, March 25, 2015
▶  PLASTIC POLLUTION FOUND INSIDE DEAD SEABIRDS http://www.scotsman.com/news/environment/plastic-pollution-found-inside-dead-seabirds-1-3729064

 

Conservation Magazine, February 12, 2014

PLASTIC INGESTION BY SEABIRDS IS WORSE THAN YOU THOUGHT http://conservationmagazine.org/2014/02/plastic-ingestion-seabirds-worse-thought/

 

 EcoWatch, February 25, 2015
-▶ DAVID SUZUKI:  WE HAVE TO STOP KILLING OUR OCEANS WITH PLASTIC 
http://ecowatch.com/2015/02/25/david-suzuki-stop-killing-oceans-plastic/

 

 

HOW PLASTIC BAGS ARE POISONING THE PLANET'S GREATEST PREDATORS - SPERM WHALES  

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2096142/Sperm-whales-How-plastic-bags-poisoning-planets-greatest-predators.html

 

                                          INFOGRAPHIC

      THE TRUTH ABOUT PLASTIC AND ITS IMPACT ON OUR PLANET 

- Is temporary convenience worth the 400 to 1000 years it takes plastic silverware to break down? http://holykaw.alltop.com/the-truth-about-plastic-and-its-impact-on-our-planet-infographic

 

New Scientist, February 12, 2015
▶   OCEANS SWALLOWED 13 MILLION TONS OF PLASTIC IN 2010. Vast floating islands of plastic are just a drop in the ocean compared with what's lurking deeper down. Between 5 and 13 million tonnes of plastic debris entered the marine environment in 2010 - and most of it is under water. What's more, without improvements in the way we manage waste, it could be 10 times as much each year by 2025... http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn26958-oceans-swallowed-13-million-tonnes-of-plastic-in-2010.html

 

 Guardian, December 10, 2014
▶   FULL SCALE OF PLASTIC IN WORLD'S OCEANS REVEALED FOR FIRST TIME http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/dec/10/full-scale-plastic-worlds-oceans-revealed-first-time-pollution

 

 

PLASTIC IN OUR FOOD CHAIN

 

 

University of California, San Diego, March 09, 2012

▶   FISH INGEST UP TO 24,000 TONS OF PLASTIC EACH YEAR: PACIFIC GARBAGE PATCH 100 TIMES LARGER THAN IN 1972 -- AND WE THEN EAT THEM http://dgrnewsservice.org/2012/05/09/pacific-garbage-patch-100x-larger-than-in-1972-fish-ingest-up-to-24000-tons-of-plastic-each-year/

 

Common Dreams. May 09, 2012

  ▶  PLASTIC IN 'GREAT PACIFIC GARBAGE PATCH' HAS INCREASED 100-FOLD - Killing Ocean Life and Ecosystem https://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/05/09-2

 

NPR, December 13, 2013
▶  HOW PLASTIC IN THE OCEAN IS CONTAMINATING YOUR SEAFOOD http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2013/12/12/250438904/how-plastic-in-the-ocean-is-contaminating-your-seafood

 

▶  CHEMICAL FROM PLASTIC WATER BOTTLE FOUND THROUGHOUT OCEANS INTO FOOD CHAIN 

A survey of 200 sites in 20 countries around the world has found that bisphenol A, a synthetic compound that mimics estrogen and is linked to developmental disorders, is ubiquitous in Earth's oceans http://sco.lt/5ogIGf

 

Guardian, February 12, 2015
▶  OCEAN PLASTIC IS LIKELY DISAPPEARING INTO THE FOOD CHAIN, NEW STUDY INDICATES http://www.theguardian.com/vital-signs/2015/feb/12/science-plastic-oceans-study-fish-pollution-worse

 

Institute of Science in Society, February 02, 2015
▶  PLASTIC POISONS IN THE FOOD CHAIN - MICROPLASTICS

Bioaccumulate chemical pollutants absorbed on microplastics  http://www.i-sis.org.uk/Plastic_Poisons_in_the_Food_Chain.php

 

                                                       REPORT

                                  PLOS ONE, December 10, 2014
                                    PLASTIC IN OUR SEAFOOD CHAIN
MORE THAN 5 TRILLION PLASTIC PIECES WEIGHING OVER 250,000 TONS AFLOAT AT SEA .

http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0111913

 

DailyMailOnline, September 24, 2014
HOW OUR ADDICTION TO PETROLEUM-BASED PLASTIC IS TURNING THE OCEANS AND FOOD CHAIN TOXIC http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2768849/A-planet-drowning-plastic-A-floating-Pacific-garbage-patch-size-Wales-Seabirds-whales-dying-horrible-deaths-How-addiction-plastic-turning-oceans-toxic.html

 

Science Reports, November 21, 2013
▶  INGESTED PLASTIC TRANSFERS HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS TO FISH AND INDUCES HEPATIC STRESS http://www.nature.com/srep/2013/131121/srep03263/full/srep03263.html

 

                                                    WATCH

                                             Documentary
                                               "PLASTICIZED" 48 min

An eye-opening story about the institute’s global mission to study the effects, reality, and scale of plastic pollution around the world. The overwhelming contaminant that is secretly infiltrating all levels of sea life like a cancer... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfcRW7sIrPI

 

Huffington Post Hawaii, June 1, 2014
PLASTIGLOMERATE: 

THE NEW AND HORRIBLE WAY HUMANS ARE LEAVING THEIR MARK ON THE PLANET http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/19/plastiglomerate_n_5496062.html?ir=Hawaii

 

mongabay May 07, 2013
▶  MUNCHING ON MARINE PLASTIC KILLS SPERM WHALE What do children's toys, balloons, mattresses and plastic bags have in common? They can, along with more non-biodegradable pollutants, be found in the belly of a sperm whale, the topic of a new study in the Marine Pollution Bulletin.

http://news.mongabay.com/2013/0507-dulaney-sperm-whale-pollution.html

 

MailOnLine, February 08, 2012
▶  SPERM WHALES: HOW PLASTIC BAGS ARE POISONING THE PLANET'S GREATEST PREDATORS: 65ft long sperm whales are being killed by human pollution http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2096142/Sperm-whales-How-plastic-bags-poisoning-planets-greatest-predators.html

 

Bloomberg Business April 26, 2015

▶  PLASTICS CHOKING ANIMALS TARGETED IN G-7 CLEAN-OCEAN PUSH http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-04-26/plastics-choking-animals-targeted-in-g-7-clean-ocean-push

 

TreeHugger, April 08, 2015
▶   MORE BAD NEWS FOR POLAR BEARS, AND IT'S NOT CLIMATE CHANGE http://www.treehugger.com/endangered-species/more-bad-news-polar-bears-and-its-not-climate-change.html

 

 Nature World News, January 08, 2014

▶  MARINE DEBRIS DEADLY TO WHALES, DOLPHINS. You might think twice before tossing a piece of plastic into the garbage rather than a recycling bin when you hear how deadly marine debris, such as floating plastic, is to whales, dolphins and other sea creatures. http://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/11752/20150108/marine-debris-deadly-to-whales-dolphins.htm

 

The Argus, March 03, 2014

 ▶  FISHERMAN CATCHES MONSTER COD AND FINDS PLASTIC BOTTLE INSIDE ITS BELLY. Jess Price, conservation officer at the Sussex Wildlife Trust, said marine litter was a “huge problem” and 75% of all litter recorded in the sea was plastic. She said: “The main issue is that marine life ingests it. The problem is plastic never biodegrades, it is there forever. “If something swallows a balloon or bottle then it’s taking up space in its stomach and can cause them to starve. http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/11047823.display/

 

                                                   

                                 "WHEN THE MERMAIDS CRY:

                                     THE GREAT PLASTIC TIDE?

                                           http://sco.lt/5sTmWv

 

Phys.org, February 24, 2015
-▶ FEARS OVER CORAL EATING PLASTIC IN AUSTRALIA'S GREAT BARRIER REEF. Corals in the Great Barrier Reef are eating small plastic debris in the ocean, Australian researchers raising fears about the impact the indigestible fragments have on their health and other marine life. Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2015-02-plastic-eating-coral-australia-barrier-reef.html#jCp

 

Planet Experts, January 16, 2015

-▶ HOW MUCH PLASTIC IS ENTERING THE OCEAN? http://www.planetexperts.com/much-plastic-entering-ocean/

 

Green Living, February 05, 2015

▶  WHICH FAST FOOD COMPANIES ARE POLLUTING OUR OCEAN THE MOST?  http://www.care2.com/greenliving/which-big-companies-are-polluting-our-oceans-the-most.html

 

Guardian Sustainable Business, January 26, 2015
▶  WE COULD END UP WITH 'AS MUCH PLASTIC IN OUR OCEANS AS FISH' http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2015/jan/26/plastic-oceans-environment-waste-recycling-fish

 

EcoWatch, July 03, 2014
5 GYRES INSTITUTE FINDS PLASTIC IN EVERY OCEAN SAMPLE FROM BERMUDA TO ICELAND http://ecowatch.com/2014/07/03/5-gyres-plastic-ocean/

 

 

                       ================================

 

             MICROBEADS, MICRO FIBERS, MICROPLASTICS

                                             =================

 

                                                    VIDEO
                                            MICROBEADS
                                   The Story of Stuff Project
                    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAiIGd_JqZc

 

TreeHugger May 7, 2015
- ▶ THE STORY OF STUFF TAKES ON THE MICROBEADS
http://www.treehugger.com/corporate-responsibility/story-stuff-takes-microbead.html

 

                                            MERMAID TEARS:

MICROBEADS AND MICROPLASTICS IN BEAUTY PRODUCTS

                            A THREAT TO OUR OCEAN AND RIVERS

 http://sco.lt/50DEtV

 

 

June 16, 2014
▶ THE GREAT PACIFIC GARBAGE PATCH: WE ARE LITERALLY FILLING UP THE PACIFIC OCEAN WITH PLASTIC http://endoftheamericandream.com/archives/the-great-pacific-garbage-patch-we-are-literally-filling-up-the-pacific-ocean-with-plastic

 

New Scientist, May 3, 2014
PLASTIC RUBBISH TAKES EGG'S PLACE IN ALBATROSS NEST. Our rubbish has reached the farthest corners of the Earth. Albatrosses feed some 5 tons of plastic each year to their chicks, with fatal results as seen in a series of shocking images by photographer Chris Jordan. http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25656-plastic-rubbish-takes-eggs-place-in-albatross-nest.html#.U4jCTy_O7NU

 

29 March, 2013 - Elephant Journal

 ▶  OCEAN PLASTICS IMPACT ON WILD SEA TURTLES

Our plastic footprint is on remote beaches, in isolated patches of ocean and in the stomachs of wild endangered animals.... http://www.elephantjournal.com/2013/03/ocean-plastics-impact-on-wild-sea-turtles-dr-wallace-j-nichols/

 

August 19, 2013 Mother Nature Network
▶  RARE SEA TURTLES EATING PLASTIC AT RECORD RATES http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/animals/blogs/rare-sea-turtles-eating-plastic-at-record-rate

 

 

 July 26, 2013 Treehugger
▶  HAWAII'S PREDATORY FISH ARE EATING PLASTIC - AND WE'RE EATING THEM  http://www.treehugger.com/ocean-conservation/hawaiis-predatory-fish-are-eating-plastic.html

 

Mother Jones, March 03, 2014
▶  HOW INDUSTRY AND THE FEDS SUPPRESSED EVIDENCE THAT PLASTICS WREAK HAVOC ON OUR HORMONES http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2014/03/regulatory-capture-bpa-plastic-estrogen-endocrine-disruptor-feds

 

Living on Earth, March 14, 2014
 ▶ THE SCARY NEW EVIDENCE ON BPA PLASTIC:

AN ABSOLUTELY MIND-BOGGLING INVESTIGATION INTO THE CHEMICAL INDUSTRY TACTICS TO KEEP YOU IN THE DARK ABOUT TOXIC PRODUCTS & EXPOSURE http://www.loe.org/shows/segments.html?programID=14-P13-00011&segmentID=4

 

▶  WHY ARE BRITISH FISH EATING PLASTIC?  SERIOUS FOR FISH, SERIOUS FOR YOU AND OUR FOOD CHAIN 

 https://nerc.ukri.org/planetearth/stories/1343/

 

 

The Scotsman, October 13, 2014
▶ SCOTLAND: OTTERS DYING EARLY BECAUSE OF POISONED SEAS 

Scottish otters are only living a third of the lifespan of those on mainland Europe because of poisoned seas, a leading expert on the species has warned. Zoologist Dr Paul Yoxon said chemicals in everyday products are accumulating in fish and shellfish on which the mammals feed, weakening their immune systems.

The zoologist, who runs the International Otter Survival Fund (IOSF) on Skye with his biologist wife Grace, said hormone-disrupting chemicals, commonly found in shampoos and plastics, are also believed to be behind shrinking genitals of the male otter, affecting reproduction rates...http://www.scotsman.com/news/environment/otters-dying-early-because-of-poisoned-seas-1-3570722

 

NRDC -- VIDEO

PLASTIC POLLUTION IN OCEANS - Help keep our marine life from eating and swimming in garbage.

WHAT IT MEANS TO YOU

This constant barrage (the equivalent of 136 billion milk jugs each year, estimates a study published in the journal Science) poses a serious danger to marine life. Animals can get tangled up in this trash or ingest it—either because they mistake it as prey or because the plastic has been broken down into tiny particles by seawater.
http://www.nrdc.org/oceans/plastic-ocean/

 

 

▶  OUR PLASTICS WILL POLLUTE OCEANS FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS http://sco.lt/7tYlQ9

 

 

National Geographic, June 08, 2013
WITH MILLIONS OF TONS OF PLASTIC IN OCEANS, MORE SCIENTISTS STUDYING IMPACT http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/06/140613-ocean-trash-garbage-patch-plastic-science-kerry-marine-debris/

 

 

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                                               PLASTIC BAGS

                                                 ==============

 

 

 Alternet, December 31, 2014
▶  PLASTIC BAG MANUFACTURERS SPEND $3 MILLION IN EFFORT TO REPEAL CALIFORNIA BAN. The American Progressive Bag Alliance lobbyists have spent $3 million to collect signatures to place a repeal of the bill on the November 2016 ballot, saying that claims that the bags contribute to litter and pollution are overblown. http://www.alternet.org/environment/plastic-bag-manufacturers-spend-3-million-repeal-california-ban

 

One Green Planet, October 01, 2014
3 MARINE ANIMALS WHO ARE THRILLED ABOUT CALIFORNIA'S PLASTIC BAG BAN http://www.onegreenplanet.org/news/marine-animals-who-are-thrilled-about-californias-plastic-bag-ban/

 

                         THE PLASTICS INDUSTRY IS BIG BUSINESS

                                      GreenBiz, April 06, 2015
HOW CAN AGRICULTURE SOLVE ITS $5.87 BILLION PLASTIC PROBLEM http://www.greenbiz.com/article/how-can-agriculture-solve-its-1-billion-plastic-problem

 

The Guardian, October 31, 2014
▶ FEDS WARN PLASTIC BAG MAKERS OVER MISLEADING BIODEGRADABLE CLAIM http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2014/oct/31/biodegradable-plastic-oxodegradable-bags-bioplastic-ftc-warning

 

Treehugger, April 22, 2014
▶  PLASTIC BAG BANS ARE SPREADING IN THE UNITED STATES

http://www.treehugger.com/sustainable-product-design/plastic-bag-bans-spreading-united-states.html

 

HowStuffWorks
▶  HOW MANY CITIES WORLDWIDE HAVE A BAN ON PLASTIC BAGS? http://people.howstuffworks.com/how-many-cities-have-a-ban-on-plastic-bags.htm

 

Al Jazeera America, November 11, 2014
CONVERTING PLASTIC BACK TO OIL FROM WHEN IT CAME http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/11/11/the-afterlife-ofplastic.html

 

 April 13, 2013 - Deutsche Welle: Environment & Development »

▶  THE FIGHT AGAINST THE EPIDEMIC OF OCEAN FLOATING GARBAGE http://www.dw.de/the-fight-against-floating-garbage/a-16742622?maca=en-rss-en-environment-4553-rdf

 

ScienceDaily, February 19, 2015
-▶ GLOBAL IMPACT OF DEBRIS ON MARINE LIFE STUDIES: EVIDENCE OF 44,000 ANIMALS AND ORGANISMS BECOMING ENTANGLED IN, OR SWALLOWING DEBRIS  http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/02/150219101643.htm

 

                                           GHOST FISHING

DERELICT FISHING NETS HAVE TURNED THE SEA INTO A DEATH TRAP http://sco.lt/7jiLC5

 

 

June 25, 2013 Treehugger
▶  OCEAN SEA FLOOR COVERED IN TRASH: Researchers study 18,000 hours of deep sea footage, find ocean seafloor is covered in trash http://www.treehugger.com/ocean-conservation/researchers-study-18000-hours-deep-sea-footage-ocean-seafloor-covered-trash.html

 

Guardian Environment, May 01, 2014
 ▶  THE SHOCKING BUILD UP OF JUNK IN EUROPE'S SEAS http://www.theguardian.com/science/animal-magic/2014/may/01/junk-litter-europe-sea

 

Plos One Report,  April 30, 2014
 ▶  MARINE LITTER DISTRIBUTION AND DENSITY IN EUROPEAN SEAS, FROM THE SHELVES TO DEEP BASINS http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0095839

 

BBC News, May 01, 2014
▶  'RETRO RUBBISH' WASHED UP ON UK BEACHES. Campaigners have released pictures of washed-up beach litter dating back to the 1960s. More than 25 tonnes of rubbish were collected at 130 SAS-organised beach clean events across the UK this spring http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cornwall-27227481

 

                                                 -- WATCH -

                                KILL PLASTIC NOT WILDLIFE

           http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTQywfyECs0&sns=em

 

 CNN, June 24, 2014
U.N. REPORT:  OUR OCEANS ARE TRASHED IN PLASTIC . A series of new reports are raising concerns about the damage plastic waste is doing to oceans -- harming marine animals, destroying sensitive ecosystems, and contaminating the fish we eat. http://www.cnn.com/2014/06/24/world/ocean-plastic-trash/index.html

 

Inter Press Service, October 13, 2014
MARINE LITTER:  PLUNGING DEEP, SPREADING WIDE http://www.ipsnews.net/2014/10/marine-litter-plunging-deep-spreading-wide/

 

18 January 2012 Common Dreams
▶  A NEWLY DISCOVERED 'PLASTIC ISLAND' SHOWS GLOBAL EPIDEMIC WORSENING http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/01/18-3A

 

Elephant Journal, March 29, 2013

 ▶  OUR PLASTIC FOOTPRINT IS ON REMOTE BEACHES, IN ISOLATED PATCHES OF OCEAN AND IN THE STOMACHS OF WILD ENDANGERED ANIMALS http://www.elephantjournal.com/2013/03/ocean-plastics-impact-on-wild-sea-turtles-dr-wallace-j-nichols/

 

Huffington Post Green, April 28, 2014

 ▶  PLASTIC IS FOOD POISONING http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lisa-kaas-boyle/plastic-is-food-poisoning_b_5219189.html

 

                                                INFOGRAPH

                                 Huffpost Green, Aprl 22, 2014
THIS IS HOW YOUR PLASTIC BAG ENDS UP IN MASSIVE OCEAN GARBAGE PATCHES http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/22/plastic-ocean-garbage_n_5191294.html

 

▶  PLASTIC WASTE INCREASING ON REMOTE ARCTIC SEABED, CAMERA REVEALS  http://www.scoop.it/t/our-oceans-need-us/p/3086644637/plastic-waste-increasing-on-remote-arctic-seabed-cameras-reveal

 

                                                      WATCH:
                                     Ecowatch, April 07, 2014
22 FACTS ABOUT PLASTIC POLLUTION (And 20 thing We Can Do About It) Plastic is An Epidemic. Billions of pounds of plastic polluting our oceans, seafood and YOU http://ecowatch.com/2014/04/07/22-facts-plastic-pollution-10-things-can-do-about-it/

 

Climate Progress, March 31, 2014
▶  PLASTIC SOUP OF OCEAN GARBAGE OBSCURES SEARCH FOR MALAYSIA PLANE DEBRIS http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/03/31/3420870/ocean-garbage-malaysia-airplane-search/

 

 

 

The Star Online, January 13, 2014

 ▶  THE PLASTIC-SPHERE MENACE: A MAN-MADE ECOSYSTEM OF PLASTIC DEBRIS http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Environment/2014/01/13/The-plastisphere-menace-a-man-made-ecosystem-of-plastic-debris/

  

 

                                                        VIDEO:

                                              PLASTIC ISLAND: 2:26

Plastics Are Everywhere, In Everything and They're Killing Us

                             http://ensia.com/videos/plastic-island/

 

 Care2, October 30, 2014
▶ A SEA FULL OF TRASH:  TACKLING THE HUGE PLASTIC PROBLEM IN OUR OCEANS http://www.care2.com/causes/a-sea-full-of-trash-tackling-the-plastic-problem.html

 

                                            CNN VIDEO REPORT

                                                 11 March 2013
                                     JAPANESE TSUNAMI DEBRIS

                   PLASTIC MAKES IT WAY INTO HAWAIIAN BIRDS

http://edition.cnn.com/2013/03/11/us/hawaii-japan-tsunami-debris

 

  

▶  FUKUSHIMA

THE BIGGEST, SINGLE DUMPING OF TRASH INTO OUR OCEAN -- MORE PLASTIC http://sco.lt/7aFK1R

 

▶  TOMORROW'S LIFE-SAVING MEDICATIONS MAY CURRENTLY BE LIVING AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA - KEEP OUR OCEANS CLEAN AND HEALTHY http://sco.lt/7tJmK1

 

▶  THE WORLD'S LARGEST 'WASTE DUMP' IS FOUND IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN http://sco.lt/5F1E8H

 

pdjmoo's insight:

 

                                                       VIDEO

                                             CNN Video Report -  

                                              27 March, 2013 -
                          OVER FISHED AND UNDER-PROTECTED:

                            OCEANS ON THE BRINK OF COLLAPSE

http://edition.cnn.com/2013/03/22/world/oceans-overfishing-climate-change/index.html?hpt=ias_t2

 

                                   OUR OCEANS ARE DYING

                       MASS EXTINCTION MAY BE INEVITABLE

                                    http://sco.lt/6BuBCz

 

▶  SEA CHANGE - THE LOSS OF OCEAN SPECIES IS STAGGERING http://sco.lt/8AV5qz

 

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▶  OUR OCEANS http://www.scoop.it/t/our-oceans-need-us

▶  OUR FOOD http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides

▶  CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY http://www.scoop.it/t/environmental-and-human-health

FIP-Berlin's curator insight, September 25, 2013 1:10 PM

Plastiktüten sind erstmal Plastiktüten - die Frage ist; wie gelangen sie an Orte (ins Meer), wo sie nicht nur zweck-los sind, sondern auch Schäden anrichten können?
Ein (frühzeitiges) Training in 'Weitsicht' und einem umwelt-berücksichtigen Blick könnte ein wesentlicher Beitrag sein ...

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▶  OUR FOOD http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides

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Greenland - Arctic - Antarctica -- Melting: Creating A Different CLIMATE than Earth Has Ever Seen

Greenland - Arctic - Antarctica -- Melting: Creating A Different CLIMATE than Earth Has Ever Seen | OUR OCEANS NEED US | Scoop.it

1. GENERAL

2.. ARCTIC

3. ANTARCTICA

4. GREENLAND

5. MUCH MORE


                                           1. GENERAL


Slate May 15 2015
 ▶   ANTARCTICA SEA LEVEL RISE: NASA STUDY SAYS LARSEN ICE SHELF COLLAPSE IS IMMINENT 10,000-Year-Old Ice Shelf in Antarctica Will Soon Be Completely Gone : Next up for collapse is the Larsen C, the size of Scotland, which has been around for 150,000 years. Should it disappear, it could require a re-write of sea level rise plans for coastal cities worldwide. http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2015/05/15/antarctica_sea_level_rise_nasa_study_says_larsen_b_ice_shelf_collapse_is.html


TreeHugger, March 31, 2015
 ▶   ANTARCTICA HAS NEVER BEEN THIS HOT:  THE RECORD WAS BROKEN TWICE LAST WEEK

http://www.treehugger.com/climate-change/antarctica-has-never-been-hot-record-broken-twice-last-week.html


New Scientist, April16, 2015
MYSTERY BLOB IN THE PACIFIC MESSES UP US WEATHER AND ECOSYSTEMS. An unusual threat is looming off the Pacific coast of North America from Juneau in Alaska to Baja California. Now roughly 2000 kilometres wide and 100 metres deep, a mass of warm water that scientists are calling "the blob" has lingered off the coast for a year and a half and has set temperature records, with waters between 1 °C and 4 °C warmer than normal. The blob has changed water-circulation patterns, affected inland weather and reshuffled ecosystems at sea.  fishermen and officials around Alaska reported sightings of species found in more temperate or even tropical waters, including skipjack tuna, thresher sharks and sunfish. Other marine species showed up thousands of kilometres north of their normal ranges, including pygmy killer whales and tropical species of copepods – tiny crustaceans that are key to marine food webs. http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn27362-mystery-blob-in-the-pacific-messes-up-us-weather-and-ecosystems.html#.VTFwCWZQW6A


The Washington Post, April 10, 2015
THE PACIFIC OCEAN MAY HAVE ENTERED A NEW WARM PHASE -- AND THE CONSEQUENCES COULD BE DRAMATIC http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2015/04/10/the-pacific-ocean-may-have-entered-a-new-warm-phase-and-the-consequences-could-be-dramatic/


FastCo Exist, November 17, 2014
 ▶   WATCH 10 YEARS OF ICE MELTING AT THE NORTH AND SOUTH POLES http://www.fastcoexist.com/3038499/watch-10-years-of-ice-melting-at-the-north-and-south-poles


                                             A WAKE-UP VIDEO

                                              "EXTREME ICE"

                   Just How Fast Are We Melting? As It Happens

                                           http://sco.lt/8zIJfd


June 24, 2013 Earth Sky Science
-▶ CO2 COULD COMPLETELY CHANGE OCEAN ECOSYSTEMS: MIGRATING SEA ANIMALS ADD NEW DEPTH TO HOW THE OCEAN BREATHES http://earthsky.org/science-wire/migrating-animals-add-new-depth-to-how-the-ocean-breathes


July 20, 2013 Think Progress
▶  GREENLAND AND ANTARCTICA "MAY BE VULNERABLE TO RAPID ICE LOSS THROUGH CATASTROPHIC DISINTEGRATION"

http://news.discovery.com/earth/oceans/sea-ice-loss-and-wildlife-impacts-its-not-just-polar-bears-130801.htm

Global Possibilities

http://greenland-and-antarctica-may-be-vulnerable-to-rapid-ice-loss-through-catastrophic-disintegration/


August 23, 2013 Grist
-▶ IS CLIMATE CHANGE HUMANITY'S GREATEST-EVER RISK MANAGEMENT FAILURE? http://grist.org/climate-energy/is-climate-change-humanitys-greatest-ever-risk-management-failure/


                                                         VIDEO

                                    WHY THE OCEAN MATTERS

                                              http://sco.lt/5uLmJF



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                                                  2. ARCTIC

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Mother Nature Network, March 31,2015
MAJESTIC GLACIERS IN ALASKA:  THEN AND NOW

http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/wilderness-resources/stories/majestic-glaciers-in-alaska-then-and-now


                            CHANGING OUR WORLD FOREVER

                    THE WAY TO A NEW ARCTIC ECOSYSTEM

                                             http://sco.lt/5j55xh


-▶ POLAR BEARS MAY NEED TO BE FED BY HUMANS TO SURVIVE http://sco.lt/59BdYH


Wildlife Promise, October 16, 2013

-▶ DWINDLING ARCTIC SEA ICE FORCES 10,000 WALRUSES ASHORE http://blog.nwf.org/2013/10/dwindling-arctic-sea-ice-forces-10000-walruses-ashore/


                                                      WATCH

                                                   PBS Nature

          As The Ice Melts a Remarkable Story Is Unfolding in The Arctic.

                               One That as Never Been told Before

                         "INVASION OF THE KILLER WHALES" (ORCAS)

            http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/invasion-killer-whales/11179/



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                                              3. ANTARCTICA                                        

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                                             BEFORE IT'S GONE

                                   My Modern Met, July 22, 2014
 ▶   STUNNING PHOTOS CAPTURE THE OTHER WORLDLY BEAUTY OF ANTARCTICA'S ICEBERGS http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/martin-bailey-antarctica-icebergs


June 13, 2013 NASA -
-▶ WARM OCEAN CAUSING MOST ANTARCTIC ICE SHELF MASS LOSS http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/earth20130613.html


                                                        WATCH
                                                    NASA Video
             THIS IS WHAT AN ICE-FREE ANTARCTICA LOOKS LIKE

http://grist.org/climate-energy/this-is-what-an-ice-free-antarctica-looks-like/


ClimateProgress, March 28, 2015
-▶ ANTARCTICA RECORDED ITS HOTTEST TEMPERATURE ON RECORD THIS WEEK http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2015/03/28/3640232/antarctica-breaks-thermostat/


Ars Technica  March 26, 2015
- ▶ MASSIVE ANTARCTIC GLACIER MORE VULNERABLE THAN PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT  http://arstechnica.com/science/2015/03/massive-antarctic-glacier-more-vulnerable-than-previously-thought/

 

Mashable, March 26, 2015
-▶ WEST ANTARCTIC ICE LOSSES HAVE SURGED BY 70% IN THE LAST DECADE http://mashable.com/2015/03/26/antarctic-ice-melt-increasing/


Guardian, March 27, 2015
- ▶ ANTARCTIC ICE SHELVES ARE MELTING DRAMATICALLY, STUDY FINDS http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/mar/26/collapse-antarcticas-glaciers-ice-melt-sooner-than-thought-scientists-warn


February 28, 2012 Care2

▶   ANTARCTIC FISH COULD DIE OUT FROM CLIMATE CHANGE http://www.care2.com/greenliving/fish-could-die-out-from-climate-change.html

                                                        VIDEO

                                      BBC Future, March 6, 2013
                               ANTARCTICA:  ENGINE OF THE OCEAN

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20130305-antarctica-engine-of-ocean-life


World Economic Forum, July 2, 2014
-▶ HOW ANTARCTIC SHOWS WE'RE AT THE POINT OF NO RETURN http://forumblog.org/2014/07/antarctica-sea-levels-greenhouse-gas-energy/


-▶ ANTARCTIC ICE LOSS HAVING PROFOUND EFFECTS ON OCEAN FLOOR ECOLOGY  http://sco.lt/6cuyFF


Phys.org, February 27,2014
- ▶ PERSONAL CARE PRODUCT CHEMICALS FOUND IN ANTARCTICA

 http://phys.org/news/2015-02-personal-product-chemicals-antarctica.html


Grist, March 07, 2014
-▶ CURRENT EVENTS:  ANTARCTIC CLIMATE CHANGE IS MESSING WITH THE MOTION OF THE OCEAN http://grist.org/climate-energy/current-events-antarctic-climate-change-is-messing-with-the-motion-of-the-ocean/


Summit Voice, November 04, 2014
 ▶   RUSSIA, CHINA BLOCK ANTARCTICA CONSERVATION PLANS http://summitcountyvoice.com/2014/11/04/russia-china-block-antarctica-conservation-plans/


Wired, September 30, 2014
 ▶   ANTARCTIC LOST ENOUGH ICE TO CAUSE A MEASURABLE SHIFT IN GRAVITY  http://www.wired.com/2014/09/melting-antarctic-ice-shifting-gravity/


March 29, 2012 Space Daily
 ▶   WEST ANTARCTIC ICE SHELVES TEARING APART AT THE SEAMS http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/West_Antarctic_Ice_Shelves_Tearing_Apart_at_the_Seams_999.html


March 14, 2012 Mongabay

 ▶   THREE U.S. RETAILERS PLEDGE TO AVOID FISH FROM EMBATTLED ROSS SEA IN THE ANTARCTICA http://news.mongabay.com/2012/0314-hance_rosssea.html

 

 ▶   HIGH MERCURY LEVELS IN ANTARCTIC WATERS SEA 4x MORE THAN...http://www.scoop.it/t/our-oceans-need-us/p/961166086/high-mercury-levels-in-antarctic-waters-sea-4x-more-than


-▶ KRILL SUPER-TRAWLERS PUSHING ANTARCTIC PENGUINS AND SEA LIFE TOWARD EXTINCTION  http://sco.lt/5G7sMj


June 13, 2013 NASA -
 ▶   WARM OCEAN CAUSING MOST ANTARCTIC ICE SHELF MASS LOSS http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/earth20130613.html

 

 -▶ ANTARCTIC ICE LOSS HAVING PROFOUND EFFECTS ON OCEAN FLOOR ECOLOGY  http://sco.lt/6cuyFF


Sydney Morning Herald, October 6, 2013
-▶ STRESSED ANTARCTICA KEYSTONE SPECIES, KRILL, IS FIRST SIGN OF DAMAGE'We are entering an unknown territory of marine ecosystem change, and exposing organisms to intolerable evolutionary pressure,' http://www.smh.com.au/national/stressed-krill-first-sign-of-damage-20131006-2v26j.html#ixzz2h0GQOmEe

 

        ANTARCTIC PENGUINS AS A CLIMATE CHANGE INDICATOR

                    Pushing Antarctic Penguins Toward Extinction

                                          http://sco.lt/5r0jxZ


Guardian Environment, January 09, 2014
-▶ ANTARCTIC PENGUINS FORCED UP 100 FOOT ICE WALLS, STUDY SHOWS. Warmer temperatures are forcing emperor penguins to make gravity-defying journeys out of their traditional breeding grounds  http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jan/09/penguins-ice-walls-climate-change-antarctica



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                                                 4. GREENLAND

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July 28, 2013 Rolling Stone

-▶ GREENLAND MELTING

Greenland's ice sheets are melting faster than anyone predicted. Why  glaciologist Jason Box's radical theory may not be so radical after all...

http://www.rollingstone.com/greenland-melting?stop_mobi=yes


                                                       VIDEO
THEY TOOK A CAMERA TO A REMOTE AREA IN GREENLAND, AND WHAT THEY RECORDED IS SIMPLY TERRIFYING

                     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hC3VTgIPoGU


ScienceDaily, June 23, 2014
-▶ UNDERSTANDING THE OCEAN' ROLE IN GREENLAND GLACIER MELT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/06/140623155121.htm

 

Climate Progress, June 10, 2014
-▶  A DUSTY GREENLAND IS SPEEDING UP GLACIAL MELT. 

A paper published in the journal Nature Geoscience suggests that dust particles embedded in Greenland’s massive ice sheet are gathering more heat than the otherwise white, reflective surface would and causing melting to accelerate. The scientists write that “recent warming in the Arctic has induced an earlier disappearance of the seasonal snow cover, uncovering large areas of bare soil and thus enhancing dust erosion.”

Dust absorbs the sunlight and re-radiates it as heat. This causes earlier snowmelt that in turn exposes ice beneath the snow sooner than otherwise would have been expected — creating a feedback loop.

http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/06/10/3446927/dusty-greenland-glacial-melt/

 

The Guardian, October 24, 2013

-▶ GREENLAND GIVES GREEN LIGHT FOR RADIOACTIVE URANIUM AND RARE EARTH MINING http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/25/greenland-green-light-uranium-rare-earths-mining


Mashable, March 16 2014
-▶  NEW STUDY: GREENLAND MELTING IS MORE PERVASIVE THAN THOUGHT, ADDING TO SEA LEVEL FEARS“Nature is changing faster than expected and seems to respond much stronger than expected to small fluctuations,” he said. “This also means that predictions of future sea level rise need to be revised.” http://mashable.com/2014/03/16/greenland-ice-melt-sea-level-rise/


                                                  PHOTO ESSAY
                               The Weather Channel, May 06, 2014
-▶ CLIMATE CHANGE AND GREENLAND:  WHERE ICE MELT COULD RAISE SEAS BY 23 FEET http://www.weather.com/news/science/environment/greenland-climate-change-23-feet-sea-level-rise-20140501

 

The World Economic Forum, July 02, 2014
-▶ WHAT VISITING GREENLAND TAUGHT ME ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE http://forumblog.org/2014/07/visiting-greenland-made-realise-climate-change/


                                                     VIDEO

                             Motherboard, October 31, 2014
EXCLUSIVE:  ARCTIC DRONE FOOTAGE OF A MELTING, HUMAN-STAINED GREENLAND  http://motherboard.vice.com/read/exclusive-drone-footage-of-a-melting-human-stained-greenland


August 29, 2013 Reuters
-▶ GIANT CANYON FOUND ENTOMBED UNDER GREENLAND ICE http://www.trust.org/item/20130829175337-mn7bu/?source=hpbreaking



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-▶ OCEAN ACIDIFICATION, CLIMATE CHANGE AND RAPIDLY CHANGING ECOSYSTEMS http://sco.lt/6AtH4z


The Guardian Environment, November 1, 2013
-▶ OCEANS HEATING UP FASTER NOW THAN IN THE PAST 10,000 YEARS - SCIENTIFIC STUDY http://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2013/nov/01/global-warming-oceans-fastest-10000-years


-▶ WHY ARE MILLIONS OF FISH SUDDENLY DYING IN MASS DEATH?  http://banoosh.com/blog/2013/08/12/why-are-millions-of-fish-suddenly-dying-in-mass-death-events-all-over-the-planet/


Quartz, February 04, 2014
-▶ CLIMATE CHANGE IS SLOWLY BUT STEADILY COOKING THE WORLD'S OCEAN http://qz.com/173647/climate-change-is-slowly-but-steadily-cooking-the-worlds-oceans/


French Tribune, November 30, 2013
▶  RISING OCEAN TEMPERATURES COULD MAKE FISH INCAPABLE OF REPRODUCING - STUDY http://frenchtribune.com/teneur/1320919-rising-water-temperature-make-fish-incapable-reproduce


Summit Voice, February 12, 2014
-▶  CLIMATE:  TOO WARM FOR EQUATORIAL FISH? MANY ALREADY LIVING CLOSE TO THEIR THERMAL LIMITS http://summitcountyvoice.com/2014/02/12/climate-too-warm-for-equatorial-fish/


The Daily Catch, September 37, 3013

-▶ SEA HORSES IN MAINE? WARM-WATER OCEAN SPECIES GROWING MORE PREVALENT http://theterramarproject.org/thedailycatch/sea-horses-in-maine-warm-water-ocean-species-growing-more-prevalent/



                                   OCEANS ACIDIFYING FAST

RISING CO2 IN ATMOSPHERE CAUSING POTENTIAL CATASTROPHE

                                          http://sco.lt/61C0R7



Climate Progress: October 16, 2013
-▶ CLIMATE CHANGE THREATENS ONE OF THE WORLD'S GREATEST MIGRATION http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/10/16/2792721/climate-change-threatens-migration/


July 25, 2013 Christian Science Monitor
-▶ GLOBAL WARMING COULD SPELL MORE BAD NEWS FOR BABY SEALS http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2013/0725/Global-warming-could-spell-more-bad-news-for-baby-seals


Project World Awareness, September 07, 2014

 ▶   LIFE ON THIS EARTH JUST CHANGED ... THE NORTH ATLANTIC CURRENT IS GONE . BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Major Contributor http://www.projectworldawareness.com/2010/09/life-on-this-earth-just-changed-the-north-atlantic-current-is-gone/


Live Science, September 20, 2013
-▶ ANCIENT FOREST THAWS FROM MELTING GLACIAL TOMB http://www.livescience.com/39819-ancient-forest-thaws.html

 

                                                           WATCH
                                         "EXTREME ICE SURVEY"
Time-lapse proof of extreme ice loss. 95% of glaciers in the world are either retreating or shrinking http://www.ted.com/playlists/30/natural_wonder


August 28, 2013 Bloomberg
-▶ OCEANS STORING EARTH'S EXCESS HEAT  - LEAKED UN REPORT http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-08-27/oceans-storing-earth-s-excess-heat-in-leaked-un-report.html


August 01, 2013 Mongabay
-▶  CLIMATE COULD WARM MORE RAPIDLY THAN ANY TIME IN THE LAST 65 MILLION YEARS According to a new review of 27 climate models, scientists say the global climate is likely to experience a warmth as great as any in the last 65 million years, only much, much faster... http://news.mongabay.com/2013/0801-hance-climate-pace.html

 

November 5, 2013
▶  THIS IS WHAT EARTH WILL LOOK LIKE IF WE MELT ALL THE ICE  http://www.treehugger.com/climate-change/what-earth-will-look-if-climate-change-melts-all-ice.html

National Geographic INTERACTIVE MAP http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2013/09/rising-seas/if-ice-melted-map




  -▶ Latest in GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE News  http://sco.lt/7Myakz

 

 

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Arctic releasing vast amounts of enormous methane plumes directly into earth's atmosphere.

Arctic releasing vast amounts of  enormous methane plumes directly into earth's atmosphere. | OUR OCEANS NEED US | Scoop.it

 

  METHANE IS ABOUT 20 TIMES MORE POTENT IN WARMING THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE THAN CARBON DIOXIDE. FRACKING FOR NATURAL GAS RELEASES METHANE *****


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 Independent, July 08, 2014

VAST METHANE 'PLUMES' SEEN IN ARCTIC OCEAN AS SEA ICE RETREATS. Dramatic and unprecedented plumes of methane -

A GREENHOUSE GAS 20 TIMES MORE POTENT THAN CARBON DIOXIDE  - have been seen bubbling to the surface of the Arctic Ocean by scientists undertaking an extensive survey of the region.... it’s strongly reminiscent of what is probably the worst possible climate scenario imaginable, a feedback loop so humongous and destructive that it would lead to runaway warming that makes today's runaway warming look tame by comparison. The last time this happened, it poisoned 90 percent of all life on earth with hydrogen sulfide gas, in a process described by paleontologist Peter Ward as "life killing itself off."... http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/vast-methane-plumes-seen-in-arctic-ocean-as-sea-ice-retreats-6276278.html

                                          ALSO ARTICLE

http://earthsky.org/earth/scientists-discover-vast-methane-plumes-escaping-from-arctic-seafloor


TruthOut, April 09, 2015
WHAT IS THE US GOVERNMENT NOT TELLING US ABOUT FRACKING IN THE GULF OF MEXICO?

http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/30116-what-is-the-government-not-telling-us-about-fracking-in-the-gulf-of-mexico#


DailyKoz, July 28, 2014
 ▶  "VAST METHANE PLUMES ESCAPING FROM THE SEAFLOOR" DISCOVERED IN SIBERIAN ARCTIC SEA http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/07/28/1317252/--Vast-methane-plumes-escaping-from-the-seafloor-discovered-in-Siberian-Arctic-Sea


 Alternet, July 04, 2014

THE GIANT METHANE MONSTER THAT CAN WIPE OUT THE HUMAN RACE: Underneath the frozen Arctic are 1,000 gigatons of the world's most deadly greenhouse gas http://www.alternet.org/environment/giant-methane-monster-lurking


Scientific American, August 13, 2014
ARCTIC METHANE:  WHAT'S THE STORY http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/expeditions/2013/08/13/arctic-methane-whats-the-story/

 

Guardian, July 24, 2014
RAPID ARCTIC THAWING COULD BE ECONOMIC TIME BOMB, SCIENTISTS SAY: Methane released by a thinning permafrost may trigger catastrophic climate change and cost the world $60tn http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/jul/24/arctic-thawing-permafrost-climate-change


New Scientist

-▶ MAJOR METHANE RELEASE IS ALMOST INEVITABLE   http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn23205-major-methane-release-is-almost-inevitable.html

 

Scientific American, August 05, 2014
MYSTERIOUS CRATERS ARE JUST THE BEGINNING OF ARCTIC SURPRISES. Researchers are rethinking century-old observations as they witness the unexpected and peculiar perils that are emerging from thawing Arctic permafrost  http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/mysterious-craters-are-just-the-beginning-of-arctic-surprises/

 

Climate Progress, August 01, 2014
-▶  THE REALLY SCARY THING ABOUT THOSE JAW-DROPPING SIBERIAN CRATERS -- RAPIDLY ESCAPING METHANE INTO THE ATMOSPHERE http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/08/01/3466466/siberian-craters-permafrost-climate-change/

 

 Nature News, July 31, 2014
-▶  MYSTERIOUS SIBERIAN CRATER ATTRIBUTED TO METHANE RELEASE Build-up and release of gas from thawing permafrost most probable explanation, says Russian team. http://www.nature.com/news/mysterious-siberian-crater-attributed-to-methane-1.15649

 

Center for Biological Diversity, July 29, 2014

TOP SCIENTISTS URGE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION TO USE ACCURATE ESTIMATES OF METHANE'S DANGEROUS CLIMATE EFFECTS http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/news/press_releases/2014/methane-07-29-2014.html

 

ClimateCentral, August 05, 2015
RESEARCH REPORT: DETERMINING METHANE LEAKS IS KEY TO CLIMATE GOALS http://www.climatecentral.org/news/climate-goals-priority-is-methane-leaks-17854

 

                                         --   WATCH --

                       March 3, 2013 The Energy Collective

                                 MELTING PERMAFROST

                          A CLIMATE CHANGE TIME BOMB

 http://theenergycollective.com/globalwarmingisreal/193961/permafrost-climate-change-time-bomb

 

 ▶ ARCTIC'S BOREAL FORESTS, WHICH CONTAIN HUGE AMOUNTS OF BURIED CARBON, ARE BURNING AT AN UNPRECEDENTED RATE - NEW STUDY http://www.climatecentral.org/news/arctics-boreal-forests-burning-at-unprecedented-rate-16278

 

 

February 22, 2013 Spiegel Online

 ▶ SCIENTISTS WARN OF DANGER OF TRAPPED CARBON - MELTING PERMAFROST http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/new-science-research-shows-dangerous-carbon-lurking-in-permafrost-a-885052.html

July 22, 2013 Climate Central

 

July 24, 2013 New Scientist

-▶  HUGE METHANE BELCH IN ARCTIC COULD COST $60 TRILLION http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn23923-huge-methane-belch-in-arctic-could-cost-60-trillion.html#.UfDLLlPc-RQ

 

Real News One, June 10, 2014
-▶ PUTTING THE ECONOMY BEFORE THE ENVIRONMENT IS ENVIRONMENTAL VANDALISM AND SUICIDAL http://realnewsone.com/2014/06/10/putting-the-economy-before-the-environment-is-environmental-vandalism/

 

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 OBAMA'S ARCTIC STRATEGY SETS OFF A CLIMATE TIME BOMB.  THE SUICIDAL RACE FOR ARCTIC'S NATURAL RESOURCES

http://sco.lt/5pPxWD


Bloomberg, August 06, 2014
-▶ DEEP WATER FRACKING NEXT FRONTIER FOR OFFSHORE DRILLING. Energy companies are taking their controversial fracking operations from the land to the sea -- to deep waters off the U.S., South American and African coasts.  http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-08-07/deep-water-fracking-next-frontier-for-offshore-drilling.html


 

May 6, 2013 BBC News Science and Environment

-▶ CARBON DIOXIDE IS RAPIDLY ALTERING THE CHEMISTRY OF THE ARCTIC AND THE CHANGES WILL LAST MANY THOUSAND OF YEARS, REPORT SAYS http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22408341

 

AmericaBlog New, July 27, 2014
▶   OBAMA LEASING MILLIONS OF GULF ACRE FOR OFFSHORE OIL & GAS DRILLING:  HIS WORDS DO NOT MATCH HIS DEEDS http://americablog.com/2014/07/obama-leasing-millions-gulf-acres-offshore-oil-gas-drilling.html

 

             -▶  THE SHALE GAS 'FRACKING' REVOLUTION -

                          AN ENVIRONMENTAL NIGHTMARE 

                                       http://sco.lt/8qklOr

 

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Mongabay, June 06, 2014

-▶ NEW STUDY FINDS ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE GLOBALLY MAY COST MORE THAN U.S. GDP http://news.mongabay.com/2014/0606-morgan-ecosystem-services.html


                  PRICING CARBON, CARBON STORAGE, OFFSETS:

FAILED STRATEGIES THAT WON'T SAVE THE CLIMATE OR PLANET

                                           http://sco.lt/7d7RmT


 

 

▶  HEALTH OF OCEANS 'DECLINING FAST' - MASS EXTINCTION MAY BE INEVITABLE http://sco.lt/8ZyX6v


 

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                                                   ARCTIC

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 National Geographic, July 30, 2014

16-FOOT WAVES MEASURED IN ARCTIC OCEAN WHERE THERE WAS ONCE ONLY ICE. wave action breaks up sea ice, allowing more sunlight to warm the ocean, it can trigger a cycle that leads to even less ice, more wind, and higher waves http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/07/140730-arctic-wave-height-sea-ice-climate-change-science/

 

 

 ▶  AN ALARMING INSIGHT INTO OUR MELTING ICE GLACIERS AND WHAT THIS MEANS FOR OUR PLANET AND YOU. For the First Time in Human History We are Witnessing an Unprecedented Change to our Environment and Planet. Ice is far more sensitive to temperature changes than we thought and ice is melting twice as fast as a decade ago.

                                                    WATCH

                           OUR RADICALLY CHANGING PLANET

                            "EXTREME ICE" - UNPRECEDENTED

                                                 PBS Nova

            http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/earth/extreme-ice.html

                                                    OR

                      http://video.pbs.org/video/1108763899/

 

                                                   WATCH
                                         "EXTREME ICE SURVEY"
Time-lapse proof of extreme ice loss. 95% of glaciers in the world are either retreating or shrinking
                        http://www.ted.com/playlists/30/natural_wonder

 

                                                 ANIMATION

                                  April 24, 2013 Arctic News

-▶ ARCTIC SEA ICE MINIMUM VOLUME http://arctic-news.blogspot.dk/2013/04/arctic-sea-ice-animation.html

 

 

 ▶  DEEP SEA MINING RUSH MOVES CLOSER AS ICE MELTS, DEVASTATING OCEAN SEABEDS, DESTROYING UNKNOWN ECOSYSTEMS http://sco.lt/70rdpp

 

 

  August 1, 2013 Summit County Citizens Voice
 -▶  WHAT IF ARCTIC SEA ICE DOESN'T FORM IN WINTER? http://summitcountyvoice.com/2013/08/01/climate-what-if-arctic-sea-ice-doesnt-form-in-winter/

 

November 5, 2013
▶  THIS IS WHAT EARTH WILL LOOK LIKE IF WE MELT ALL THE ICE  http://www.treehugger.com/climate-change/what-earth-will-look-if-climate-change-melts-all-ice.html

National Geographic INTERACTIVE MAP http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2013/09/rising-seas/if-ice-melted-map

 

 August 2, 2013 Reuters

-▶ FISH DIE AS ALASKA TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO BREAK RECORDS http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/02/us-usa-heatwave-alaska-idUSBRE97118020130802

 

Live Science, May 31, 2013
▶  ENCHANTING WHALE SONGS, STORIES OF A CHANGING ARCTIC http://www.livescience.com/37032-whales-reveal-arctic-changes.html

 

The Daily Beast, December 13, 2013

-▶ THE END OF THE ARCTIC? http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/12/13/the-end-of-the-arctic-ocean-could-be-ice-free-by-2015.html

 

Summit Voice, December 05, 2013
-▶ ARCTIC SCIENTIST RESIGNS AFTER BATTLING HIS OWN FEDERAL AGENCY OVER TRANSPARENCY AND SCIENTIFIC ETHICS http://summitcountyvoice.com/2013/12/05/environment-arctic-scientist-resigns-after-battling-his-own-federal-agency-over-transparency-and-scientific-ethics/

 

 August 4, 2013 Care2

 -▶ HOW TO DESTROY ALASKA IN 4 EASY STEPS: A U.S. GOVERNMENT HANDBOOK  http://www.care2.com/causes/destroy-alaska-in-4-easy-steps-a-u-s-government-handbook.html

 

May 15, 2013 Bloomberg

-▶  CHINA GRANTED ACCESS TO ARCTIC HUB AS RESOURCE RACE HEAT UP http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2013-05-15/world/39264945_1_arctic-council-arctic-circle-observer-status

 

May 15, 2013- Washington Post

-▶  SUPERPOWERS CHINA, INDIA AND KOREA, RUSSIA AND EUROPEAN UNION SEEK TO MINE ARCTIC REGION OF THE UNTAPPED ENERGY   http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2013-05-15/world/39264945_1_arctic-council-arctic-circle-observer-status

 

 September 18, 2012 New York Times
-▶  ARCTIC RESOURCES, EXPOSED BY WARMING, SET OFF COMPETITION http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/19/science/earth/arctic-resources-exposed-by-warming-set-off-competition.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

 

July 5, 2011
-▶  THE 'COLD RUSH': INDUSTRIALISATION IN THE ARCTIC - INTERACTIVE http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/interactive/2011/jul/05/arctic-oil-exploitation-map-interactive?INTCMP=SRCH

 

April 5, 2013
-▶  THE RACE FOR THE ARCTIC'S NATURAL RESOURCES http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2008/apr/05/poles.endangeredhabitats?INTCMP=SRCH

 

November 20, 1010
-▶  EUROPE JOINS INTERNATIONAL CONTEST FOR ARCTIC'S RESOURCES http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/nov/21/arctic-energy-eu?INTCMP=SRCH

 

                        ARCTIC OCEAN 'ACIDIFYING RAPIDLY'

HIGHEST LEVELS IN 55 MILLION YEARS - ARCTIC COULD BE ICE FREE IN TWO YEARS http://sco.lt/6KTOpl

 

                                             BOTTOM TRAWLING:

SCRAPING THE BOTTOM OF THE OCEAN CLEAN: AN INSATIABLE DRIVE FOR PROFITS, DESTRUCTION OF OCEANS http://sco.lt/7QNLQ9

 

 

 Global Possibilities, October 30, 2013
▶  STUDY: ARCTIC SEA ICE LOSS SHIFTS JET STREAM, DRIVING DELUGES IN NW EUROPE, DROUGHT IN MEDITERRANEAN http://www.globalpossibilities.org/study-arctic-sea-ice-loss-shifts-jet-stream-driving-deluges-in-nw-europe-drought-in-mediterranean/

 

▶  SCIENTISTS LINK FROZEN SPRING TO DRAMATIC ARCTIC SEA ICE LOSS http://sco.lt/8MMOAr

 

July 18, 2013 The Washington Post
▶  SNOW AND ARCTIC SEA ICE EXTENT PLUMMET SUDDENLY AS GLOBE BAKES http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/wp/2013/07/18/snow-and-arctic-ice-extent-plummet-suddenly-as-globe-bakes/

 

July 22, 2013 Huffington Post Green

-▶  SUB-ARCTIC WILDFIRE ACTIVITY IS HEATING UP IN THE YUKON FLATS OF ALASKA - Subarctic wildfire frequency is higher now than it has been at any other point in the last 10,000 years, new records show. ... http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/22/subarctic-wildfire_n_3636247.html?ir=Green&utm_campaign=072213&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Alert-green&utm_content=Title

 

 

Futurity, February 27, 2014
▶  WHALES AND SHIPS FIGHT FOR SPACE IN NOISY ARCTIC http://www.futurity.org/whales-ships-fight-space-noisy-bering-sea/

 

 

 

-▶  POLAR BEARS 'MAY NEED TO BE FED BY HUMANS TO SURVIVE'  http://sco.lt/7JCUk5

 

Wildlife Promise, October 16, 2013
-▶  DWINDLING ARCTIC SEA ICE FORCES 10,000 WALRUSES ASHORE http://blog.nwf.org/2013/10/dwindling-arctic-sea-ice-forces-10000-walruses-ashore/

 

 -▶  70,000 CANADIAN SEAL "CULL" AKA "SLAUGHTER, WILL NOT REVIVE CANADA'S COD STOCKS http://sco.lt/4i4j33

 

 

 Guardian Environment, January 2, 2014
▶  DEEP SEA CREATURES WILL NOT ESCAPE CLIMATE CHANGE - STUDY http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jan/02/deep-sea-creatures-climate-change

 

August 5, 2013 Guardian Environment
▶  CLIMATE CHANGE PUSHING MARINE LIFE TOWARDS THE POLES - STUDY http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/aug/05/climate-change-pushing-marine-species-to-poles

 

Summit Voice, January 30, 2012
▶   GLOBAL WARMING:  HOW WILL ARCTIC ECOSYSTEMS CHANGE? http://summitcountyvoice.com/2012/01/30/global-warming-how-will-arctic-ecosystems-change/

 

▶  CHANGING OUR WORLD FOREVER:  THE WAY TO A NEW, UNKNOWN ARCTIC ECOSYSTEM http://sco.lt/8eWiUz

 

 

▶   OUR OCEANS ARE DYING:  MASS EXTINCTION MAY BE INEVITABLE http://sco.lt/6BuBCz

 

 Chemical & Engineering News, May 12, 2014

▶  TROVE OF TOXIC MERCURY LURKS IN MELTING ARCTIC SEA ICE http://cen.acs.org/articles/92/web/2014/05/Trove-Toxic-Mercury-Lurks-Arctic.html

 

RedOrbit, January 16, 2014
▶  MERCURY IN ARCTIC SEA ICE ALSO CONTAMINATING SEA WATER http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1113048414/mercury-arctic-sea-ice-contaminating-sea-water-011614/

 

Yale Environment 360, October 24, 2014
-▶  :PLASTIC WASTE INCREASING ON REMOTE ARCTIC SEABED, CAMERAS REVEAL http://e360.yale.edu/digest/plastic_waste_increasing__on_remote_arctic_seabed_cameras_reveal/3672/

 

 

 -▶  WE MAY BE THE LAST GENERATION TO CATCH FOOD FROM THE OCEANS  http://sco.lt/8uHn7Z

 

                                                   WATCH:

                                               CNN VIDEO:

-▶  "OVERFISHED AND UNDER-PROTECTED: OCEANS ON THE BRINK OF CATASTROPHIC COLLAPSE" http://sco.lt/7e9wYL

 

 

 

 IS "THREAT" ANOTHER PLOY FOR THE HIGHLY PROFITABLE, RADICAL GEOENGINEERING OF THE ARCTIC AND OUR CLIMATE? "Raining Chemicals From the Skies – Unregulated Climate Geoengineering" « The Natural Eye Project http://thenaturaleye.wordpress.com/2011/08/03/raining-chemicals-from-the-skies-geoengineering/

 

 

                          ================================

WE'RE ON THE BRINK OF THE WORST DROUGHT IN 1,000 YEARS

                                           http://sco.lt/74mbHF

                          ================================

 

            THE WORLD IS SITTING ON A CONSUMPTION TIME BOMB

                                         http://sco.lt/92ZVcP

 

 

                          AN URGENT MEMO TO THE WORLD: 

               ONE ENVIRONMENT, ONE HUMANITY, ONE PLANET http://thenaturaleye.wordpress.com/2012/07/12/an-urgent-memo-to-the-world/

 


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"Planet Ocean" A Very Important film by Yann Arthus-Bertrand

 

GO TO THIS LINK FOR DOCUMENTARY:  

https://vimeo.com/97706434 

 

 

                        In Just Over 400 years We have Disrupted

                   4 Billions Years Of Interdependent Ecosystems.

 

                                                      WATCH

                              Exceptional Documentary  (1:29:00)

"PLANET OCEAN" 

                       How The Health of The Oceans Are The Pivot

                              For all of Earth's Healthy Eco Systems

https://vimeo.com/97706434

 

This award-winning documentary, directed by Yann Arthus-Bertrand - the noted environmentalist, journalist, and photographer, pivots around the relationship between the Earth's oceans and the entire planet's ecosystem...This incredible film shows How the Extinction of One Species Creates A Chain Reaction, Changing the Chemistry and biodiversity in the Seas creating Global Warming, Climate Change and Ocean Acidification. How Industrial Civilization Is Destroying The World Around It.  The Impacts and  Consequences. https://vimeo.com/97706434

 

 

Summit County Citizens Voice, February 01, 2015
- ▶ GLOBAL WARMING COULD STARVE OCEANS OF OXYGEN : ‘Our modern ocean is moving into a state that has no precedent in human history’ http://summitcountyvoice.com/2015/02/01/global-warming-could-starve-oceans-of-oxygen/

 

One Green Planet, January 15, 2015
- ▶ THIS INCREDIBLE ORGANIZATION USES PHOTOS TO TELL STORIES OF THE OCEAN AND INSPIRE CHANGE  http://www.onegreenplanet.org/environment/sealegacy-photos-to-tell-stories-of-the-ocean/

 

- ▶ THE BUSINESS CASE FOR SEAFOOD TRACEABILITY http://sco.lt/7DQPDd

 

HGN October 16, 2013
- ▶ CLIMATE CHANGE TO UNDERMINE EVERY CORNER OF GLOBAL OCEANS BY 2100 http://www.hngn.com/articles/15007/20131016/climate-change-undermine-corner-global-oceans-2100.htm?utm_source=zergnet.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=zergnet_102949

 

Summit Voice, November 14, 2014
- ▶ THE PACIFIC OCEAN IS COOKING: OCEANS AT ALL-TIME RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES  Global ocean temperatures have soared to the highest level in recorded history this year, and the rate of warming has accelerated since April, according to scientists with the University of Hawaii at Manoa.  http://summitcountyvoice.com/2014/11/14/global-warming-oceans-at-all-time-record-high-temps/

 

EarthBlog, Augut 04, 2014
- ▶ NEW SCIENCE SUGGESTS MORE LAND-BASED ECOSYSTEMS LOST THAN BIOSPHERE CAN BEAR http://www.ecointernet.org/2014/08/04/biosphere_collapse/

 

 

                       THE LOSS OF OCEAN SPECIES IS STAGGERING

                                             http://sco.lt/599jsH

 

                                             DEEP END  

THE DISASTER WE'VE WROUGHT ON THE WORLD'S OCEANS MAY BE IRREVOCABLE http://sco.lt/5pUYyX

 

                                                DEEP SEA MINING 

RUSH' MOVES CLOSER, DEVASTATING OCEAN SEABEDS, DESTROYING UNKNOWN ECOSYSTEMS http://sco.lt/5tF4s5

 

                                             BOTTOM TRAWLING

SCRAPING THE BOTTOM OF THE OCEAN CLEAN:

AN INSATIABLE DRIVE FOR PROFITS, DESTRUCTION OF OCEANS http://sco.lt/7QNLQ9

 

 

GREENLAND'S MELTING:

CREATING A DIFFERENT CLIMATE THAN EARTH HAS EVER SEEN http://sco.lt/8bjv73

 

OCEAN ACIDIFYING:

RAPIDLY RISING C02 IN ATMOSPHERE CAUSING POTENTIAL CATASTROPHE  http://sco.lt/8WLvHd

 

 

                      THE SIXTH MASS EXTINCTION IS UPON US

                                        http://sco.lt/4ywB3h

 

 

                          AN URGENT MEMO TO THE WORLD

                                       The Natural Eye Project

http://thenaturaleye.wordpress.com/2012/07/12/an-urgent-memo-to-the-world/

 

 

                                           ANOTHER GREAT WATCH

                                  Directed by Yann Arthus-Bertrand

                                                        "HOME"

                                        An Exquisite Story of Our World

 http://thenaturaleye.wordpress.com/2011/03/26/home-an-exquisite-story-of-our-world/

 

 

 

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NO Super Trawlers. Not Here. Not Anywhere 

NO Super Trawlers.  Not Here.  Not Anywhere  | OUR OCEANS NEED US | Scoop.it

 

                                                        VIDEO

                                           EMPTYING OUR OCEANS

               THE WORLD'S LARGEST FACTORY FISHING TRAWLER

                 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCb2TT5GW7k 

 

 

ITV, October 3, 2019

 

  -▶THE SUPERTRAWLER, FV MARGIRIS, JUST 14 MILES OFF BRIGHTON, ENGLAND CAPABLE OF LANDING 6,000 TONS OF FISH

"Commercial fishermen, anglers, conservationists, the public, they all want to see these vessels banned.

"Not only are they unsustainable, they leave ecological destruction in their wake.

"Dolphins, porpoises, seals, and huge amounts of fish are all victims of their supersized nets."

https://www.itv.com/news/2019-10-03/the-super-trawler-just-14-miles-off-brighton-capable-of-landing-6-000-tonnes-of-fish/

 

 

InterPressService, November 2012

▶ BILLIONS IN SUBSIDIES PROP UP UNSUSTAINABLE OVERFISHING  http://www.ipsnews.net/2012/11/billions-in-subsidies-prop-up-unsustainable-overfishing/

 

 

The Center For Public Integrity. Dec. 24, 2012

-▶ CORPORATE FISHING FLEETS HAVE DEVASTATED STOCKS IN THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC, ONCE AMONG THE WORLD'S RICHEST WATERS

- Jack mackerel, down 90 percent in 20 years in once-rich southern seas, foretells wider global calamity; world’s largest trawlers compete for what is left

http://www.publicintegrity.org/2012/01/25/7900/free-all-decimates-fish-stocks-southern-pacific

 

 

Wales Online, October 03, 2019

  -▶ FV MARGIRIS, FACTORY SHIP SEEN OFF THE UK COAST - SWEEPING UP ENTIRE SHOALS OF FISH AND EVERYTHING IN IT'S PATH.

Environmental concerns have been raised after a "monster" supertrawler ship was spotted off the south coast of England.

 

"Supertrawlers are effectively floating factories and able to stay at sea for considerable periods of time. Margiris can process 250 tonnes of fish per day whilst at sea.

 

Pelagic fish shoals are located with the help of echo-sounding equipment. From the echogram it is possible to estimate the depth and the size of the shoal.

 

The Lithuanian-registered Margiris fishing boat - once considered the second largest in the world - was banned from fishing in Australian waters in 2013.

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/uk-news/supertrawler-factory-fishing-ship-seen-17023018

 

 

Guardian, December 24, 2014
  -▶ SUPER TRAWLERS TO BE BANNED PERMANENTLY FROM AUSTRALIAN WATERS

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/dec/24/supertrawlers-to-be-banned-permanently-from-australian-waters

 

 

                                      VIDEO INVESTIGATION

                                4 Corners ABC TV Australia
                                 INSIDE A SUPER TRAWLER
                             400,000 Tons of Fish At A Time
                  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Azg8nX-uJnI

 

 

August 16, 2013 The Fish Site
-▶ PACIFIC TUNA STOCKS IN ALARMING DECLINE: TOO MANY INDUSTRIAL FISHING VESSELS PLUNDERING THE OCEANS WITH HIGHLY DESTRUCTIVE FISHING TECHNIQUES http://www.thefishsite.com/fishnews/21031/pacific-tuna-stocks-in-alarming-decline#sthash.MgpLJS46.dpuf

 

 

                                                            VIDEO
                           Australia News Network, February 26, 2014
 -▶  MASSIVE SUPER TRAWLER FOREIGN FLEETS PUSHING PACIFIC TUNA TO THE BRINK OF COLLAPSE http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-02-26/an-pacific-tuna-fishing-industry-close-to-collapse/5284016

 

 

gCaptain, February 14, 2012

▶  CAPABLE OF FISHING 76,000 HOOKS PER DAY, JENSEN TO DESIGN ONE OF WORLD'S LARGEST LONGLINER FISHING VESSELS http://gcaptain.com/jensen-design-worlds-largest/?40049

 

 

October 30, 2012 OSLO (Reuters)

U.N. URGES FOREIGN FISHING FLEETS TO HALT OCEAN GRABBING

 - Ocean grabbing or aggressive industrial fishing by foreign fleets is a threat to food security in developing nations where governments should do more to promote local, small-scale fisheries,...

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-fisheries/u-n-urges-foreign-fishing-fleets-to-halt-ocean-grabbing-idUSBRE89T0PG20121030

 

 

Greenpeace International, November 15, 2014
EUROPE'S MONSTER BOATS PLUNDER PACIFIC TUNA STOCKS http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/news/Blogs/makingwaves/monster-boats/blog/51334/

 

 

VIDEO

***THE TERRIBLE PRICE OF SUBSIDIZING CORPORATE FISHERIES -  http://www.seathetruth.nl/en/

 

VIDEO

*** THE WORLD'S LARGEST FACTORY FISHING TRAWLER https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCb2TT5GW7k

 

VIDEO

*** SUPER TRAWLING TUNA - THE FISH DON'T HAVE A CHANCE AGAINST HI-TECH - Video Footage captured by tuna industry whistleblower

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/video/2011/nov/18/footage-tuna-industry-slaughter-video

 

 

                                               DEADLY BYCATCH: 

TWO-THIRDS OF HEALTHY FISH BROUGHT ON TO FISHING VESSELS IS THROWN BACK INTO THE SEA - DEAD OR INJURED

                                               http://sco.lt/6DbCld

 

 

Salon, March 20, 2014
SEA TURTLES, SHARKS AND WHALES:  THE "ACCIDENTAL" CASUALTIES OF OUR SEAFOOD INDUSTRY:  Fisheries kill billions of pounds of sea life each year, according to a new report http://www.salon.com/2014/03/20/sea_turtles_sharks_and_whales_the_accidental_casualties_of_our_seafood_industry/

 

 

New York Times, January 15, 2015
-▶ OCEAN LIFE FACES MASS EXTINCTION, MULTIPLE STUDIES SAY http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/16/science/earth/study-raises-alarm-for-health-of-ocean-life.html?_r=0

 

 

 Greenpeace, November 04, 2014
▶ EXPOSING 20 EUROPEAN FISHING VESSELS RESPONSIBLE FOR RAPING OUR OCEANS “The operators of these vessels use tricks – like changing the identity and flag of their vessels or using front companies and tax havens – to increase their access to fishing opportunities or to circumvent rules and regulations. They create comparatively little employment, while putting in jeopardy the health of our seas. EU governments must stop turning a blind eye to overfishing, remove monster boats from industrial fishing fleets and encourage low-impact alternatives.”  http://www.greenpeace.org/eu-unit/en/News/2014/Monster-boats-nov-2014/

 

                                               WATCH

THE TRUE COST OF INDUSTRIAL FISHING IN WEST AFRICA. FOREIGN FISHING FLEETS PLUNDERING AFRICAN SEAS

http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/video/2012/apr/02/industrial-fishing-west-africa-video

 

 

Gizmag, November 17, 2014
GOOGLE JOINS THE EFFORT TO COMBAT OVERFISHING WITH GLOBAL FISHING WATCH. Google has partnered with SkyTruth and Oceana to produce a new tool to track global fishing activity. Known as Global Fishing Watch, the interactive web tool uses satellite data to provide detailed vessel tracking, and aims to harness the power of citizen engagement to tackle the issue of overfishing. According to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, more than 90 percent of the world’s fisheries are working at peak capacity, with as much as one-third of marine fish stocks now suffering from overfishing. http://www.gizmag.com/google-overfishing-global-fishing-watch/34794/

 

 

Vox, November 17, 2014
THESE ANIMATED MAPS TRACK EVERY LARGE FISHING BOAT IN THE WORLD  http://www.vox.com/2014/11/17/7234585/global-fishing-watch-maps

 

 

UNESCO Office in Bangkok, February 22, 2012
-▶  MARINE SCIENTIST ALARMED ABOUT INCREASING THREATS TO OCEAN ECOSYSTEMS http://www.unescobkk.org/news/article/marine-scientists-alarmed-about-increasing-threats-to-ocean-ecosystems/

 

 

                         HOW MANY MORE FISH IN THE SEA?

                                    Al Jazeera, June 06, 2012

Seafood is the primary source of protein for more than one billion people - can they live without it?

We need to start thinking more about an environmentally driven market, as opposed to a commercially driven market.

Dr Maria Salta, a biological oceanographer at the University of Southampton in the United Kingdom, gave Al Jazeera a bleak prognosis about the state of the oceans. "It is clear that if we continue like this, in a few years time there is not going to be much left," she said of the rampant over-fishing going on across the globe, along with the overall treatment of oceans at the hands of humans. "We are losing species every day without ever knowing about them. Sometimes humans can be like a plague to the environment."

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2012/06/201261462834779767.html

 

 

 VIDEO

*** OVERFISHING.  THE CONSEQUENCES 2:35

One billion people rely on fish as an important source of protein. - WWF An international group of ecologists and economists warned that the world will run out of seafood by 2048... http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=VxacxShp3LY

 

 

WRECKING THE OCEAN ECOSYSTEM

OVERFISHING, COLLAPSING FISHERIES,

OCEAN DEPENDENT SPECIES STARVING

http://sco.lt/5qYUAS 

 

 

                                                  ANTARCTICA:

KRILL SUPER-TRAWLERS PUSHING PENGUINS TOWARD EXTINCTION

http://sco.lt/68bs8X

 

 

-▶  DESTRUCTIVE FISHING GEAR KILLS 400K+ SEABIRDS

PER YEAR - LONGLINING, INDUSTRIAL TRAWLERS http://sco.lt/8xLtlx

 

 

=============================

 

 

  -▶  THE DEVOLUTION OF THE SEAS: THE CONSEQUENCES OF OCEANIC DESTRUCTION AND CLIMATE CHANGE  http://sco.lt/6tulKj

 

 

-▶  100 MILLION SHARKS SLAUGHTERED EACH YEAR -- JUST FOR THEIR FINS http://sco.lt/5RKfQn

 

 

                                                       WATCH:

                                              CHANGING SEAS

TIGER SHARKS: 4 MILLION YEARS IN THE MAKING AND LOSING THEM FAST http://sco.lt/7WtWF7

 

 

 

-▶  THE END OF CORAL REEFS?  AROUND FOR 10 MILLION YEARS, WIPED OUT IN 100 http://sco.lt/8VOKzx

 

 

                                  =======================

 

 

                THE BUSINESS CASE FOR SEAFOOD TRACEABILITY

                                           http://sco.lt/5EgPZ3

 

 

                                                      VIDEO

                   PUT YOUR TUNA ROLL DOWN AND WATCH THIS! 

                                           TO THE LAST FISH

Pacific Bluefin Tuna On Brink of Extinction Thanks to Super Trawlers

                                                http://sco.lt/7AkdiD

 

                                                  

                                 "TAMING THE BLUE FRONTIER"

                              Can Aquaculture be Sustainable?

                                         WILD vs FARMED FISH

                                            http://sco.lt/6GaTbN

 

                                   ======================

 

                                                     VIDEO:

                    FORAGE FISH KEY TO A HEALTHY OCEAN FOOD WEB

                                                  GOING, GOING...

                                                http://sco.lt/54Pqnh

 

 

                                               NEW REPORT

FINDS MILLIONS (NOT THOUSANDS) OF MARINE TURTLES KILLED BY LONGLINE, GILLNET SUPER TRAWLER FISHERIES http://sco.lt/72A0mH

 

 

  -▶  OUR OCEANS ARE DYING:  RAPIDLY SPIRALING DOWNWARD: MASS EXTINCTION MAY BE INEVITABLE  http://sco.lt/8CFwcT

 

 

SEA CHANGE - THE LOSS OF OCEAN SPECIES IS STAGGERING

                                         http://sco.lt/8AV5qz

 

 

LOTS OF VIDEOS AND MORE ON

"THE LOSS OF OCEAN SPECIES IS STAGGERING" http://sco.lt/599jsH

 

 

 

 

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▶ CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY http://www.scoop.it/t/environmental-and-human-health

 

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Marine Turtles: MILLIONS killed by Gillnets, LongLine Super Trawler fisheries

Marine Turtles:  MILLIONS killed by Gillnets, LongLine Super Trawler fisheries | OUR OCEANS NEED US | Scoop.it

Mongabay, November 13, 2013

-▶  LONGLINE FISHERIES IN COSTA RICA HOOK TENS OF THOUSANDS OF SEA TURTLES EVERY YEAR http://news.mongabay.com/2013/1114-calderone-ucsc-sea-turtles.html?n3ws1ttr


The Dodo, April 16, 2015
-▶ YOUR SHRIMP COCKTAIL IS PROBABLY SERVED 'WITH A SIDE OF SEA TURTLE' Tens of thousands of sea turtles are killed by the shrimping industry each year https://www.thedodo.com/sea-turtle-lawsuit-1093645630.html


Reuters, April 15, 2015
-▶ U.S. SUED TO CURB DEATHS OF SEA TURTLES BY SHRIMPING INDUSTRY http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/04/15/us-usa-turtles-lawsuit-idUSKBN0N62IO20150415


                                        FEATURED VIDEO
                           Focusing On Wildlife, May 21, 2013
              SAVING SEA TURTLES IN MEXICO'S MAGDALENA BAY
Loggerhead sea turtles are drowning in bottom-set gillnets, unable to escape from the nets once entangled. http://focusingonwildlife.com/news/featured-video-saving-sea-turtles-in-mexicos-magdalena-bay/

 

NOLA.com February 19, 2014

-▶ ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS MAY SUE OVER LACK OF TURTLE PROTECTIONS IN GULF SHRIMP TRAWLERS http://www.nola.com/environment/index.ssf/2014/02/environmental_groups_threaten.html


-▶  CAN SEA TURTLES AVOID TRAWLER NETS? http://www.livescience.com/44374-sea-turtles-trapped-by-nets.html


Treehugger, February 24, 2014
-▶  42 COUNTRIES HAVE NO LAWS AGAINST KILLING ENDANGERED SEA TURTLES (40,000+ ARE 'LEGALLY' SLAUGHTERED EACH YEAR) http://www.treehugger.com/endangered-species/42-countries-have-no-laws-against-killing-endangered-sea-turtles-and-40000-are-each-year.html


ScienceDaily, February 20, 2014
-▶ LEGAL "HARVEST" OF MARINE TURTLES TOPS 42,000 EACH YEAR http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/02/140220193512.htm


Terra Daily, April 19, 2014
-▶  THE TASTE FOR LIVE TURTLES PUSHING THEM TO EXTINCTION. : DECLINING CATCH RATES IN CARIBBEAN GREEN TURTLE FISHERY Conservation scientists estimated that more than 170,000 green turtles were killed between 1991 and 2011, with catch rates peaking in 1997 and 2002 and declining steeply after 2008, likely resulting from over-fishing. The trend in catch rates, the authors of the assessment results maintain, indicates the need for take limits on this legal fishery. http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Declining_catch_rates_in_Caribbean_green_turtle_fishery_may_be_result_of_overfishing_999.html


TicoTimes.net, December 20, 2013
-▶  LONGLINE FISHERMEN DEMAND END TO PLAN TO PROTECT WATERS AROUND COCOS ISLAND http://www.ticotimes.net/More-news/News-Briefs/Longline-fishermen-demand-end-to-plan-to-protect-waters-around-Cocos-Island-_Friday-December-20-2013


World Wildlife Fund, December 04, 2013

-▶  HOW LONG DO SEA TURTLES LIVE?  WHY THEIR ROLE IN OCEAN ECOSYSTEMS AND OTHER SEA TURTLE FACTS http://worldwildlife.org/stories/how-long-do-sea-turtles-live-and-other-sea-turtle-facts

  

                                             VIDEO With Carl Safina
           SAVING THE OCEAN ; "TRINIDAD'S TURTLE GIANTS' (47:00)
       http://chedd-angier.com/savingtheocean/Season1/Episode7.html


 

 -▶  STOP SEA TURTLE FARMING http://sco.lt/6bjrRh

 

Mongabay, April 6, 2010

MARINE TURTLES

-▶  Humankind's appetite for seafood has had a bigger impact on the world's marine turtles than long thought... http://news.mongabay.com/2010/0406-hance_marineturtles.html

 

World Environment News February 28, 2013

-▶  PACIFIC LEATHERBACK TURTLE, KNOWN FOR ITS ARDUOUS 6,000 MILE OCEAN TREK, FACES EXTINCTION WITHIN NEXT 20 YEARS http://planetark.org/wen/68042


             THE RACE TO SAVE SEA TURTLES - WILL THEY SURVIVE?

                                          http://sco.lt/59Bam9


                                      IMAGES FROM OCEANA
-▶  THE TERRIBLE AND UNNECESSARY LOSS OF SEA LIFE WITH DRIFT GILL NETS http://oceana.org/en/our-work/promote-responsible-fishing/bycatch/drift-gillnets/stopthenets


Click Green, May 14, 2014
-▶ FULL BAN ON DRIFTNET FISHING TO BE INTRODUCED IN EUROPEAN WATERS http://www.clickgreen.org.uk/news/international-news/124621-europe-to-introduce-a-full-ban-on-driftnet-fishing.html


Oceana, October 03, 2014
-▶  COUNT, CAP AND CONTROL: AS CALIFORNIA DRIFT GILLNET FISHERY CONTINUES TO KILL MARINE MAMMALS  http://oceana.org/en/blog/2014/10/as-california-drift-gillnet-fishery-continues-to-kill-marine-mammals-oceana-pressures-for-count-cap-and-control-a-0

 

 gCaptain, February 14, 2012

 -▶  CAPABLE OF FISHING 76,000 HOOKS PER DAY, JENSEN TO DESIGN ONE OF WORLD'S LARGEST LONGLINER FISHING VESSELS http://gcaptain.com/jensen-design-worlds-largest/?40049

 

-▶  10 FRIGHTENING FACTS ABOUT SUPER TRAWLERS | Greenpeace Australia Pacific http://www.greenpeace.org/australia/en/news/oceans/top-10-facts-about-super-trawlers/


                                                     WATCH

                                             "DEADLY BYCATCH"

TWO THIRDS OF HEALTHY FISH BROUGHT ON TO FISHING VESSELS IS THROWN BACK INTO THE SEA http://sco.lt/6jvCXx


                                                GHOST FISHING:

Derelict fishing nets have turned the bottom of the sea into a death trap  http://sco.lt/7jiLC5

 

 

-▶  DESTRUCTIVE FISHING GEAR KILLS 400K+ SEABIRDS PER YEAR - LONGLINING, INDUSTRIAL TRAWLERS http://sco.lt/8xLtlx


-▶  EMPTYING OUR OCEANS: BILLIONS IN SUBSIDIES PROP UP UNSUSTAINABLE OVERFISHING  http://www.scoop.it/t/our-oceans-need-us/p/3259929193/emptying-our-oceans-billions-in-subsidies-prop-up-unsustainable-overfishing



                      EXCEPTIONAL DOCUMENTARY (1:29:00)

                    "PLANET OCEAN" - WHO OWNS THE OCEANS?

                     How The Health of The Oceans Are The Pivot

                         For all of Earth's Healthy Eco Systems

                https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eH1s9GCqPKo

 

 

 -▶  WRECKING THE OCEAN ECOSYSTEM: OVERFISHING, COLLAPSING FISHERIES, OCEAN DEPENDENT SPECIES STARVING http://sco.lt/89htxZ


                                    GrindTV, November 25, 2013
                                                      PHOTO

 -▶  ENORMOUS RARE SEA CREATURE HAULED FROM DEPTHS BY DEADLY LONG LINE BOTTOM TRAWLING http://www.grindtv.com/outdoor/nature/post/enormous-rare-sea-creature-hauled-from-depths-by-florida-shark-fisherman/

 

                                                       WATCH

                                             CHANGING SEAS

TIGER SHARKS: 4 MILLION YEARS IN THE MAKING AND LOSING THEM FAST http://sco.lt/7WtWF7

 

-▶  SHARK FINNING: SHARK POPULATIONS PLUMMET BY 90% 100 MILLION A YEAR TAKEN JUST FOR THEIR FINS. http://sco.lt/7kHqLZ

 

-▶  MANTA RAYS IN TROUBLE FROM OVERFISHING, FOOD DEPLETION http://sco.lt/6Aj80P


-▶   OCEAN-GRABBING BY CORPORATE INDUSTRIAL FISHING THREATENS WORLD'S FISHERIES: UN http://sco.lt/6g6w41


-▶  OCEAN PLASTIC'S IMPACT ON SEA LIFE, YOUR SEAFOOD AND WILD SEA TURTLES http://sco.lt/8XEno1


-▶  LOOTING OUR SEAS:  'FREE-FOR-ALL' DECIMATES FISH STOCKS IN THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC  http://www.scoop.it/t/our-oceans-need-us/p/3844525946/looting-our-seas-free-for-all-decimates-fish-stocks-in-the-southern-pacific


                                   ECOLOGICAL ARMAGEDDON

                                          EXTINCTION CRISIS

WE HAVE DISAPPEARED HALF OF THE WORLD'S WILD ANIMALS IN 40 YEARS:  http://sco.lt/8fK5eT


-▶  GREENLAND'S MELTING: CREATING A DIFFERENT CLIMATE THAN EARTH HAS EVER SEEN  http://sco.lt/8bjv73


-▶  CLIMATE CHANGE AND OCEAN ACIDIFICATION: HIGHEST LEVELS IN 55 MILLION YEARS  http://sco.lt/6srluz

 

 

 

-▶  +++MORE ON OVERFISHING http://www.scoop.it/t/our-oceans-need-us?q=OVERFISHING

 

 

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▶  OUR OCEANS http://www.scoop.it/t/our-oceans-need-us

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Bottom Trawling: Scraping the Seabed Clean. An Insatiable Drive for Profits, Destruction of Ecosystems

Bottom Trawling: Scraping the Seabed Clean.  An Insatiable Drive for Profits, Destruction of Ecosystems | OUR OCEANS NEED US | Scoop.it

Mongabay, May 28, 2014


 


▶  TRAWLING:  DESTRUCTIVE FISHING METHOD IS TURNING SEAFLOORS TO 'DESERTS'. Bottom trawling is a practice used by commercial fisheries around the world in which a large, heavy net is dragged along the ocean floor to scoop up everything in its path. Previous research has linked trawling to significant environmental impacts, such as the harvest of large numbers of non-target species, collectively termed “bycatch,” as well as destruction of shallow seabeds. Now, a new study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences finds this method is also resulting in long-term, far-reaching consequences in the deeper ocean and beyond.


 


Read more at http://news.mongabay.com/2014/0528-morgan-trawling.html#o0m6RIfxHDigS3ur.99


 


Australian Broadcasting Corporation, March 13, 2015
BOTTOM TRAWLING MAY CONTINUE UNTIL THERE IS NOTHING LEFT  http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/scienceshow/bottom-trawling-may-continue-until-there-is-nothing-left/6315966


 


Herald Scotland, November 09, 2014
▶ 'OUR OCEANS STARE INTO THE ABYSS IF WE DON'T BACK A BAN ON TRAWLING' http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/environment/our-oceans-stare-into-the-abyss-if-we-dont-back-ban-on-trawling.25812911


 


Guardian Environment, February 08, 2014
▶  BOTTOM TRAWLING:  HOW TO EMPTY THE SEAS IN 150 YEARS. The government has refused to act against 'bottom trawling', which has turned Britain's seabed ecosystem into a wasteland. A trawler on the North Sea between Scotland and Norway. Even with modern technology, catches are just 6% of what they were 120 years ago.http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/feb/10/bottom-trawling-how-to-empty-the-seas


 


October 25, 2012: Our Place In The World


 


▶  INDUSTRIAL FISHING: SCRAPING THE BOTTOM OF THE OCEAN CLEAN. The following is the New York Times October 22, 2012 editorial. Two elements are missing from it. First, that industrial fishing is a capitalist industry driven by insatiable drive for profits. Second, that it should be phased out. Otherwise, it points to a massive problem facing anyone who cares about biodiversity and health of oceans. KN... http://forhumanliberation.blogspot.fr/2012/10/931-industrial-fishing-scraping-bottom.html


 


                                               VIDEO (6:04)
                            WHAT IS BOTTOM TRAWLING
                             https://vimeo.com/114208510


 


Scientific American, August 19, 2014
- ▶ SCRAPING THE SEAFLOOR FOR FISH REDUCES SEAFLOOR SPECIES AND DISRUPTS CARBON STORAGE http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/scraping-the-seafloor-for-fish-harms-biodiversity/


 


FIS, July 14, 2014
▶  BOTTOM TRAWLING ADVOCATES AND OPPONENTS MAKE THEIR VOICES HEARD http://www.fis.com/fis/worldnews/worldnews.asp?monthyear=7-2014&day=14&id=69882&l=e&country=0&special=&ndb=1&df=0


 


Summit Voice, October 23, 2014
-▶  NEW GOVERNANCE MODEL NEEDED FOR SUSTAINABLE FISHERIES. Destructive fishing practices such as bottom trawling make matters worse. Trawl nets grab any and all forms of marine life, laying waste to the ocean floor. The total area bottom trawled is nearly 150 times the area of forest that is clear cut annually around the world.
   As targeted fish species shrink, both industrial and small-scale fishers move on to other species, depleting them, too, until finally they are catching anything that might provide food or generate cash. Government subsidies, in the absence of regulation, often serve to encourage this overfishing and habitat destruction — and must be abolished, the scientists said.


 


                      EXCEPTIONAL DOCUMENTARY (1:29:00)


                    "PLANET OCEAN" - WHO OWNS THE OCEANS?


                     How The Health of The Oceans Are The Pivot


                         For all of Earth's Healthy Eco Systems


                https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eH1s9GCqPKo


 


 Summit Voice, May 23, 2014


▶  REPORT:  DEEP-SEA TRAWLING CAUSES WIDESPREAD ECOSYSTEM DAMAGE Dragging heavy nets across the ocean flower is inexorably changing the marine ecology by reducing organic carbon content and threatens regional biodiversity, said the scientists from the Polytechnic University of Marche in Ancona, Italy. The number of microorganisms has dropped by 80 percent from pre-trawling days, with an overall drop of 50 percent in biodiversity.


 


ScienceNordic, May 21, 2014


▶  A CALL FOR DEEP OCEAN STEWARDSHIP: http://sciencenordic.com/call-deep-ocean-stewardship


 


 Britishseafishing.co.uk


▶  PULSE TRAWLING OUR FISH DON'T STAND A CHANCE: TRAWLING" OUR SEABEDS http://britishseafishing.co.uk/pulse-trawling/


 


DEADLY BYCATCH


TWO-THIRDS OF HEALTHY FISH BROUGHT ON TO FISHING VESSELS THROWN BACK INTO THE SEA:  DEAD OR INJURED


 


                                                http://sco.lt/6DbCld


 


 Japan Times, July 26, 2014
- ▶ AS SPECIES DIE, WHAT VALUABLE KNOWLEDGE DIES WITH THEM? http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2014/07/26/environment/species-die-valuable-knowledge-dies/


 


Inter Press Service
▶  EMPTYING OUR OCEANS: BILLIONS IN SUBSIDIES PROP UP UNSUSTAINABLE CORPORATE OVERFISHING http://www.ipsnews.net/2012/11/billions-in-subsidies-prop-up-unsustainable-overfishing/


 


                   THE LOSS OF OCEAN SPECIES IS STAGGERING


                                           http://sco.lt/599jsH


 


                                                       WATCH
                                  FastCo Exist, March 31, 2014
INCREDIBLE SLOW-MO VIDEO OF THE UNDERWATER CREATURES YOU NEVER SEE. Coral is actually a living creature, but the human eye rarely catches it moving. This incredibly slow-motion video lets you see the ocean life you don't notice, before it's destroyed by climate change. http://www.fastcoexist.com/3028371/watch-this-incredible-slo-mo-video-of-the-underwater-creatures-you-never-see


 


DEEP SEA MINING 'GOLD RUSH'


MOVES CLOSER, DEVASTATING OCEAN SEABED, DESTROYING YET UNKNOWN ECOSYSTEMS


http://sco.lt/5tF4s5


 


▶  DEEP SEA MINING


EXPLORATION IS INEVITABLE - DESTROYING AN ECOSYSTEM YET TO BE UNDERSTOOD http://www.scoop.it/t/our-oceans-need-us/p/3306914764/deep-sea-mining-exploration-is-inevitable-destroying-an-ecosystem-yet-to-be-understood


 


                                                         VIDEO
                          The Conversation, February 27, 2014
                       WONDERS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA
SEA SAPPHIRE:  THE MOST BEAUTIFUL ANIMALS YOU'VE NEVER SEEN
 http://theconversation.com/sea-sapphire-the-most-beautiful-animal-youve-never-seen-23750


 


▶   PAPUA NEW GUINEA MAY RENEGE ON SEA FLOOR MINING PROJECT http://www.scoop.it/t/our-oceans-need-us/p/3700271863/papua-new-guinea-may-renege-on-sea-floor-mining-project-as-they-should


 


                                OUR OCEANS ARE DYING


                       MASS EXTINCTION MAY BE INEVITABLE


                                     http://sco.lt/6BuBCz


 


▶  TOMORROW'S LIFE-SAVING MEDICATIONS MAY CURRENTLY BE LIVING AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA  http://sco.lt/7tJmK1


 


 ▶  "OCEANS AREN'T JUST A DEFINING FEATURE OF OUR PLANET, THEY'RE OUR LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEM" http://sco.lt/4ynRkv


 


                                                    VIDEO


                                             SEA CHANGE -


                           EMPTY OCEANS, HUNGRY MOUTHS


                                           http://sco.lt/51LeCn


 


 


WATCH


"PLANET OCEAN'


A Very Important film by Yann Arthus-Bertrand


http://sco.lt/9FB89B


 


 

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The deep sea is vast, unexplored, and incredibly important

The deep sea is vast, unexplored, and incredibly important | OUR OCEANS NEED US | Scoop.it

Washington Post, July 29, 2014

-▶ THE DEEP SEA IS VAST, UNEXPLORED, AND INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT

Two hundred meters beneath the surface of the ocean, there exists an ecosystem of plants and animals that directly affect our day-to-day life on land. Biogeosciences, has published a review of more than 200 studies on deep sea resources, giving us our first comprehensive look at what we gain—and steal—from the bottom of the ocean.

     If we don't appreciate the importance of the deep sea, researchers say, we end up hurting ourselves....by volume, 98.5 percent of the areas of the planet that can support animals are in the deep sea....

     Despite all the unknown crevices, Thurber said, “we do know enough to start to understand how our actions in the deep sea can impact the environment.” These actions, he said, include mining for minerals and precious metals, as well as aggressive fishing.

     And what do we have to lose? “For starters, a quarter to a half of the carbon dioxide we’ve put into the atmosphere has been absorbed by the deep sea,” Thurber said. And large reservoirs of methane are contained by the biological activity in the ecosystem as well. “It’s the deep sea that makes our planet habitable,” he said... http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2014/07/29/the-deep-sea-is-vast-unexplored-and-incredibly-important/



Science News for Students, April 19, 2015
DEEP-SEA FISH SHOW SIGNS OF EXPOSURE TO POLLUTION https://student.societyforscience.org/article/deep-sea-fish-show-signs-exposure-pollution


Summit Voice, October 07, 2014
-▶ REPORT WARNS AGAINST UNSUSTAINABLE EXPLOITATION OF DEEP OCEAN RESOURCES http://summitcountyvoice.com/2014/10/07/environment-report-warns-against-unsustainable-exploitation-of-deep-ocean-resources/


OnEarth, December 03, 2014
 ▶   MINING THE DEEP SEA COULD DESTROY AN ALIEN WORLD WE BARELY KNOW HOW THE DEEP-SEA ENVIRONMENT INTERACTS WITH THE REST OF THE PLANET  http://www.onearth.org/earthwire/under-sea

 

                                                 DEEP SEA MINING

DEVASTATING OCEAN SEABEDS, DESTROYING UNKNOWN ECOSYSTEM http://sco.lt/70rdpp


                                             BOTTOM TRAWLING:

                  SCRAPING THE BOTTOM OF THE OCEAN CLEAN:

       AN INSATIABLE DRIVE FOR PROFITS, DESTRUCTION OF OCEANS

                                             http://sco.lt/7QNLQ9


▶  TOMORROW'S LIFE-SAVING MEDICATIONS MAY CURRENTLY BE LIVING AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA - KEEP OUR OCEANS CLEAN AND HEALTHY http://sco.lt/7tJmK1


June 25, 2013 Treehugger
▶  OCEAN SEA FLOOR COVERED IN TRASH: Researchers study 18,000 hours of deep sea footage, find ocean seafloor is covered in trash http://www.treehugger.com/ocean-conservation/researchers-study-18000-hours-deep-sea-footage-ocean-seafloor-covered-trash.html


Plos One Report,  April 30, 2014
 ▶  MARINE LITTER DISTRIBUTION AND DENSITY IN EUROPEAN SEAS, FROM THE SHELVES TO DEEP BASINS http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0095839


Inter Press Service, October 13, 2014
MARINE LITTER:  PLUNGING DEEP, SPREADING WIDE http://www.ipsnews.net/2014/10/marine-litter-plunging-deep-spreading-wide/


 ▶  PLASTIC WASTE INCREASING ON REMOTE ARCTIC SEABED, CAMERA REVEALS  http://www.scoop.it/t/our-oceans-need-us/p/3086644637/plastic-waste-increasing-on-remote-arctic-seabed-cameras-reveal


                   BILLIONS OF POUNDS OF PLASTIC IN OUR OCEANS

             IMPACT ON EA LIFE, YOUR SEAFOOD AND YOUR HEALTH

                                       http://sco.lt/768Gsz


January 12, 2012 Earthsky
▶  LOST WORLD OF CREATURES AT ANTARCTIC DEEP-SEA VENTS http://earthsky.org/earth/lost-world-of-creatures-at-antarctic-deep-sea-vents


 Reuters, July 31, 2014
-▶ AN EXTREMELY POWERFUL MATERNAL INSTINCT: OCTOPUS MOM PROTECTS HER EGGS FOR AN ASTONISHING 4-1/2 YEARS. Scientists tracked one female, recognizable by its distinctive scars, that clung to a vertical rock face near the floor of a canyon about 4,600 feet (1,400 meters) under the surface, keeping the roughly 160 translucent eggs free of debris and silt and chasing off predators....http://in.reuters.com/article/2014/07/31/science-octopus-idINKBN0G003A20140731

 

September 26, 2013  - Independent UK

▶  JOURNEY TO THE BOTTOM OF THE ANTARCTIC OCEAN http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/journey-to-the-antarctic-ocean-8176011.html

 

July 17, 2013 Guardian Environment - Climate News Network:

▶  ANTARCTIC ICE LOSS CHANGING OCEAN ECOLOGY

Retreat of the polar ice is having profound effects on some of the creatures which live on the ocean floor... http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/jul/17/antarctic-ice-loss-ocean-ecology

 

                                                         VIDEO
                                         BBC Future, March 6, 2013
                            ANTARCTICA:  ENGINE OF THE OCEAN

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20130305-antarctica-engine-of-ocean-life


ScienceDaily, March 21, 2014
▶  DEEP OCEAN CURRENT MAY SLOW DUE TO CLIMATE CHANGE WITH SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES FOR THE FUTURE OF THE PLANET'S CLIMATE. Far beneath the surface of the ocean, deep currents act as conveyer belts, channeling heat, carbon, oxygen and nutrients around the globe. A new has found that recent climate change may be acting to slow down one of these conveyer belts, with potentially serious consequences for the future of the planet's climate http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/03/140321164911.htm

 

                                              DEADLY BYCATCH

TWO-THIRDS OF HEALTHY FISH BROUGHT ON TO FISHING VESSELS IS THROWN BACK INTO THE SEA:  DEAD OR INJURED http://sco.lt/6DbCld

 

 

▶  HEALTH OF OCEANS 'DECLINING FAST' - MASS EXTINCTION MAY BE INEVITABLE http://sco.lt/8ZyX6v


 

                                WRECKING THE OCEAN ECOSYSTEM

OVERFISHING, COLLAPSING FISHERIES, OCEAN DEPENDENT SPECIES STARVING http://sco.lt/6bO2nR



 ▶ ARCTIC IS RELEASING HUNDREDS, PERHAPS THOUSANDS OF ENORMOUS PLUMES OF METHANE DIRECTLY INTO EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE http://sco.lt/8gVi1x

 

        OBAMA'S ARCTIC STRATEGY SETS OFF A CLIMATE TIME BOMB. 

            THE SUICIDAL RACE FOR ARCTIC'S NATURAL RESOURCES

                                              http://sco.lt/5pPxWD


 -▶ ARCTIC OCEAN 'ACIDIFYING RAPIDLY' - HIGHEST LEVELS IN 55 MILLION YEARS - ARCTIC COULD BE ICE FREE IN TWO YEARS http://sco.lt/6KTOpl

 

May 6, 2013 BBC News Science and Environment

-▶ CARBON DIOXIDE IS RAPIDLY ALTERING THE CHEMISTRY OF THE ARCTIC AND THE CHANGES WILL LAST MANY THOUSAND OF YEARS, REPORT SAYS http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22408341


               EXCEPTIONAL DOCUMENTARY (1:29:00)

                    "PLANET OCEAN" - WHO OWNS THE OCEANS?

                     How The Health of The Oceans Are The Pivot

                         For all of Earth's Healthy Eco Systems

                https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eH1s9GCqPKo

 

 

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The Capture Confinement of Large Wild Animals in Aquarium Tanks : The Controversy and Ethics - TAIJI Slaughter

The Capture Confinement of Large Wild Animals in Aquarium Tanks : The Controversy and Ethics - TAIJI Slaughter | OUR OCEANS NEED US | Scoop.it

                                                    EXPOSE

            THE HEARTBREAKING REAL-LIFE CAPTURE OF ORCAS

                  http://www.seaworldofhurt.com/orca-capture/


                                     WATCH & LEARN & SHARE!

                                           ORCA FAMILY LIFE

                       15 mins that will change your life forever!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcrI_KKpcrs&feature=youtu.be


The Dodo, March 05, 2015
 ▶ HOW TO KEEP A WILD WHALE ALIVE IN A 40-FOOT TANK FOR THE REST OF ITS' LIFE  'I Was Disgusted': How One Trainer Left The SeaWorld Horror Show https://www.thedodo.com/john-hargrove-seaworld-trainer-1025722144.html


The Dodo, March 11, 2015

 ▶ THE LIST OF MEDICATIONS THAT SEAWORLD FEEDS ITS ORCAS IS LARGE AND INFURIATING  https://www.thedodo.com/seaworld-orca-drugs-medications-1035364310.html


Mother Nature Network, February 05, 2015
 ▶ WORLD'S LONELIEST ORCA RECEIVE ENDANGERED SPECIES PROTECTION. Lolita, a wild-caught whale that has been confined at the Miami Seaquarium for more than 40 years, may be one step closer to leaving her small enclosure. http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/animals/blogs/worlds-loneliest-orca-receives-endangered-species-protection


Daily Mail Online, February 25, 2015
 ▶  "NANUQ" THE BELUGA WHALE DIES AT SEAWORLD ORLANDO http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2963937/Nanuq-beluga-whale-dies-fire-SeaWorld-Orlando-fracturing-jaw-contracting-infection-loan.html


One Green Planet, February 19, 2015
 ▶  WHAT TAKING ORCAS FROM THE OCEAN FOR CAPTIVITY DOES TO WILD PODS http://www.onegreenplanet.org/environment/what-taking-orca-whales-from-the-wild-for-captivity-does-to-wild-pods/


                                                   VIDEO REPORT
                                         Reuters, January 23, 2015
            CONTROVERSY SHROUDS CAPTIVE KILLER WHALE IN MIAMI
http://www.reuters.com/video/2015/01/23/controversy-shrouds-captive-killer-whale?videoId=362985252


The Dodo, June 06, 2014

▶  62 ORCAS HAVE DIED AT SEAWORLD: NOT A SINGLE ONE FROM "OLD AGE"  https://www.thedodo.com/62-orcas-have-died-at-seaworld-580775893.html

                                                        VIDEO
                                      CNN, November 17, 2014
RELEASED FOOTAGE OF WILD ORCAS CAPTURED FOR A LIFE IN CAPTIVITY  http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2014/11/17/orca-hunter-turned-whale-rescuer-shares-his-video/


Grist April 02, 2014
 ▶ LEAKED DOCUMENTS REVEAL SEAWORLD IS DRUGGING ITS ORCAS http://grist.org/list/seaworld-drugs-orcas-benzodiazepine-xanax-valium/


The Dodo, December 29, 2014
▶  DRONE FOOTAGE REVEALS THE LONELIEST ORCA'S TINY TANK

https://www.thedodo.com/lolita-orca-tank-drone-footage-903439895.html


The Dodo, January 16, 2015
▶  PHOTO: SEAWORLD TRAINERS STILL RIDING ORCAS DESPITE LEGAL RULING https://www.thedodo.com/seaworld-trainers-orca-tank-936322477.html?xrs=RebelMouse_fb#


Oh No They Didn't! - December 29, 2014
 ▶  CETACEAN EXPERTS CONCERNED ABOUT ORCA STAR OF "BLACKFISH"  http://ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com/93186069.html


The Ecologist, October 23, 2014
▶  SAN FRANCISCO DECLARES: EVERY WHALE AND DOLPHIN HAS THE RIGHT TO BE FREE http://www.theecologist.org/campaigning/2606308/san_francisco_declares_every_whale_and_dolphin_has_the_right_to_be_free.html


Daily Mail Online, January 04, 2013
 ▶ THE DOLPHIN SNATCHERS:  MAIL INVESTIGATION EXPOSES VILE TRADE WHERE ANIMALS ARE SOLD FOR UP TO £100,000 EACH TO AQUARIUM WHERE THEY SUFFER UNIMAGINABLE CRUELTY http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2257426/The-dolphin-snatchers-Mail-investigation-exposes-vile-trade-animals-sold-100-000-aquariums-suffer-unimaginable-cruelty.html


▶  HEARTBREAKING IMAGES OF DOLPHINS IN DRAINED AQUARIUMS THE RESULT OF 'ROUTINE PRACTICE' http://www.takepart.com/article/2012/10/22/heartbreaking-images-dolphins-lying-drained-aquarium-tank-routine-says-ric-o?cmpid=tpanimals-eml-2012-10-26-dolphins


                                                    VIDEO

                              NOT ALL "AQUARIUMS" ARE EQUAL
MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM INSTITUTE: 1,000 MAGICAL MOMENTS
http://montereybayaquarium.tumblr.com/post/100533536678/1-000-magical-moments-the-aquarium-opened-to-the


The Dodo, July 24, 2014
▶  USDA COMPLAINT FILED OVER SEAWORLD'S SUNBURNED ORCAS. Citing The Dodo’s interviews with several former SeaWorld trainers that personally applied zinc oxide to the skin of captive whales at the park, the complaint notes that one trainer even reported that “burnt layers of his skin would peel off in her hands” when she put sunscreen one one male whale. The main thrust of the complaint calls for more extensive shade coverage, pointing to these photos of the tanks which clearly lack shade cover: https://www.thedodo.com/usda-complaint-filed-over-seaw-641021639.html


 The Orca Project, January 20, 2011

▶  KETO AND TILIKUM EXPRESS THE STRESS OF ORCA CAPTIVITY http://theorcaproject.wordpress.com/2011/01/20/keto-tilikum-express-stress-of-orca-captivity/

 

The Dodo, June 10, 2014
▶  HOW CONGRESS UNANIMOUSLY PASSED A GROUNDBREAKING LAW TO PROTECT CAPTIVE ORCAS https://www.thedodo.com/how-congress-unanimously-passe-586992397.html


RYOT News, June 1, 2014

▶  HELP SAVE 10 DOLPHINS FROM HORRIBLE CAPTIVITY IN LAS VEGAS SWIMMING POOLS http://www.ryot.org/edc-las-vegas-swimming-pools-dolphins/725561


Free Dolphins Belgium

▶  FOR A DOLPHINARIA-FREE EUROPE: DEMONSTRATION IN BRUSSELSOn the 28th of June 2014, an important demonstration will take place in Brussels to demand the closure of all the dolphinaria in Europe http://freedolphinsbelgium.wordpress.com/2014/06/09/for-a-dolphinaria-free-europe-demonstration-in-brussels-2014/


                                                       VIDEO

IF YOU'VE EVER QUESTIONED THE EMOTIONAL CAPACITY OF ANIMALS, WATCH THIS  http://sco.lt/8Nnhjd



                               THE PRIVATE LIVES OF DOLPHINS

                                                       WATCH

           DOLPHIN STAMPEDE CAPTURED ON BREATHTAKING DRONE

                                            http://sco.lt/8pL6fJ



29 July 2013 Nation of Change

▶  INDIA BANS COMMERCIAL DOLPHIN ENTERTAINMENT http://www.nationofchange.org/india-bans-commercial-dolphin-entertainment-1375108058


Daily Kos, July 30, 2013
INDIA DECLARES DOLPHINS "NON-HUMAN PERSONS", DOLPHIN HOW BANNED http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/07/30/1226634/-India-Declares-Dolphins-Non-Human-Persons-Dolphin-shows-BANNED#


                                    CONTROVERSIAL FILM                              
                      "BLACKFISH - THE WHALE THAT KILLED"
                  http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03j49l6

                             INTERVIEW WITH DIRECTOR

               http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_gk1sVAyhU

 

 

July 19, 2013 Treehugger
▶  SEAWORLD BITES BACK AS "BLACKFISH" DOCUMENTARY MAKES IT TO THE BIG SCREEN http://www.treehugger.com/natural-sciences/seaworld-bites-back-blackfish-documentary-makes-it-big-screen.html

 
                                                      VIDEO

                          July 29, 2013 Huffington Post Green

▶  SEAWORLD UNDER FIRE AFTER PILOT WHALE STRUGGLES TO GET INTO WATER http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/29/seaworld-pilot-whale-video_n_3670634.html

 

 

WDC, February 26, 2014
▶  CAN CAPTIVE WHALES OR DOLPHINS BE RETURNED TO THE WILD? http://us.whales.org/blog/cathywilliamson/2014/02/can-captive-whales-or-dolphins-be-returned-to-wild

 

Take Part, September 24, 2013
▶  20 YEARS AFTER 'FREE WILLY' WAS IT RIGHT TO FREE KEIKO THE KILLER WHALE? His Controversial Death. The debate surrounding his release back into the wild continues http://www.takepart.com/article/2013/09/24/i-remember-keiko-20-years-after-free-willy-former-trainer-recounts-killer-whales

 

 The PETA Files Update: August 23, 2013
▶  HUNDREDS OF ANIMALS DIE AT THE PORTLAND AQUARIUM -- AND AUSTIN MAY BE NEXT http://www.peta.org/b/thepetafiles/archive/2013/09/25/update-hundreds-of-animals-die-at-the-portland-aquarium-and-austin-may-be-next.aspx


August 23, 2013 Care2
▶  'DEATH LOG' REVEALS 200 ANIMAL DEATHS AT PORTLAND AQUARIUM http://www.care2.com/causes/death-log-reveals-200-animal-deaths-at-portland-aquarium.html

 

EcoWatch, June 04, 2014
▶  THE BLACKFISH EFFECT:  40 MEMBERS OF U.S. CONGRESS CALL ON USDA TO REVISE RULES FOR CAPTIVE MARINE ANIMALS http://ecowatch.com/2014/06/04/blackfish-effect-congress-usda-captive-marine-mammals/

 

June 22, Digital Journal

After Loro Parque in Spain, announced the death of a 10-month old SeaWorld-owned orca named Vicky, questions were raised over SeaWorld's breeding program.... http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/352913

 

▶  TAIWAN AQUARIUM ABANDONS CAPTIVE WHALE SHARK IN THE SEA - STRANDS TWICE, THEN... http://www.wildlifeextra.com/go/news/taiwan-whale-shark.html#cr

 

                                               ---- WATCH ----

                                       INVESTIGATIVE VIDEO

                               January 1, 2013 Frontline, PBS                                   
                                  A WHALE OF A BUSINESS

                 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3fZ2dMdtu8



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WRECKING THE OCEAN ECOSYSTEM:  OVERFISHING, COLLAPSING FISHERIES, OCEAN DEPENDENT SPECIES STARVING http://sco.lt/6bO2nR

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                                         AQUARIUM CAPTURE

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                                            SeaWorldofHurt
               THE HEART BREAKING REAL-LIFE CAPTURE OF ORCAS

                       http://www.seaworldofhurt.com/orca-capture/

                                                  PHOTOS
                http://www.seaworldofhurt.com/orca-capture/default.aspx


 

 ▶  HOW DOLPHINS GET TO YOUR AQUARIUM http://sco.lt/5sTzW5

 

▶  WILD WHALES DO NOT BELONG ON DISPLAY IN SMALL AQUARIUM TANKS SO UNLIKE THEIR NATURAL HABITAT http://sco.lt/6GWfB3

 

                                                VIDEOS
▶ SEAWORLD, SEA LIFE PARK AND DOLPHIN QUEST ARE LINKED TO DOLPHIN MASSACRE http://blog.seattlepi.com/candacewhiting/2014/01/19/seaworld-sea-life-park-and-dolphin-quest-are-linked-to-dolphin-massacre/

 

July 8, 2013 The Science Show, Australian Broadcasting Corporation

▶  WHY THE AQUARIUM TRADE IS THE REAL DOLPHIN KILLER: BEHIND 'THE COVER' http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/scienceshow/dolphin-aquarium-trade/4802144

 

 ▶  CONTROVERSY OVER IMPORTING 18 WILD BELUGA WHALES TO US MARINE PARKS (AQUARIUMS)

In the United States, aquariums and marine theme parks have responded to changing public sentiment about keeping marine mammals in captivity by emphasizing that they have not captured whales and dolphins from the wild in a long time.

Why put healthy wild whales through the trauma of thousands of miles of transport for display in a small tank so unlike their natural habitat? Belugas do not breed well in captivity; the captive population has been in decline for 15 years. Rather than admit that belugas have adapted poorly to confinement and should no longer be displayed, as The Humane Society of the United States and many other groups believe, the Georgia Aquarium; the three SeaWorld parks in Florida, Texas and California; the John G. Shedd Aquarium in Chicago; and the Mystic Aquarium in Connecticut are doubling down on a bad investment... http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2012-10-26/opinion/os-ed-whales-sea-world-102612-20121025_1_beluga-whales-killer-whales-wild-whales

 

                                               Living On Earth

                                     SINGING WITH BELUGAS

                                             http://sco.lt/8M7Nf

 

 

                        ▶  DO WHALES HAVE CULTURE?  

                                      http://sco.lt/4uMK7l

 

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            THE BRUTAL DOLPHIN SLAUGHTERS IN TAIJI JAPAN

                   

National Geographic, February 02, 2014
▶  REAL TRAGEDY OF TAIJI IS OUR INHUMANITY TOWARD ANIMALS http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/02/140202-dolphins-taiji-japan-whales-marine-animal-altruism-science/


YES! Magazine, January 29, 2014
▶  GROWING CONCERN OVER JAPAN'S DOLPHIN HUNT LEADS TO WIDESPREAD OUTCRY http://www.yesmagazine.org/planet/behind-the-changing-reaction-to-japanese-dolphin-slaughter

 

 

About Whales and Dolphins, January 22, 2014
▶  PRESSURE GROWS ON BRUTAL DOLPHIN HUNTS AS GERMAN MINISTER SPEAKS OUT http://uk.whales.org/blog/courtneyvail/2014/01/pressure-grows-on-dolphin-hunts-german-minister-speaks-out


August 29, 2013 PR Web
▶  PUBLIC URGED TO PROTEST AGAINST BLOODY SLAUGHTER OF DOLPHINS AND PORPOISES http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/8/prweb11074028.htm

 

                                                    NICE WATCH
                                       NOVA - Full Episode (56:42)
                                    PRIVATE LIVES OF DOLPHINS

                                      Published on May 20, 2012

NOVA offers a rare glimpse into the private lives of dolphins with amazing scientific evidence collected over nearly 30 years. Enjoy this unprecedented look at the rarely seen underwater world of dolphins.

                     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPZeQlEYuZs

 


                                                     VIDEO
                     Sydney Morning Herald, January 21, 2014
▶  JAPAN HITS BACK OVER KENNEDY CRITICISM OF DOLPHIN SLAUGHTER http://www.smh.com.au/world/japan-hits-back-over-kennedy-criticism-of-dolphin-slaughter-20140121-hv9cx.html

 

Guardian January 19, 2014
▶  US AMBASSADOR TO JAPAN, CAROLINE KENNEDY, 'DEEPLY CONCERNED' ABOUT DOLPHIN DRIVE-HUNT SLAUGHTER http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/19/us-ambassador-japan-caroline-kennedy-dolphin-drive-hunting

 

Reuters, January 21, 2014
▶  JAPAN FISHERMEN TAKE COVER TO BRUTUALLY SLAUGHTER DOLPHINS N FACE OF WESTERN CRITICISM http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/01/21/uk-japan-environment-dolphins-idUKBREA0K05F20140121


Yahoo News, January 22, 2014
▶  BRUTAL JAPAN DOLPHIN HUNT GOES ON AFTER PREVIOUS DAYS BLOODY SLAUGHTER. Tokyo (AFP) - Japanese fishermen were out at sea attempting to trap more dolphins on Wednesday, campaigners said, after the bloody slaughter of dozens of the animals the previous day was hidden from view behind screens.
   Clouds of blood drifted through the waters of the cove in Taiji on Tuesday as metal spikes were driven into the spinal columns of bottlenose dolphins that had been trapped for several days, environmentalists said... http://news.yahoo.com/japan-dolphin-hunt-goes-slaughter-campaigners-044942252.html

 

 

Channel NewsAsia, January 24, 2014
▶  YOKO ONO ASKS JAPANESE FISHERMEN TO TOP HUNTING AND SLAUGHTERING DOLPHINS http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/yoko-ono-asks-japan/961122.html

 

                                             WATCH - CNN
                                        January 20, 2014
▶  HERDED DOLPHIN PODS TO BE SLAUGHTERED IN JAPAN'S TAIJI COVE http://edition.cnn.com/2014/01/20/world/asia/japan-dolphin-hunt/index.html

 

Oceanic Preservation Society, January 20, 2014
▶  AN ANGEL CAPTURED IN THE COVE https://www.thedodo.com/community/OceanicPreservationSociety/an-angel-captured-in-the-cove-396618171.html

 

 

▶  LIVE-STREAMING A NIGHTMARE:  JAPAN'S DOLPHIN HUNT https://www.thedodo.com/live-streaming-a-nightmare-jap-394460102.html

 

 ▶  LIVESTREAM DOLPHIN PROJECT: Follow Ric O'Barry as he travels the world to end dolphin exploitation and slaughter.. World News http://www.ustream.tv/dolphinproject

 

 

OUTRAGE: BOTTLENOSE DOLPHINS STILL BEING HELD IN TAIJI COVE DEATH CHAMBER http://sco.lt/6p8IDJ

 

The Japan Times, August 1, 2007
TAIJI OFFICIALS:  DOLPHIN MEAT 'TOXIC WASTE'. Warn of acute mercury risk in school lunches http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2007/08/01/environment/taiji-officials-dolphin-meat-toxic-waste/#.Ut3gl_bTlcw


DOLPHIN SLAUGHTER TURNS SEA RED AS JAPAN HUNTING EASON RETURNS http://sco.lt/79Vu0P

 

                                                       WATCH
                            Award Winning "THE COVE" 92 min
                                       Free Documentary Online
                         http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/cove/

 

August 29, 2013 Huffington Post Green, Candace Calloway Whiting
▶  HAWAII'S CAPTIVE DOLPHINS LINKED TO THE TAIJI, JAPAN BRUTAL ANNUAL CAPTURES STARTING SEPT 1 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/candace-calloway-whiting/hawaiis-captive-dolphins_b_3831980.html


                             WHEN OUR OCEANS RUN RED

                                          Beyond “The Cove”

http://thenaturaleye.wordpress.com/2009/08/30/when-our-oceans-run-red/

 

PETITION TO END THE FAROE ISLANDS' WHALE AND DOLPHIN SLAUGHTER http://www.unleashed.org.au/take_action/petitions/stop-the-faroe-islands-whale-slaughter/

 


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                  HOME AQUARIUMS, INVASIVE SPECIES

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                                         Home Aquariums
                   'FINDING NEMO' PETS HARM OCEAN ECOLOGY http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/finding-nemo-pets-harm-ocean-ecology-565398.html

 

July 25, 2013 Mongabay
▶  30% OF FISH EXPORTED FROM INDIA IN PAST SEVEN YEARS WERE RARE AND THREATENED FRESHWATER FISH PLUNDERED FOR $30 BILLION AQUARIUM TRADE http://news.mongabay.com/2013/0725-smith-aquarium-trade-india.html

 

                                            UNEARTH News
SWITCHING FROM CYANIDE TO NETS IN BALI - FOR HOME AQUARIUMS http://unearthnews.org/about/multimedia/

 

                                                August 29, 2013 PR Web
▶  PUBLIC URGED TO PROTEST AGAINST BLOODY SLAUGHTER OF DOLPHINS AND PORPOISES http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/8/prweb11074028.htm          

                  


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                                                     MORE

 

-▶  PERU:  MASS DOLPHIN AND PELICAN DIE-OFF FOUND STARVING:  WE ARE OVERFISHING OUR OCEANS AT AN ALARMING RATE

http://www.channel4.com/news/what-is-behind-mass-pelican-and-dolphin-deaths-in-peru

 


 ▶  DOLPHINS DYING IN DROVES AND SCIENTIST CAN'T STOP IT:  DEEPWATER HORIZON OIL SPILL 3 YEARS LATER http://sco.lt/5cPoG1

 

 

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▶  BIODIVERSITY IS LIFE  http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life

▶  OUR OCEANS NEED US  http://www.scoop.it/t/our-oceans-need-us

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'BEYOND COMPREHENSION': In Just Two Years, Half of All Corals in 'Forever Damaged' Great Barrier Reef Have Died

'BEYOND COMPREHENSION': In Just Two Years, Half of All Corals in 'Forever Damaged' Great Barrier Reef Have Died | OUR OCEANS NEED US | Scoop.it

 

Global warming, researchers warn, "is rapidly emerging as a universal threat to ecological integrity and function."

The Atlantic

 

The Great Barrier Reef, the world's largest coral system, has been "forever damaged" by anthropogenic global warming, according to a new study published  April 18, 2019 by Nature.

 

Between March and November of 2016, a "record-breaking" marine heatwave caused rampant coral bleaching around the globe, and the Great Barrier Reef, located off the coast of northeastern Australia, lost nearly a third of its corals.

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Wrecking the Ocean Ecosystem: Overfishing, Collapsing Fisheries, Ocean Dependent Species Starving

Wrecking the Ocean Ecosystem:  Overfishing, Collapsing Fisheries, Ocean Dependent Species Starving | OUR OCEANS NEED US | Scoop.it

 

                                                  VIDEO:

                    IMAGINE A WORLD WITH EMPTY OCEANS

                          NOW IMAGINE IT IN OUR LIFETIME

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2Ya7FftKg4

 

https://twitter.com/i/status/1214893588791930880

 

 

World Economic Forum, June 18, 2019

 ▶  DAVID ATTENBOROUGH'S WORRIED ABOUT THIS OCEAN THREAT -- AND IT'S NOT PLASTIC.

Nearly 90% of the world’s marine fish stocks are now fully exploited, overexploited or depleted.

Broadcaster and naturalist Sir David Attenborough has warned our waters are facing the biggest threat in their history, with industrial overfishing putting the entire ecosystem at risk.

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2019/06/david-attenborough-s-worried-about-this-ocean-threat-and-it-s-not-plastic/ via @wef

 

CBSNews: August 10, 2019

▶ CHANGE AND OVERFISHING ARE INCREASING TOXIC MERCURY LEVELS IN FISH, STUDY SAYS

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/climate-change-and-overfishing-are-increasing-toxic-mercury-levels-in-fish/ 

 

Britishseafishing.co.uk

▶  PULSE TRAWLING - HIGH TECH TO THE LAST FISH

OUR FISH DON'T STAND A CHANCE:   

http://britishseafishing.co.uk/pulse-trawling/

 

                                                    GHOST FISHING: 

                                            Quartz, August 14, 2014

 ▶ DERELICT FISHING NETS HAVE TURNED THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA INTO A DEATH TRAP. Each year, at least 640,000 tonnes of nets and other fishing gear goes overboard and never comes back. But just because it’s lost to the sea doesn’t mean that derelict gear stops doing its jobs. The lobster pots, crab traps and dense thickets of nets that litter the sea bottom keep snaring fish and other animals for years or even decades after they go missing.

http://qz.com/247942/derelict-fishing-nets-have-turned-the-bottom-of-the-sea-into-a-death-trap-2/

 

                                                    PHOTOS

FLOATING DEATH
GHOST FISHING NETS KILLING MARINE LIFE http://www.tonywublog.com/journal/ghost-fishing-nets-killing-marine-life

 

ABC News, September 02, 2014

-▶ PACIFIC TUNA STOCKS ON BRINK OF DISASTER.  Bluefin tuna dire, with the Pacific population at "3 or 4 per cent of its original spawning biomass. The key problem was that there are too many vessels – at least 300 - equipped with sophisticated radar, chasing the schools of tuna.   http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-09-02/pacific-tuna-stocks-on-brink-of-disaster-says-glenn-hurry/5704644

 

 March 19, 2013
-▶ DISCARDS BAN COULD IMPACT SEABIRDS POPULATION - The European Parliament recently voted to scrap the controversial discards policy, which has seen fishermen throwing thousands of edible fish and fish waste back into the sea because they have exceeded their quotas.

http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Discards_ban_could_impact_seabirds_population_999.html

 

ITV, October 17, 2013

-▶ DOLPHINS BUTCHERED FOR SHARK BAIT IN ILLEGAL HUNT OFF THE COAST OF PERU

http://www.itv.com/news/2013-10-17/dolphins-butchered-for-shark-bait-in-illegal-hunt-off-the-coast-of-peru/

 

Quartz, January 2, 2014
-▶ AMERICA'S HEALTH CRAZE FOR FISH OIL IS WIPING OUT WORLD'S RAREST SHARKS http://qz.com/171454/americas-health-craze-for-fish-oil-is-wiping-out-the-worlds-rarest-shark/

 

                                         DOWNLOAD REPORT

                                        World Wildlife Fund

 ▶ THE OCEAN SUSTAINS US -- BUT FOR HOW MUCH LONGER

Populations of fish that feed millions globally are in steep decline, and at risk of collapse. WWF’s Living Blue Planet Report takes an unprecedented look at the damage we inflict on the ocean, and outlines a way forward for its recovery. http://ocean.panda.org/

 

-▶ EMPTYING OUR OCEANS: BILLIONS IN SUBSIDIES PROP UP UNSUSTAINABLE OVERFISHING  http://www.ipsnews.net/2012/11/billions-in-subsidies-prop-up-unsustainable-overfishing/

 

Times of India, 
-▶ CATCHING ALL THE BIG FISH CAN BE RUINOUS http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Catching-all-the-big-fish-can-be-ruinous/articleshow/45071340.cms

 

Equal Times, 
 ▶  MADAGASCAR FISHERIES RAVAGED BY FOREIGN PLUNDER

https://www.equaltimes.org/madagascar-fisheries-ravaged-by#.XT4BEvJKgnQ

 

                                                    PHOTOS
DO OUR OCEANS EVER STAND A CHANCE OF RECOVERY?

▶  THOUSANDS OF CHINESE TRAWLERS HEAD OUT TO SEA AFTER THREE-MONTH BAN ON FISHING IS LIFTED http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2762395/Out-lunch-Extraordinary-moment-thousands-Chinese-trawlers-head-sea-three-month-ban-fishing-lifted.html

 

                                                 WATCH

                                              Bullfrog Films

                               "EMPTY OCEAN, EMPTY NETS"

                    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VbcfQfmwPw

 

EXCEPTIONAL DOCUMENTARY (1:29:00)

"PLANET OCEAN" - WHO OWNS THE OCEANS?

How The Health of The Oceans Are The Pivot

For all of Earth's Healthy Eco Systems

https://vimeo.com/97706434

 

 

Sci-News September 15, 2015

 ▶  MARINE POPULATIONS IN SERIOUS DECLINE WORLDWIDE : WWF REPORT In the space of a single generation, human activity has severely damaged the ocean by catching fish faster than they can reproduce while also destroying their nurseries http://www.sci-news.com/biology/science-marine-populations-decline-living-blue-planet-report-03246.html

 

EcoWatch, August 23, 2015

 ▶ NEW STUDY: WORLD'S OCEANS ARE IN PERIL

The world’s oceans—covering nearly two-thirds of the Earth’s surface, and on which much of human life depends—are under severe pressure, a new report says. Overfishing has dramatically reduced fish stocks. The thousands of tonnes of rubbish dumped in the oceans wreak havoc on marine life, while climate change is warming and acidifying them, putting them under further stress. http://ecowatch.com/2015/08/23/worlds-oceans-in-peril/

 

                                                        VIDEO

                                              THE LAST OCEAN

                                      A Short Film by John Weller

https://youtu.be/eJsM9C9qycA

 

Mongabay, Jeremy Hance January 15, 2015
 ▶ EMPTY SEAS:  SCIENTISTS WARN OF AN INDUSTRIALIZED OCEAN.

With the rise of industrialized fishing, super trawlers, deep sea exploitation, pollution, and aquaculture, the human impact on the oceans is escalating rapidly and may be on the same course as what happened on land beginning in the Nineteenth Century: an industrial revolution of the oceans with the associated ecological impacts. 

“Stakes for seafloor mining claims are being pursued with gold rush-like fervor. Three hundred-ton ocean mining machines and 750 foot fishing boats are now rolling off the assembly line to do this work.”

“There are factory farms in the sea, and cattle-ranch style feed lots for tuna. Shrimp farms are eating up mangroves with the same appetite with which terrestrial farming consumed native prairies and forest,” added co-author Steve Palumbi with Stanford University. 

http://news.mongabay.com/2015/0115-hance-industrialized-oceans.html

 

-▶ MAINTAINING HEALTHY, BALANCED MARINE SYSTEMS ARE CRUCIAL FOR SPECIES SURVIVAL  http://www.natuurbericht.nl/?id=9583

 

Grist, January 16, 2015
-▶ WE COULD VERY WELL BE ON THE BRINK OF MARINE MASS EXTINCTION - Basically, a study out Thursday in Science looked at the sum total of apocalyptic ocean science to date, and determined that we could very well be on the brink of marine mass extinction. Why, you ask? Better question: How could we not be?

http://grist.org/news/quick-go-visit-the-ocean-one-last-time-before-it-dies/

 

                                            PHOTO GALLERY: 

THE JELLIFICATION OF OUR SEAS

As fish populations deplete, jellyfish populations are growing throughout much of the world. The fact that human beings and jellyfish tangle with one another more frequently than in the past is unpleasant for both sides. It also costs many millions each year. Here, a diver attaches a sensor to a large Echizen jellyfish off the coast of Komatsu in northern Japan... http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/photo-gallery-the-jellification-of-the-seas-fotostrecke-98970.html

 

 TakePart, March 02, 2015
 ▶ WHAT THE TROUBLING PLUNGE IN SEAGULL NUMBERS MEANS FOR THE SURVIVAL OF KILLER WHALES.

The seabird population in British Columbia has dropped nearly 60 percent, indicating a marine ecosystem in crisis.   http://www.takepart.com/article/2015/03/02/what-troubling-plunge-seagulls-means-survival-killer-whales

 

August 16, 2013 The Fish Site
-▶ PACIFIC TUNA STOCKS IN ALARMING DECLINE: TOO MANY INDUSTRIAL FISHING VESSELS PLUNDERING THE OCEANS WITH HIGHLY DESTRUCTIVE FISHING TECHNIQUES http://www.thefishsite.com/fishnews/21031/pacific-tuna-stocks-in-alarming-decline#sthash.MgpLJS46.dpuf

 

TakePart, December 16, 2014
- ▶ 'KILLING CONTEST' THAT TARGET PREGNANT FEMALES THREATEN TO WIPE OUT THIS GRACEFUL OCEAN ANIMAL http://www.takepart.com/article/2014/12/16/east-coast-killing-contests-threaten-wipe-out-cownose-stingray

 

Japan Times, July 26, 2014
- ▶ AS SPECIES DIE, WHAT VALUABLE KNOWLEDGE DIES WITH THEM? http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2014/07/26/environment/species-die-valuable-knowledge-dies/

 

Alaska Dispatch, October 17, 2014
▶  REPORT:  BIG ILLEGAL CATCHES OF RUSSIAN CRAB THREATEN STOCKS, FLOOD GLOBAL MARKETS http://www.adn.com/article/20141017/report-big-illegal-catches-russian-crab-threaten-stocks-flood-global-markets

 

IPS –

-▶ DEPLETED CHILEAN FISH NEED ' A REAL CHANCE OF RECOVERY' - Mackerel stocks off Chile's Coast reach critically low levels http://www.ipsnews.net/2012/06/depleted-chilean-fish-need-a-real-chance-of-recovery/

 

- ▶ EATING RIGHT KEY TO SURVIVAL OF WHALES AND DOLPHINS

. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121121210246.htm

   

 NOAA Fisheries West Coast Region, December 2014
- ▶ WHALE SHARKS, BIGGEST FISH IN THE OCEAN RECEIVES INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION FROM CORPORATE INDUSTRIAL FISHING. Commercial fishermen have known for some time that tuna, along with many other species of fish, congregate around objects drifting on the ocean surface. Fishermen often build floating structures called FADs, or fish-aggregating devices, to attract tuna to an area, allowing them to capitalize on this behavior. Using FADs makes the job of finding and encircling the tuna in the purse seine nets much more efficient.
Fishermen also learned that whale sharks are so large that they naturally attract tuna, much like a FAD. This led some fishermen to deploy nets around a whale shark to capture tuna swimming beneath it. In many of the cases, the encircled whale shark was also caught in the net and injured or died. http://www.westcoast.fisheries.noaa.gov/stories/2014/18_12182014_whale_shark_protection.html

 

CNN
▶  OVER-FISHED AND UNDER-PROTECTED: OCEANS ON THE BRINK OF COLLAPSE http://edition.cnn.com/2013/03/22/world/oceans-overfishing-climate-change/index.html?hpt=ias_t2

 

 

Earth Policy Institute
-▶ OVERFISHING THREATENS CRITICAL LINK IN THE FOOD CHAIN
The fish near the bottom of the aquatic food chain are often overlooked, but they are vital to healthy oceans and estuaries. Collectively known as forage fish, these species—including sardines, anchovies, herrings, and shrimp-like crustaceans called krill—feed on plankton and become food themselves for larger fish, seabirds, and marine mammals.
 http://worldfoodsecurity.blogspot.com/2013/01/overfishing-threatens-critical-link-in.html

 

  -▶ WHERE HAVE ALL THE WHALES GONE? GENETIC DIVERSITY IS CRUCIAL TO ALL SPECIES SURVIVAL  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/12/gray-whale-population-whaling_n_1511704.html?ref=tw

 

January 12, 2012 Earthsky
-▶ LOST WORLD OF CREATURES AT ANTARCTIC DEEP-SEA VENTS http://earthsky.org/earth/lost-world-of-creatures-at-antarctic-deep-sea-vents

 

Quartz, June 06, 2014

-▶ FISH CAN SLOW DOWN GLOBAL WARMING -- BUT NOT IF WE KEEP OVERFISHING http://qz.com/216826/fish-can-slow-down-global-warming-but-not-if-we-keep-eating-them/

  

 

                                                      VIDEO

THE TRUE COST OF INDUSTRIAL FISHING IN WEST AFRICA

                                          http://crelis.nl/?p=1907l

 

  

 June 5, 2012 McCarthy

-▶ THE POINT OF NO RETURN: RESEARCHERS LEARN HOW FISH POPULATIONS COLLAPSE.

In the early 1990s, overfishing led to the collapse of one of the most bountiful cod fisheries in the world, off the coast of Newfoundland. Twenty years later, the cod population still has not recovered, dramatically affecting the economic life of the region.

 http://www.rdmag.com/News/2012/06/General-Science-Researchers-Learn-How-Populations-Collapse/

 

 

-▶ U.N. - OVERFISHING BECOMING INCREASINGLY RECOGNIZED FOR THE ECOLOGICAL DISASTER IT IS.

Clamp down on harmful industrial practices and support small-scale fishers to prevent 'ocean-grabbing' and overfishing.

Olivier De Schutter: UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food. On November 2nd he presented an official report entitled 'Fisheries and the Right to Food' (pdf) to the UN General Assembly.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development-professionals-network/2012/nov/27/development-oceans-over-fishing

 

The Blog Aquatic November 21, 2014
- ▶ 5 REASONS YOU DEPEND ON HEALTHY FISHERIES  http://blog.oceanconservancy.org/2014/11/21/5-reasons-you-depend-on-healthy-fisheries/

 

July 21,  2012

Al Jazeera

-▶ HOW MANY MORE FISH IN THE SEA? http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2012/06/201261462834779767.html

 

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                 NO SUPER TRAWLERS.  NOT HERE.  NOT ANYWHERE

 http://www.scoop.it/t/our-oceans-need-us/p/2478442068/no-super-trawlers-not-here-not-anywhere-video

 

 

THOUSANDS OF SEA LION PUPS DEAD FROM STARVATION - NOT ENOUGH FISH IN THE SEA

http://sco.lt/6PSnNx

 

                    DEEP SEA MINING 'GOLD RUSH' MOVES CLOSER

                              DEVASTATING OCEAN SEABED

                    DESTROYING YET UNKNOWN ECOSYSTEMS

                                        http://sco.lt/5tF4s5

 

OCEAN ACIDIFYING:

RAPIDLY RISING CO2 IN ATMOSPHERE CAUSING POTENTIAL CATASTROPHE http://sco.lt/8LsqbR 

 

 

VIDEO:

FORAGE FISH KEY TO A HEALTHY OCEAN FOOD WEB

GOING, GOING...

In the marine world, high-energy prey make for high-energy predators. And to survive, such marine predators need to sustain the right kind of high-energy diet. Not just any prey will do, suggests a new study.. http://sco.lt/54Pqnh

 

 

 

THE BUSINESS CASE FOR SEAFOOD TRACEABILITY

                     Is "Sustainable" Seafood Really Sustainable?

                                       http://sco.lt/7DQPD

 

DESTRUCTIVE FISHING GEAR KILLS 400K+ SEABIRDS PER YEAR - LONGLINING, INDUSTRIAL TRAWLERS http://sco.lt/8xLtlx

 

 

                 BILLIONS OF POUNDS OF PLASTIC IN OUR OCEANS: 

IMPACT ON SEA LIFE, YOUR SEAFOOD AND YOUR HEALTH

                                       http://sco.lt/768Gsz

 

 

 

-▶ WE MAY BE THE LAST GENERATION TO CATCH FOOD FROM THE OCEANS  http://sco.lt/8uHn7Z

 

 

-▶ OCEAN-GRABBING THREATEN WORLD'S FISHERIES: UN  http://www.scoop.it/t/our-oceans-need-us/p/3312198844/ocean-grabbing-threatens-world-s-fisheries-un

 

 

                                             DEADLY BYCATCH

TWO-THIRDS OF HEALTHY FISH BROUGHT ON TO FISHING VESSELS IS THROWN BACK INTO THE SEA:  DEAD OR INJURED

http://sco.lt/6DbCld

 

 

▶  $400 BILLION CORPORATE FISHING FLEETS EMPTYING OUR OCEANS http://sco.lt/7ABxHV

 

 

 

                                         BOTTOM TRAWLING:

SCRAPING THE BOTTOM OF THE OCEAN CLEAN: AN INSATIABLE DRIVE FOR PROFITS, DESTRUCTION OF OCEANS http://sco.lt/7QNLQ9

 

                                                     WATCH

                                           "SEA THE TRUTH"

                          IN 2048 OUR OCEANS WILL BE EMPTY

http://www.scoop.it/t/our-oceans-need-us/p/1838959581/sea-the-truth-in-2048-our-oceans-will-be-empty-video

 

 

-▶ MARINE SPECIES WON'T SURVIVE UNLESS DRASTIC PROTECTION POLICIES ARE PUT IN PLACE  http://www.scoop.it/t/our-oceans-need-us/p/2496680057/marine-species-won-t-survive-unless-drastic-protection-policies-put-in-place

 

                            IS SUSTAINABLE SEAFOOD A FANTASY?

                                     AQUAFARMING vs WILD FISH

                                             http://sco.lt/8TKvFR

 

 

-▶ HOW THE WORLD'S OCEANS ARE RUNNING OUT OF FISH  http://www.scoop.it/t/our-oceans-need-us/p/2780633722/how-the-world-s-oceans-could-be-running-out-of-fish

 

 

 

-▶ LOOTING OUR SEAS:  'FREE FOR ALL' DECIMATES FISH STOCKS IN THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC  http://sco.lt/8ClodF

 

 

 

                         100 MILLION A YEAR JUST FOR THEIR FINS

                            SHARK POPULATIONS PLUMMET BY 90%

                                               http://sco.lt/7kHqLZ

 

 

 

-▶ SUPER TRAWLER NETS BIG ENOUGH TO HOLD 13 JUMBO JETS - USING GPS TO SWEEP UP ALL IN IT'S PATH.

In most places, the oceans have lost more than 75 per cent of their “megafauna” – large creatures such as whales, sharks, dolphins, rays and turtles. Numbers of some species – oceanic whitetip sharks; American sawfish – are down by as much as 99 per cent. For every 20 leatherback turtles in the Pacific 50 years ago, only one remains http://www.scoop.it/t/our-oceans-need-us/p/1838791014/sea-change-the-loss-of-ocean-species-is-staggering

 

 

 -▶ GREENLAND'S MELTING: CREATING A DIFFERENT CLIMATE THAN EARTH HAS EVER SEEN  http://sco.lt/8bjv73

 

-▶ ANTARCTIC ICE LOSS HAVING PROFOUND EFFECTS ON OCEAN FLOOR ECOLOGY http://sco.lt/6cuyFF

 

 

 

-▶ ANIMALS ARE ALREADY DISSOLVING IN SOUTHERN OCEAN  http://sco.lt/7tBxMP

 

                                                        VIDEO

- ****EARTHRACE REVEAL HORROR OF THE ANNUAL 90,000 HORROR OF THE ANNUAL NAMIBIAN BABY SEAL SLAUGHTER http://sco.lt/5pSMpV

 

 -▶ 70,000 CANADIAN SEAL "CULL" AKA "SLAUGHTER, WILL NOT REVIVE CANADA'S COD STOCKS http://sco.lt/4i4j33

 

                               

pdjmoo's insight:

Real News One, June 10, 2014
-▶ PUTTING THE ECONOMY BEFORE THE ENVIRONMENT IS ENVIRONMENTAL VANDALISM AND SUICIDAL http://realnewsone.com/2014/06/10/putting-the-economy-before-the-environment-is-environmental-vandalism/

 

Mongabay, June 06, 2014
-▶ NEW STUDY FINDS ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE GLOBALLY MAY COST MORE THAN U.S. GDP http://news.mongabay.com/2014/0606-morgan-ecosystem-services.html

 

                              AN URGENT MEMO TO THE WORLD: 

               ONE ENVIRONMENT, ONE HUMANITY, ONE PLANET http://thenaturaleye.wordpress.com/2012/07/12/an-urgent-memo-to-the-world/

 

 

YOU ARE INVITED TO FOLLOW MY NEWS AGGREGATES @pdjmoo

 

▶  CLIMATE CHANGE http://www.scoop.it/t/changingplanet

▶  BIODIVERSITY http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life

▶  OUR OCEANS http://www.scoop.it/t/our-oceans-need-us

▶  OUR FOOD http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides

▶  CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY http://www.scoop.it/t/environmental-and-human-health

pdjmoo's curator insight, August 17, 2013 5:29 AM

FEEDING FIRST THAT WHICH, IN TURN, FEEDS US.  Men have got to stop raping and pillaging the precious resources of our planet to extinction, for it will ultimately lead to extinction of the human race.  We depend on a healthy balanced natural world for our own health and wellbeing.  The quarterly profit bottomline should drive extinction

Scooped by pdjmoo
May 6, 2013 2:46 PM
Scoop.it!

OCEANS ACIDIFYING FAST: Rapidly Rising CO2 causing potential catastrophe

OCEANS ACIDIFYING FAST: Rapidly Rising CO2 causing potential catastrophe | OUR OCEANS NEED US | Scoop.it

 

 

Since the industrial revolution began, we have released 2 trillion tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) into the atmosphere, and about one-third of it went into the ocean. We initially thought that the ocean taking up CO2 was a good thing – because it took it out of the atmosphere. Unfortunately, we were wrong.  There has been a 30% increase in the acidity of the ocean since 1700, and we now expect that by 2100, it will have become a 100% increase. This constitutes a rate of change in ocean chemistry that is 10 times anything scientists can document over the last 50 million years

 

 

Yale Environment 360, October 24, 2019

WIDESPREAD OCEAN ACIDIFICATION POSES SEVERE THREAT TO PLANET
Global acidification of the OCEANS 252 million years ago, caused by massive volcanic eruptions, is believed to have obliterated marine life in Earth’s largest mass extinction

 

                                                WATCH

                     OCEAN ACIDIFICATION IN A NUTSHELL

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=d0kacyyLVB4

 

 

Ice News From The Nordics, October 26, 2019

OCEAN ACIDIFICATION - A GRAVE THREAT TO GLOBAL MARINE LIFE. 

So, what is OCEAN ACIDIFICATION in its simplest definition?
Ocean Acidification may be the most devastating result of climate change for mankind to tackle.

 

 

 

New Scientist, November 25, 2014

 - ▶  ANIMALS ARE ALREADY DISSOLVING IN SOUTHERN OCEAN

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn22531-animals-are-already-dissolving-in-southern-ocean-acid.html

 

- ▶  RISE OF ACID OCEAN EATS AWAY BASE OF FOOD CHAIN http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/rise-of-acid-ocean-eats-away-base-of-food-chain-8348892.html

 

Los Angeles Times, December 16, 2019

CALIFORNIA COASTAL WATERS RISING IN ACIDITY AT ALARMING RATE, STUDY FINDS.

Unexpected connection between Acidification and a CLIMATE cycle

Threatening major fisheries and sounding the alarm that the ocean can absorb only so much more of the world’s carbon emissions.

new study led by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration also made an 

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-12-16/ocean-acidification-california

 

Eurasia Review, September 23, 2018

 OCEAN ACIDIFICATION MAY REDUCE SEA SCALLOP FISHERIES BY 50% http://www.eurasiareview.com/23092018-ocean-acidification-may-reduce-sea-scallop-fisheries/

 

Mongabay May 08, 2014
UNDERWATER HORRORS:  SHELLS OF MARINE LIFE MELTING OFF THE COAST OF U.S. http://news.mongabay.com/2014/0508-hance-sea-butterflies-ocean-acidification.html

 

 

Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI)
OCEAN ACIDIFICATION - AN INTRODUCTION - THE TWIN SISTER TO CLIMATE CHANGE http://www.awi.de/en/news/focus/2013/ocean_acidification/

 

August 26, 2013 Time Magazine
HOW OCEAN ACIDIFICATION WILL MAKE CLIMATE CHANGE WORSE http://science.time.com/2013/08/26/ocean-acidification-will-make-climate-change-worse/

 

Guardian Environment, October 2, 2013
OCEAN ACIDIFICATION DUE TO CARBON EMISSIONS UNPRECEDENTED IN EARTH'S KNOW HISTORY - THE NEXT MASS EXTINCTION MAY HAVE ALREADY BEGUN  http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/oct/03/ocean-acidification-carbon-dioxide-emissions-levels

 

Science AAAS, August 15, 2014

ACIDIFYING OCEANS IMPAIR SHARK SENSES. Ocean waters are becoming increasingly acidic as they absorb the atmospheric CO2 released by human activities. Previous research has shown that CO2-rich, acidic waters may impair the ability of reef fish to smell predators. http://news.sciencemag.org/biology/2014/08/acidifying-waters-impair-shark-senses

 

The Conservation, January 29, 2014
OCEAN ACIDIFICATION HAMPERING FISHES' EYESIGHT, LEAVING THEM VULNERABLE TO PREDATORS http://theconversation.com/ocean-acidification-leaving-fish-in-the-dark-study-22538

 

Grist, July 02, 2014

OCEAN ACIDIFICATION COULD BE CREATING FRIENDLESS FISH AS THEY LOSE THEIR ABILITY TO RECOGNIZED EACH OTHER http://grist.org/climate-energy/ocean-acidification-could-be-creating-friendless-fish/

 

August 25, 2013 Guardian Environment
RAPIDLY RISING CARBON DIOXIDE LEVELS IN THE ATMOSPHERE ARE CAUSING POTENTIAL CATASTROPHE IN OUR OCEANS AS THEY BECOME MORE ACIDIC, SCIENTISTS WARN
Experts claim current rate of change is likely to be more than 10 times faster than it has ever been in Earth's history  http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/aug/25/rising-acid-levels-seas-endanger-marine-poertner

 

 May 6, 2013 BBC News Science and Environment
CARBON DIOXIDE IS RAPIDLY ALTERING THE CHEMISTRY OF THE ARCTIC AND THE CHANGES WILL LAST MANY THOUSAND OF YEARS, REPORT SAYS http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22408341

 

SciDev.Net, November 15, 2013
OCEAN ACIDIFICATION SET TO SPIRAL OUT OF CONTROL http://www.scidev.net/global/climate-change/scidev-net-at-large/ocean-acidification-set-to-spiral-out-of-control.html

 

Guardian Environment, October 05, 2014
 FISH FAILING TO ADAPT TO RISING CARBON DIOXIDE LEVELS IN OCEAN http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/oct/06/fish-failing-to-adapt-to-rising-carbon-dioxide-levels-in-ocean

 

New Scientist, April 20, 2015
OCEAN ACIDIFICATION MIGHT BE SHRINKING SOME MARINE SPECIES As ocean acidification begins to bite, some marine species might adapt by shrinking – threatening the profitability of commercial fisheries. http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn27385-miniature-sea-snails-found-in-acidic-sea-near-volcanic-seeps.html#.VTaU32ZQW6A

 

 

                                             SEA CHANGE

                                          The Seattle Times

         CAN SEA LIFE ADAPT TO SOURING, ACIDIFYING  OCEANS? http://apps.seattletimes.com/reports/sea-change/2013/nov/2/can-sea-life-adapt/?cmpid=newscred

 

 

Guardian Environment, April 13, 2014
ENTIRE MARINE FOOD CHAIN AT RISK FROM RISING CO2 LEVELS IN WATER http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/apr/14/entire-marine-food-chain-at-risk-from-rising-co2-levels-in-water

 

10 MARINE SPECIES ON THE BRINK OF MASS EXTINCTION DUE TO OCEAN ACIDIFICATION 

https://www.treehugger.com/slideshows/ocean-conservation/10-marine-species-brink-mass-extinction-due-ocean-acidification/?campaign=daily_nl

 

                                      SPECIAL REPORT - VIDEO
                                            The Seattle Times
                              SEA CHANGE:  OCEAN ACIDIFICATION
                                                 PART 1:

PACIFIC OCEAN PERILOUS TURN OVERVIEW

Ocean acidification, the lesser-known twin of climate change, threatens to scramble marine life on a scale almost too big to fathom.
http://apps.seattletimes.com/reports/sea-change/2013/sep/11/pacific-ocean-perilous-turn-overview/

 

                                                 PART 2:

SCIENTISTS FEAR OCEAN ACIDIFICATION WILL DRIVE COLLAPSE OF ALASKA'S ICONIC CRAB FISHERY http://apps.seattletimes.com/reports/sea-change/2013/sep/11/alaska-crab-industry/

 

 

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 Mongabay, December 03, 2014
ANIMALS DISSOLVING DUE TO CARBON EMISSIONS. Marine snails, also known as sea butterflies, are dissolving in the Southern Seas due to anthropogenic carbon emissions, according to a new study in Nature GeoScience. Scientists have discovered that the snail's shells are being corroded away as pH levels in the ocean drop due to carbon emissions, a phenomenon known as ocean acidification. The snails in question, Limacina helicina antarctica, play a vital role in the food chain, as prey for plankton, fish, birds, and even whales. http://news.mongabay.com/2012/1203-hance-ocean-acidification-dissolving-snails.html

  

ClimateProgress, February 06, 2015
MAINE REPORT WARNS OF 'URGENT' NEED TO ADDRESS OCEAN ACIDIFICATION - LUCRATIVE LOBSTERS AND CRUSTACEANS AT RISK 

http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2015/02/06/3619987/maine-ocean-acidification-report/

 

Grist, January 08, 2015
GET READY FOR ENDLESSLY GROSS SHRIMP, THANKS TO CLIMATE CHANGE AND ACIDIFYING OCEANS http://grist.org/list/get-ready-for-endlessly-gross-shrimp-thanks-to-climate-change/

 

CBS News, Februay2, 2015
OCEAN ACIDIFICATION SPELLS TROUBLE FOR SHELLFISH http://www.cbsnews.com/news/ocean-acidification-spells-trouble-for-shellfish-industry/

 

June 14, 2013 New Scientist
ACIDIFYING SEAWATER SEES OYSTERS IN RACE TO GROW SHELLS http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn23707-acidifying-seawater-sees-oysters-in-race-to-grow-shells.html

 

 

 Quartz, May 02, 2014

THE OCEAN IS SO ACIDIC IT'S EATING AWAY THE SHELLS OF SEA SNAILS http://qz.com/205180/the-ocean-is-so-acidic-its-eating-away-the-shells-of-sea-snails/

 

Climate Progress, February 26, 2014

ACIDIC WATERS KILL 10 MILLION SCALLOPS OFF VANCOUVER http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/02/26/3332141/ocean-acidification-kills-scallops/

 

 June 29, 2013 Climate Central
ACID OCEANS THREATEN BILLION-DOLLAR OYSTER BUSINESS http://www.climatecentral.org/news/acid-oceans-threaten-billion-dollar-oyster-business-16168

 

 May 23, 2013 New York Times

OYSTER SHELLS ARE AN ANTACID TO THE OCEANS http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/21/science/oyster-shells-are-an-antacid-to-the-oceans.html?_r=0

  

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 Daily Kos, October 4, 2013
THE OCEANS ARE DYING:  OXYGEN IS DEPLETING, ACIDITY RISING AT FASTEST RATE IN 3 MILLION YEARS http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/10/04/1243700/-The-Oceans-are-Dying-Oxygen-is-Depleting-Acidity-Rising-at-Fastest-Rate-in-300-000-000-Years

 

 Phys.org, November 10, 2014
NEW GLOBAL MAPS DETAIL HUMAN-CAUSED OCEAN ACIDIFICATION  A team of scientists has published the most comprehensive picture yet of how acidity levels vary across the world's oceans, providing a benchmark for years to come as enormous amounts of human-caused carbon emissions continue to wind up at sea.  http://phys.org/news/2014-11-global-human-caused-ocean-acidification.html#jCp

 

 

                                                       VIDEO
                                        OCEAN ACIDIFICATION
                A Threat to Economies and Cultures Around the World
http://blog.oceanconservancy.org/2014/08/21/video-ocean-acidification-a-threat-to-economies-and-cultures-around-the-world/

                                                 SMITHSONIAN

                                http://ocean.si.edu/ocean-acidification

  

Phys.Org, February 16, 2015
THINK OCEAN ACIDIFICATION IS NOT A PROBLEM. THINK AGAIN. SATELLITE IMAGES REVEAL IT FROM SPACE  http://phys.org/news/2015-02-satellite-images-reveal-ocean-acidification.html

 

 Aeon, February 18, 2014
ACID TRAP: EARTH'S OCEANS ARE BEGINNING TO WARM AND TURN ACIDIC, ENDANGERING PLANKTON AND THE ENTIRE MARINE FOOD CHAIN http://aeon.co/magazine/nature-and-cosmos/plankton-the-tiny-sentinels-of-the-deep/

 

Scientific American, August 06, 2014
-▶ WHICH OCEAN SPECIES WILL OUTLAST THE RISING ACIDITY OF SEAWATER? http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/which-ocean-species-will-outlast-the-rising-acidity-of-seawater/

  

Bloomberg, May 02, 2014

CARBON DIOXIDE BEAT HISTORIC LEVEL EVERY DAY LAST MONTH. “We’re running out of time, but not solutions,” Ed Chen, a spokesman for the Natural Resources Defense Council, said... “The next big step is to limit, for the first time, carbon pollution being spewed by our power plants.” http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-05-02/carbon-dioxide-exceeds-historic-threshold-through-april.html

 

 

OCEANS WILL NOT SURVIVE "BUSINESS AS USUAL" http://www.ipsnews.net/2012/03/oceans-will-not-survive-lsquobusiness-as-usualrsquo/

 

  

                                    THE END OF CORAL REEFS?

              AROUND FOR 10 MILLION YEARS, WIPED OUT IN 100

                                        http://sco.lt/7y1XHt

 

 

 Inter Press Service, October 15, 2013
NO SAFE HAVENS IN INCREASINGLY ACID OCEANS
Oil, gas and coal are contaminating the world’s oceans from top to bottom, threatening the lives of more than 800 million people, a new study warns http://www.ipsnews.net/2013/10/no-safe-havens-in-increasingly-acid-oceans/

 

BBC News - March 26, 2014
HOW CLIMATE CHANGE WILL ACIDIFY THE OCEANS Off the remote eastern tip of Papua New Guinea a natural phenomenon offers an alarming glimpse into the future of the oceans, as increasing concentrations of CO2 in the atmosphere make sea water more acidic. http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-26746039

 

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GREENLAND'S MELTING

CREATING A DIFFERENT CLIMATE THAN EARTH HAS EVER SEEN

http://sco.lt/8bjv73

 

               CLIMATE CHANGE: CHANGING OUR WORLD FOREVER 

               THE WAY TO A NEW, UNKNOWN ARCTIC ECOSYSTEM

                                           http://sco.lt/8eWiUz

 

 

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April 26, 2013 Terra Daily

-▶ RISING SEAS WASHING AWAY PACIFIC LEADER'S HOME ISLAND Rising seas washing away Pacific leader's home island http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Rising_seas_washing_away_Pacific_leaders_home_island_999.html

 

                                                      VIDEO

                                                 SEA CHANGE:

               THE LOSS OF OCEAN SPECIES IS STAGGERING

                                         http://sco.lt/51LeCn

 

 

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                         CLIMATE CHANGE, CARBON, C02

                          ===========================

 

 

-▶ WE HAVE KNOWN ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE FOR 75 YEARS http://grist.org/news/we-have-known-about-climate-change-for-75-years/

 

GREENLAND', ARCTIC, ANTARCTICA MELTING: CREATING A DIFFERENT CLIMATE THAN EARTH HAS EVER SEEN http://sco.lt/819UHZ

 

-▶ ARCTIC IS RELEASING HUNDREDS, PERHAPS THOUSANDS, OF ENORMOUS PLUMES OF METHANE DIRECTLY INTO EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE  http://sco.lt/6SoeAL

 

 -▶ HIGH MERCURY LEVELS IN ANTARCTIC WATERS SEA 4x MORE THAN...http://www.scoop.it/t/our-oceans-need-us/p/961166086/high-mercury-levels-in-antarctic-waters-sea-4x-more-than

 

                                                        WATCH 

                                      "MERCURY RISING" Short Film

                                      Poisoned Planet, Poisoned Food

                                              http://sco.lt/6nrixF

 

 

OBAMA'S ARCTIC STRATEGY SETS OFF A CLIMATE BOMB. 

THE SUICIDAL RACE FOR ARCTIC'S NATURAL RESOURCES

                                          http://sco.lt/5pPxWD

 

                       COAL BURNING EXACTS A LETHAL PRICE

                                          http://sco.lt/8wLmKX

 

PRICING CARBON AND CARBON STORAGE. 

FAILED STRATEGIES THAT WON'T SAVE THE CLIMATE OR PLANET http://sco.lt/7GrrPd

  

  

                                             DEEP SEA MINING

'GOLD RUSH' MOVES CLOSER AS ICE MELTS, DEVASTATING OCEAN SEABEDS, DESTROYING UNKNOWN ECOSYSTEMS http://sco.lt/5tF4s5

   

 BILLIONS OF POUNDS OF PLASTIC IN OUR OCEAN: IMPACT ON SEA LIFE, YOUR SEAFOOD AND YOUR HEALTH

http://sco.lt/768Gsz

 

DEEP END : THE DISASTER WE'VE WROUGHT ON THE WORLD'S OCEANS MAY BE IRREVOCABLE  http://sco.lt/5pUYyX

 

 

                                        VERY IMPORTANT WATCH

                                          "PLANET OCEAN" FILM 

                      An Amazing Film, Great Cinemaphotography

                                           by Yann Arthus-Bertrand

                                              http://sco.lt/9FB89B

 

                                                         VIDEO:

                                TAMING THE BLUE FRONTIER

                        CAN AQUACULTURE BE SUSTAINABLE?

                                               http://sco.lt/6iy6ID

 

 

"WE HAVE FIVE MINUTES BEFORE MIDNIGHT"

UN CHIEF SCIENTIST URGES ACTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE - NEW IPCC REPORT 

http://sco.lt/6heNd3

 

 

POWERFUL WATCH

USA State Department

CLIMATE CHANGE

A WEAPON OF MASS DESTRUCTION

SECRETARY KERRY DELIVERS REMARKS ON CLIMATE

http://sco.lt/8JvN3Z

 

  

THE VIBRANT OCEANS INITIATIVE: 

BLOOMBERG PHILANTHROPIES INVEST $53 MILLION IN OCEAN RESTORATION

http://sco.lt/6VBiL3

 

 

 

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▶  OUR OCEANS http://www.scoop.it/t/our-oceans-need-us

▶  OUR FOOD http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides

▶  CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY http://www.scoop.it/t/environmental-and-human-health

Jose's curator insight, March 20, 2014 12:22 PM

When reading this article i find it amazing what is going on around the world. Places like Antarctica are changing dramatically in ways people are not in control of. What used to be an icy and colder places is now deteriorating and melting. I find it scary in a way because what else is going to change as the years go by. What are the next generation of people going to be apart of or get to witnesses now that many places and things are coming closer to be extinct. 

♥ princess leia ♥'s curator insight, April 14, 2014 1:57 PM

our ocean needs LOVE 

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Sharks: 100 Million slaughtered a year just for their fins. Shark populations plummet by 90% #SharkFinning

Sharks: 100 Million slaughtered a year just for their fins. Shark populations plummet by 90% #SharkFinning | OUR OCEANS NEED US | Scoop.it

 


Focusing on Wildlife, July 18, 2019


-▶ END THE SHARK FIN TRADE IN PERU
It’s a terribly cruel practice. As the National Geographic explains: “Finning involves slicing fins off live sharks and tossing the wounded animals overboard, where they sink to the bottom and, unable to swim and pass water over their gills, suffocate, die of blood loss, or get eaten by other predators.”


 


The fins are much more valuable than shark meat, selling for as much as $500 per pound. Shark meat isn’t so popular, which is why they dump the body back into the ocean rather than bring it to the market.


 


Between 1.3 and 2.7 million of the 100 million sharks killed each year are killed for the shark fin trade.
Shark populations have decreased by 60-70 percent of in the last fifteen years due to finning.
https://focusingonwildlife.com/news/petition-end-the-shark-fin-trade-in-peru/ via @Wildlife_Focus


 


 -▶ HOW MANY SHARKS DO WE KILL PER HOUR?  THIS INFOGRAPH WILL SHOCK YOU http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/27/sharks-killed-per-hour-infographic_n_2965775.html


 


                                    An Image Say A Thousand Words


                                           SHARK FINNING


  Google Search


http://ow.ly/koU4C


 


VIDEO
RACING EXTINCTION


WHY SHARKS MATTER (2:55)
https://vimeo.com/117815581#at=0


 


 


                                                      VIDEO


THOUSANDS OF SHARK FINS DUMPED ON HONG KONG STREET TO SUPPLY SOUP INDUSTRY http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2111690/Video-shows-thousands-shark-fins-dumped-Hong-Kong-street-supply-soup-industry.html


 


Unearthed, July 29, 2019


-▶ BRITAIN HAS EXPORTED MORE THAN 50 TONS OF SHARK FINS SINCE 2017


Shark fins worth hundreds of thousands of pounds have been sold to Spain in recent years, with the trade fueled by demand in Asia.


 https://unearthed.greenpeace.org/2019/07/29/shark-fin-soup-uk/ 


 


Inside Science, November 25, 2014
-▶  THREATS TO SHARKS THREATEN ENTIRE ECOSYSTEMS: 100 MILLION DIE A YEAR, JUST FOR THEIR FINS  http://www.insidescience.org/content/threats-sharks-threaten-entire-ecosystems/1351


 


Guardian, June 04, 2019


-▶ MARINE 'GOLD RUSH': DEMAND FOR SHARK FIN SOUP DRIVES DECIMATION OF FISH


Finning is still rampant in many countries due to diners’ appetite for the delicacy, despite attempts to shut down the trade


https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jun/04/marine-gold-rush-demand-shark-fin-soup?CMP=share_btn_tw


 


 Science AAAS, August 15, 2014


-▶ ACIDIFYING OCEANS IMPAIR SHARK SENSES. Ocean waters are becoming increasingly acidic as they absorb the atmospheric CO2 released by human activities. Previous research has shown that CO2-rich, acidic waters may impair the ability of reef fish to smell predators. http://news.sciencemag.org/biology/2014/08/acidifying-waters-impair-shark-senses


 


Deccan Herald, October 09, 2018
-▶ ILLEGAL MARINE EXPORT: 1,600 SHARK BONES SEIZED
Used as a dietary supplement, there is no evidence shark cartilage helps any health condition.
Killed for fins, killed for meat, killed for alternative medicine, killed for sport - we are watching the extinction of many shark species in real-time
https://www.deccanherald.com/state/illegal-export-1600-kg-shark-696920.html


 


-▶ THOUSANDS OF ENDANGERED SHARKS SLAUGHTERED BY OVERFISHING, NEW REPORT REVEALS https://www.greenpeace.org/international/press-release/22754/thousands-of-endangered-sharks-slaughtered-by-overfishing-new-report-reveals/


 


July 23, 2018 - Pew Charitable Trusts


-▶ SAVE THE SHARKS  via @@pewtrusts


At least 63 million sharks are taken from the ocean every year.


Story: And that’s the low estimate; it could be as high as 273 million. That worldwide catch—often for shark fins and increasingly for their meat—is threatening some species with extinction.


https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/articles/2018/07/23/save-the-sharks?utm_campaign=atf32&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_content=quote_tile


 


Mongabay, February 07, 2015
-▶  35 PICTURES OF THE SHARK FIN TRADE THAT WILL SHOCK AND DISMAY YOU http://news.mongabay.com/2014/0207-sharkfin-trade-pictures.html


 


-▶  Fisheries, July 31, 2019


SHARK DISCOVERY MAY HELP PEOPLE WITH BONE DISEASE - WE CAN'T TAKE ANYMORE SHARKS FROM THE OCEAN!
Shark Discovery May Help People with Bone Disease.
https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-story/shark-discovery-may-help-people-bone-disease


 


Forbes, July 31, 2019


-▶  OUR FISHING IS DRIVING SHARKS TO EXTINCTION


https://www.forbes.com/sites/melissacristinamarquez/2019/07/31/our-fishing-is-driving-sharks-to-extinction/#4edb7a342c95


 


Metro UK, July 05, 2019


-▶  SHARKS ARE GETTING TANGLED UP IN PLASTIC RUBBISH AND DYING IN HORRIFIC PAIN, SCIENTISTS REVEAL


https://metro.co.uk/2019/07/05/sharks-are-getting-tangled-in-plastic-rubbish-and-dying-in-horrific-pain-10118035/amp/?ito=article.desktop.share.top.twitter&__twitter_impression=true


 


Mongabay, July 20, 2019


THOUSANDS OF SHARKS AND RAYS ARE LIKELY ENTANGLED IN PLASTIC POLLUTING EARTH'S OCEANS


https://news.mongabay.com/2019/07/scientists-say-thousands-of-sharks-and-rays-are-likely-entangled-in-plastic-polluting-earths-oceans/amp/?__twitter_impression=true


 


WHEN MONEY DRIVES EXTINCION


SHARK POPULATIONS HAVE PLUMMETED BY 90% IN RECENT DECADES...WILL BE EXTINCT IN A FEW YEARS UNLESS WE PUT A BRAKE ON THIS SLAUGHTER


 


-▶  NATIONS CONSIDER PROTECTING SHARKS AS 100 MILLION SLAUGHTERED EACH YEAR -- JUST FOR THEIR FINS


http://sco.lt/5RKfQn


 


Daily Mirror, May 16, 2019


-▶ UP TO 100 SHARKS WASH UP DEAD ON BEACH SPARKING FEARS THEIR FINS WERE RIPPED OFFhttps://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/up-100-sharks-wash-up-16124086?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sharebar


  


Miami Herald, August 10, 2018


-▶ DEADLY SHARK FIN TRADE FROM CENTRAL AMERICA TO CHINA IS PASSING THROUGH MIAMI


https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/news-columns-blogs/fabiola-santiago/article216310695.html


 


ITV, October 17, 2013


-▶  DOLPHINS BUTCHERED FOR SHARK BAIT IN ILLEGAL HUNT OFF THE COAST OF PERU http://www.itv.com/news/2013-10-17/dolphins-butchered-for-shark-bait-in-illegal-hunt-off-the-coast-of-peru/


 


Latin Post, October 24, 2013


▶  DOLPHINS CHOPPED UP, SKINNED ALIVE IN PERU FOR SHARK BAIT FOR ASIAN DELICACY


Animal conservation groups are enraged over the brutal slaughtering of thousands of dolphins off the coast of Peru, where the mammals are used as shark bait for an Asian delicacy known as shark fin soup.


http://www.latinpost.com/articles/3242/20131024/dolphins-chopped-up-skinned-alive-peru-use-shark-bait-asian.htm


 


                                    DO SHARKS HAVE CULTURE?


                                   Shark species facing extinction


                                          http://sco.lt/4oWoQT


 


NPR, March 03, 2015
-▶  WHY SHARK FINNING BANS AREN'T KEEPING SHARKS OFF THE PLATE (YET)  http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2015/03/03/390449252/why-shark-finning-bans-arent-keeping-sharks-off-the-plate-yet


 


Cornell University, December 03, 2013
-▶ SHARKS & HUMANS ... WE'RE RELATED.   SHARK, HUMAN PROTEINS ARE SURPRISINGLY SIMILAR http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/2013/12/shark-human-proteins-are-surprisingly-similar


 


                                                      VIDEO
                 SHARK FINNING:  THE SHOCKING TRUTH (5:30)
                https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6Q4MHX-GIs


 


                                              PHOTO GALLERY


                                      August 2, 2013 Treehugger
                         AN EXPLANATION OF OF SHARK FINNING


http://www.treehugger.com/natural-sciences/shark-week-an-explanation-of-shark-finning.html


 


                                              WATCH - SHORT VIDEO


                                           "EXTINCTION SOUP" (3:38)


                    http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/extinction-soup


 


                                               IN PICTURES:


EXCLUSIVE: THE CRUEL REALITY OF THE GLOBAL SHARK FIN TRADE http://www.scoop.it/t/our-oceans-need-us/p/1078235910/exclusive-the-cruel-reality-of-the-global-shark-fin-trade-in-pictures


 


 -▶  SHARKS ARE CRUCIAL TO OCEAN ECOSYSTEMS, SAYS UMS PROFESSOR http://www.scoop.it/t/our-oceans-need-us/p/1606725445/sharks-are-crucial-to-ocean-ecosystems-says-ums-prof


 


                                                         VIDEO


                               AWARD WINNING SHORT FILM


                     "WHERE HAVE ALL OUR SHARKS GONE?"


http://www.scoop.it/t/our-oceans-need-us/p/1127050673/where-have-our-sharks-gone-award-winning-short-film


 


-▶  MILLIONS (NOT THOUSANDS) OF MARINE TURTLES KILLED BY LONGLINE, SUPER TRAWLER FISHERIES http://sco.lt/72A0mH


 


 -▶  DAN RATHER REPORTS, "SHARK FIN" CLIP 3  http://www.scoop.it/t/our-oceans-need-us/p/1850941760/dan-rather-reports-shark-fin-clip-3


 


 Southern Fried Science:
-▶  13 AMAZING THINGS SCIENTISTS DISCOVERED ABOUT SHARKS IN 2013 http://www.southernfriedscience.com/?p=16267


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                                                        WATCH:


                  NO SUPER TRAWLERS.  NOT HERE.  NOT ANYWHERE http://www.scoop.it/t/our-oceans-need-us/p/2478442068/no-super-trawlers-not-here-not-anywhere-video


 


SEA CHANGE:


THE LOSS OF OCEAN SPECIES IS STAGGERING  http://sco.lt/8AV5qz


 


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 -▶ VIDEO: 


SLAUGHTERING BEAUTIFUL 'WHALE SHARKS' -- JUST FOR THEIR FINS 


http://sco.lt/81PhB3


 


 


                               AUSTRALIAN SHARK SLAUGHTER


                         BRUTAL CULL IMPOVERISHES OCEANS


                         GOVERNMENT-SANCTIONED ECOCIDE


                                           http://sco.lt/89FFLt


 


 Pew Environment, January 09, 2014


-▶  DISPATCH FROM PANAMA:  40 SPECIES OF SHARKS AT RISK


Less well-known is that this Central American country’s waters are home to more than 40 species of tiburónes, or sharks, primarily off its Pacific coast. The majority of these species are threatened or near threatened with extinction, mainly because of overfishing during the past 30 years. - http://www.pewenvironment.org/news-room/other-resources/dispatch-from-panama-taking-steps-to-protect-sharks-at-risk-85899531069


 


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                                                         CHINA


 


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 Salon, January 27, 2014


-▶  UNDERCOVER ACTIVISTS BUST "WORLD'S BIGGEST 'WHALE SHARK' SLAUGHTERHOUSE" IN CHINA http://www.salon.com/2014/01/27/undercover_activists_bust_worlds_biggest_whale_shark_slaughterhouse_in_china/


 


  September 02, 2013 The Independent


-▶ SHARK FIN SOUP OFF THE MENU: CHINA'S CRACKDOWN ON EXTRAVAGANT BANQUETS GIVES SHARKS A SECOND CHANCE http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/shark-fin-soup-off-the-menu-chinas-crackdown-on-extravagant-banquets-gives-sharks-a-second-chance-8795235.html


 


  September 13, 2013 Treehugger


-▶  CHINA CLAIMS SHARK FIN CONSUMPTION HAS DROPPED 70% SINCE 2012 BAN -- BUT WAIT BEFORE YOU CELEBRATE  http://www.treehugger.com/endangered-species/china-claims-shark-fin-consumption-dropped-70-2012.html


 


Business Week, December 20, 13
 -▶  SHARK FIN SOUP STILL SELLS DESPITE CHINA'S EXTRAVAGANCE CRACKDOWN http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-12-20/shark-fin-soup-still-sells-despite-chinas-extravagance-crackdown


 


 


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-▶  SHARK FIN GOLD: EGYPT'S RED SEA SHARKS FACE EXTINCTION http://www.scoop.it/t/our-oceans-need-us/p/978099445/egypt-s-red-sea-sharks-face-extinction


 


                                                         WATCH


                SENEGALESE SHARKS THREATENED BY OVERFISHING


                                              http://sco.lt/7wji2j


 


  Eurasia Review, October 24, 2012


-▶ COSTA RICA: ZERO TOLERANCE FOR SHARK FINNING


“It is estimated that in Costa Rica alone, between 350,000 and 400,000 sharks were caught in 2011 to use the fins and this must be stopped,”


 Eurasia Review http://www.eurasiareview.com/24102012-costa-rica-zero-tolerance-for-shark-finning/


 


 HuffPost Green, November 20, 2013
-▶ GRUESOME SHARK-FINNING TACTIC LETS COSTA RICAN FISHERMEN EXPLOIT LEGAL LOOPHOLE http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/20/shark-fin-costa-rica_n_4305394.html


 


Mongabay, November 10, 2013
-▶ FISHERMEN FIND WAY TO CIRCUMVENT SHARK FIN BAN (PHOTOS) http://news.mongabay.com/2013/1110-shark-fin-technique.html                              


 


 Guardian Environment, February 13, 2013


 -▶  MOZAMBIQUE COASTLINE: MANTAS AND HAMMERHEADS TO 'DISAPPEAR' FROM DIVER' PARADISE IF PLUNDER IS UNCHECKED  http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/feb/14/chinese-shark-fin-soup-mozambique


 


  -▶  A DISASTER:  LOSS OF TWO THIRDS OF TOP PREDATORS CAUSING GLOBAL ECOSYSTEMS TO COLLAPSE http://sco.lt/7XHisr


 


$400 BILLION OCEAN FISHING INDUSTRY:


LARGE CORPORATE FISHING FLEETS EMPTYING OUR OCEANS  http://sco.lt/7ABxHV


 


 


THE DEVOLUTION OF THE SEAS: 


THE CONSEQUENCES OF OCEAN DESTRUCTION AND CLIMATE CHANGE http://sco.lt/6tulKj


 


 


-▶  -▶  MORE ON SHARKS AND SHARK FINNING


http://www.scoop.it/t/our-oceans-need-us?q=shark+finning


 


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WATCH                        


EXCEPTIONAL DOCUMENTARY (2:11:13)


"PLANET OCEAN"


How The Health of The Oceans Are The Pivot


For all of Earth's Healthy Eco Systems


 


           
                             �  https://youtu.be/eH1s9GCqPKo


 


-▶  A brilliant 90-minute documentary filmed by directors Yann Arthus-Bertrand and Michael Pitiot, along with their team in partnership with OMEGA and with the scientific support of Tara Expeditions, captures the extraordinary images of our remarkable oceans - the source of all life on our planet. Planet Ocean, presented at Earth Summit 2012 in Rio de Janeiro (RIO+20), Brazil in June, is a collaborative film that aims to explain some of the planet's greatest natural mysteries and highlights how essential it is that mankind learns to live in harmony with our oceans.


 


 

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Thousands of Sea Lion Pups Dead From Starvation - Not Enough Fish In The Sea - Over Fishing & Climate Change

Thousands of Sea Lion Pups Dead From Starvation - Not Enough Fish In The Sea - Over Fishing & Climate Change | OUR OCEANS NEED US | Scoop.it

Reuters, March 17, 2015
STARVING SEA LION PUPS INUNDATE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RESCUE CENTERS http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/17/us-usa-california-sea-lions-idUSKBN0MD17220150317


The Washington Post, April 10, 2015
THE PACIFIC OCEAN MAY HAVE ENTERED A NEW WARM PHASE -- AND THE CONSEQUENCES COULD BE DRAMATIC http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2015/04/10/the-pacific-ocean-may-have-entered-a-new-warm-phase-and-the-consequences-could-be-dramatic/


Reuters, April 06,2015

RECORD CALIFORNIA STARVING SEA LION STRANDINGS REACH 2,250 SO FAR THIS YEAR http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/04/06/us-usa-sealions-california-idUSKBN0MX1F120150406


Oregon Public Broadcasting, March 26, 2015
HUNGRY SEA LIONS PILE INTO THE COLUMBIA RIVER http://www.opb.org/news/article/hungry-sea-lions-pile-into-the-columbia-river/


Summit County Citizens Voice, March 17, 2015

STARVING SEALS, DISINTEGRATING STARFISH, OVERHEATED PACIFIC OCEAN...SCIENTISTS SEE 'UNPRECEDENTED CHANGES' IN PRODUCTIVITY AS OCEANS TEMPS OFF WEST COAST GO OFF THE CHARTS....That could translate into less food for salmon and other marine species, added Chris Harvey of the Northwest Fisheries Science Center. High mortality of sea lion pups in Southern California and seabirds on the Oregon and Washington coasts in recent months may be early signs of the shift. http://summitcountyvoice.com/2015/03/17/climate-scientists-see-unprecedented-changes-in-productivity-as-oceans-temps-off-west-coast-go-off-the-charts/


Grist, March 20, 2015
FROM SEA LIONS TO PENGUIN CHICKS, ADORABLE ANIMALS ARE DYING IN DROVES - FROM STARVATION

http://grist.org/science/from-sea-lions-to-penguin-chicks-adorable-animals-are-dying-in-droves/


                                      WHY SARDINES MATTER

            CRITICAL ECOSYSTEM FOOD SOURCE IN STEEP DECLINE

                                          http://sco.lt/5I8QOf


EcoWatch, May 09, 2014
-▶  OVERFISHING TO BLAME FOR SARDINE SHORTAGE AND STARVING SEA LIONS http://ecowatch.com/2014/05/09/overfishing-sardines-starving-sea-lions/


Digital Journal, February 22, 2015
WHAT IS KILLING CALIFORNIA'S SEA LIONS? http://www.digitaljournal.com/news/environment/what-is-killing-california-s-sea-lions/article/421462


Time, February 18, 2015
WHY HUNDREDS OF STARVING SEA LION PUPS ARE WASHING UP IN CALIFORNIA http://time.com/3714036/sea-lions-stranded/


San Francisco Chronicle: February 06, 2015

▶ AGAIN ....STARVING SEA LION PUP STRANDINGS SURGE IN CALIFORNIA http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Sea-lion-strandings-approach-record-level-in-6065292.php


August 16, 2013

-▶  THOUSANDS OF SEA LION PUPS DEAD FROM STARVATION : NOT ENOUGH FISH IN THE SEA. When the sea lions converged on this most westerly of southern California’s Channel Islands in May 2012, as they do every spring, there was no hint of anything amiss. A year later, thousands of pups – perhaps as many as 70 percent of the newborns – were dead. The struggle to survive led desperate pups from their sandy nursery into the churning, dangerous sea, long before they were ready.  Between January and June, five rescue centers along the southern California coast, from Santa Barbara to San Diego, took in more than 1,500 stranded pups – five times more than normal... http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/08/island-sea-lion-pupdate/


March 18, 2013 BBC The Watchers
CALIFORNIA SHORES WITNESS MYSTERIOUS MASS STRANDING OF DEHYDRATED AND EMACIATED SEA LION PUPS http://thewatchers.adorraeli.com/2013/03/18/californian-shores-witness-mysterious-mass-stranding-of-sea-lion-pups/


                                       PHOTO ESSAY AND BLOG

                  Africa Geographic Magazine, December 12, 2013

                                               SOUTH AFRICA
                                   SAMUEL THE SEAL'S SAD STORY:

Thousands of dead starving seal cubs along SOUTH AFRICA'S coastline tell the sad tale of Africa's oceans https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?shva=1#inbox/14359a2dc36eef53


-▶  STEAL-YOUR-HEART SEAL PUPS: ORPHANS OF THE STORM .

Seal pups washed up on East Coast, un-weaned and starving too   http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2523548/Seal-pups-washed-East-Coast-RSPCA-staff-working-alive.html


                                                    PICTURES:

                           January 12, 2012 National Geographic

-▶ OVERFISHING, NO FOOD FOR SEALS: Baby Seals washed up in Europe, too weak to care for themselves. The incident is an extreme example among a recent increase in pup strandings, experts say. Overfishing has reduced the seals' available prey, and the polluted fish the animals do catch often make them sick. "In the last two or three years we have seen more and more seals wash up too weak to look after themselves http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/01/pictures/120118-baby-seals-netherlands-stranded-animals/

 

-▶ PERU: MASS DOLPHIN AND PELICAN DIE-OFF FOUND STARVING: WE ARE OVERFISHING OUR OCEANS AT AN ALARMING RATE 

http://www.channel4.com/news/what-is-behind-mass-pelican-and-dolphin-deaths-in-peru


                                                        VIDEO:

-                    FORAGE FISH KEY TO A HEALTHY OCEAN FOOD WEB

                                                   GOING, GOING...

                                                http://sco.lt/54Pqnh

In the marine world, high-energy prey make for high-energy predators. And to survive, such marine predators need to sustain the right kind of high-energy diet. Not just any prey will do, suggests a new study...  http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121121210246.htm


Earth Policy Institute
-▶  OVERFISHING THREATENS CRITICAL LINK IN THE FOOD CHAIN
The fish near the bottom of the aquatic food chain are often overlooked, but they are vital to healthy oceans and estuaries. Collectively known as forage fish, these species—including sardines, anchovies, herrings, and shrimp-like crustaceans called krill—feed on plankton and become food themselves for larger fish, seabirds, and marine mammals.
 http://worldfoodsecurity.blogspot.com/2013/01/overfishing-threatens-critical-link-in.html


ScienceDaily, January 07, 2014

-▶  SNOWBALL EFFECT OF OVERFISHING HIGHLIGHTED - "You don't realize how interdependent species are until it all unravels," - The domino effect that occurs when too many fish are harvested from one habitat. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/01/140107163737.htm


November 12, 2012 Inter Press Service

-▶  BILLIONS IN SUBSIDIES PROP UP UNSUSTAINABLE OVERFISHING http://www.ipsnews.net/2012/11/billions-in-subsidies-prop-up-unsustainable-overfishing/


 -▶  THE LOSS OF OCEAN SPECIES IS STAGGERING http://sco.lt/599jsH

 

 June 8, 2013 Focusing On Wildlife
-▶  MORE THAN 600 SEABIRDS AND PENGUINS FOUND DEAD IN NORTHERN CHILE http://focusingonwildlife.com/news/more-than-600-seabirds-and-penguins-found-dead/

 

TakePart, October 15, 2013
-▶  WHAT'S KILLING THE KILLER WHALES OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST - TOO MANY BOATS, OR NOT ENOUGH SALMON? http://www.takepart.com/article/2013/10/14/fight-rages-over-wild-orca-decline-too-many-boats-or-not-enough-salmon


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New York Time, May 15, 2013
-▶  SEA LIONS SENTENCED TO DIE FOR EATING TOO MUCH SALMON http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/05/15/salmon-eating-sea-lions-sentenced-to-die/?smid=tw-nytimesgreen&seid=auto&_r=0


May 31, 2012 Care2
-▶  SEA LIONS vs SALMON : SEA LION KILLINGS CAN RESUME - TO SAVE SALMON FOR SPORTS FISHERMAN http://www.care2.com/causes/sea-lions-vs-salmon-a-wildlife-protection-dilemma.html


 Jan 13, 2012 CBC News

-▶  FISHERMAN WANT TO CULL CORMORANTS -- BECAUSE THEY'RE EATING TOO MUCH FISH !!  http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/story/2012/01/30/pei-cormorant-cull-fishermen-584.html


February 14, 2012 The Fish Site

-▶  CHILEAN GOVERNMENT LAYING OUT PLANS TO SYSTEMATICALLY SLAUGHTER SEA LION POPULATION ALONG COAST - BLAMES SEA LIONS FOR DROP IN FISH STOCKS http://www.thefishsite.com/fishnews/16453/chile-blames-sea-lions-for-drop-in-fish-stocks


 -▶  WHAT HAVE WE DONE? POLAR BEARS 'MAY NEED TO BE FED BY HUMANS TO SURVIVE' http://sco.lt/8I7Pwv



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-▶ GREENLAND MELTING: CREATING A DIFFERENT CLIMATE THAN EARTH HAS EVER SEEN - ANTARCTIC & ARCTIC http://sco.lt/7QyvGj


OCEANS ACIDIFYING FAST: RAPIDLY RISING CO2 CAUSING POTENTIAL CATASTROPHE http://sco.lt/6U2Ftp


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Wildlife Promise, October 16, 2013
-▶  DWINDLING ARCTIC SEA ICE FORCES 10,000 WALRUSES ASHORE http://blog.nwf.org/2013/10/dwindling-arctic-sea-ice-forces-10000-walruses-ashore/


 August 17, 2013 NPR

-▶  DOLPHIN, DEATHS ALARM SCIENTISTS: ANIMALS WASHING ASHORE AT A HIGHER RATE THAN THE LAST 26 YEARS http://www.npr.org/2013/08/17/212872559/dolphin-deaths-alarm-scientists


BBC News, November 23, 2014
-▶  PERU INVESTIGATES DEATHS OF 500 SEA LIONS ON NORTH COAST  - The local governor has accused fishermen of poisoning the mammals, which usually come close to the shore looking for food. But Peruvian environmental police are looking into other possible causes for the deaths, including disease and the accidental ingestion of plastic.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-30172690


                            WRECKING THE OCEAN ECOSYSTEM

OVERFISHING, COLLAPSING FISHERIES, OCEAN DEPENDENT SPECIES STARVING  http://sco.lt/6bO2nR



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-▶ CANADIAN SEAL SLAUGHTER AND AN ANNUAL QUOTA OF 400,000 http://sco.lt/5eSor3


 -▶  70,000 CANADIAN SEAL "CULL" AKA "SLAUGHTER, WILL NOT REVIVE CANADA'S COD STOCKS http://sco.lt/4i4j33


-▶  OUTRAGEOUS:  CANADA'S SEAL HUNT IS IN FULL SWING:  50,000 KILLED BY HUNTERS SO FAR THIS YEAR (2014) https://www.thedodo.com/outrageous-50000-seals-have-be-543510838.html

 


VIDEO

-▶  ****EARTHRACE REVEAL HORROR OF THE ANNUAL 90,000 HORROR OF THE ANNUAL NAMIBIAN BABY SEAL SLAUGHTER http://sco.lt/5pSMpV

 

VIDEO

-▶  SEA LION PUP HITCHES RIDE ON BOAT OFF NEWPORT BEACH, CALIFORNIA http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/bizarre&id=9124881

 

Oceana, December 2, 2013
-▶  ALL ABOUT HARP SEALS - PHOTOS http://oceana.org/en/blog/2013/12/creature-feature-harp-seal

 

-▶  SEALS REVEAL SECRETS OF POLAR OCEANS  http://sco.lt/8Xuadl



-▶  $400 BILLION OCEAN FISHING INDUSTRY: LARGE CORPORATE FISHING FLEETS EMPTYING OUR OCEANS http://sco.lt/7ABxHV



-▶  OCEAN PLASTICS' IMPACT ON SEA LIFE, YOUR SEAFOOD AND WILD SEA TURTLES http://sco.lt/5LdeMb

 

 

ENE News, November 18, 2013
-▶ FUKUSHIMA FALLOUT:
ALASKA: 28% OF POLAR BEARS WITH SKIN LESIONS & HAIR LOSS, THYROIDS TESTED BY GOVERNMENT … like symptoms in seals & walrus — Surprisingly high mortality of musk ox, weak immune system suspected — High rate of embryo deaths & bad eggs for geese http://enenews.com/alaska-28-of-polar-bears-with-skin-lesions-and-hair-loss-similar-to-seals-and-walrus-tested-for-thyroid-abnormalities-surprisingly-high-mortality-of-musk-ox-with-weak-immune-function-gees


Natural News, May 16, 2014
-▶  MARINE MAMMALS MYSTERIOUSLY DYING IN RECORD NUMBERS ALONG WEST COAST: SEAFOOD DIMINISHING, FUKUSHIMA RADIOACTIVE WATERS  http://www.naturalnews.com/045151_marine_mammals_mysterious_deaths_West_Coast.html#

 

Japan Daily Press, May 16, 2014
-▶  RADIOACTIVE FUKUSHIMA GROUNDWATER TO BE RELEASED INTO SEA NEXT WEEK http://japandailypress.com/fukushima-groundwater-to-be-released-to-sea-next-week-1648480/

 

                                                   WATCH

                                BBC David Attenborough

                                    DEATH OF THE OCEANS?

                                        http://sco.lt/97GRDV

 

-▶  NEW DISEASES, TOXINS HARMING MARINE LIFE, KILLING SEA OTTERS http://sco.lt/6iCrsf

 

-▶  100 MILLION SHARKS DIE EACH YEAR -- JUST FOR THEIR FINS http://sco.lt/5RKfQn


                                             "PLANET OCEAN"

                   A Very Important film by Yann Arthus-Bertrand

                                         http://sco.lt/9FB89B



                           AN URGENT MEMO TO THE WORLD

http://thenaturaleye.wordpress.com/2012/07/12/an-urgent-memo-to-the-world/


 


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Video -- Why the Ocean Matters

Video -- Why the Ocean Matters | OUR OCEANS NEED US | Scoop.it

                                                    VIDEO

                                      National Geographic

Covering 72 percent of the Earth and supplying half its oxygen, the ocean is our planet's life support system—and it’s in danger. Watch this video to learn why a healthier ocean means a healthier planet, and find out how you can help... http://video.nationalgeographic.com.au/video/environment/habitats-environment/habitats-oceans-env/why-ocean-matters/

 

The Week, February 14, 2015
-▶  HOW WE RUINED THE OCEANS  http://theweek.com/articles/538881/ruined-oceans

 

-▶  OCEAN CONSERVANCY:  WHY THE OCEAN MATTERS  http://sco.lt/9AEuqf

 

                        In Just Over 400 years We have Disrupted

                   4 Billions Years Of Interdependent Ecosystems.

                                                      WATCH

                              Exceptional Documentary  (1:29:00)

                    "PLANET OCEAN" - WHO OWNS THE OCEANS?

                       How The Health of The Oceans Are The Pivot

                              For all of Earth's Healthy Eco Systems

 

https://vimeo.com/97706434

 

-▶ AUSTRALIAN FISH MOVING SOUTH AS CLIMATE CHANGES, SAY RESEARCHERS https://jpratt27.wordpress.com/2015/02/01/australian-fish-moving-south-as-climate-changes-say-researchers/

 

Guardian, January 25, 2015
- ▶ THE SECRETS OF THE SHELF SEAS - ONE OF EARTH'S MOST IMPORTANT ECOSYSTEMS  http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/jan/25/secrets-important-ecosystem-earth-shelf-sea-co2

 

 

"PLANET OCEAN"

A Very Important film by Yann Arthus-Bertrand

http://sco.lt/9FB89B

 

Yahoo News, January 24, 2015
- ▶ UN MOVES TOWARD MAJOR TREATY FOR OCEAN BIODIVERSITY

 http://news.yahoo.com/un-moves-toward-ocean-biodiversity-treaty-190313178.html

 

Japan Times, July 26, 2014
- ▶ AS SPECIES DIE, WHAT VALUABLE KNOWLEDGE DIES WITH THEM? http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2014/07/26/environment/species-die-valuable-knowledge-dies/

 

                                     THE END OF CORAL REEFS?

               AROUND FOR 10 MILLION YEARS, WIPED OUT IN 100

                                             http://sco.lt/7y1XHt

 

Seed Daily, March 18, 2014
-▶  DECLINING OCEAN HEALTH THREATENS FOOD SECURITY http://www.seeddaily.com/reports/Declining_ocean_health_threatens_food_security_999.html

 

 Conservation Magazine, May 06, 2014
-▶ 71 THINGS WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE OCEANS, BUT PROBABLY SHOULD http://conservationmagazine.org/2014/05/71-things-we-dont-know-about-the-oceans-but-probably-should/

 

-▶  The Atlantic Cities, February 04, 2014
FIRST-EVER OCEAN IMPACT INVESTING: BLOOMBERG'S NEW PLAN:  SAVE THE OCEAN, FEED THE WORLD http://www.theatlanticcities.com/jobs-and-economy/2014/02/bloombergs-new-plan-save-ocean-feed-world/8303/

 

                                 THE OCEANS: LOVELY SLIDE SHOW

                                              National Geographic

                    http://ocean.nationalgeographic.com/ocean/

 

 -▶ GREENLAND, ANTARCTICA, ARCTIC MELTING, CREATING A DIFFERENT CLIMATE THAN EARTH HAS EVER SEEN http://sco.lt/7MZUVV

 

▶  CRYPTIC RIVER:  THE TORRENTS THAT FLOW ON THE SEABED Cryptic river: The torrents that flow on the seabed. Myriad underwater rivers criss-cross the ocean floor, some many thousands of kilometres long, tens of kilometres wide and hundreds of metres deep. They are the arteries of our planet. They shunt sediments into the deep, carrying with them the oxygen and nutrients that allow life to thrive at great depths. They also seem to be a vital part of the world's carbon cycle, burying organic matter carried from the shore. http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22129570.700-cryptic-river-the-torrents-that-flow-on-the-seabed.html#.Uw1F4V5kJK4

 

                                      
THE TERRIBLE AND UNNECESSARY LOSS OF SEA LIFE WITH DRIFT GILL NETS http://oceana.org/en/our-work/promote-responsible-fishing/bycatch/drift-gillnets/stopthenets

 

                                                        WATCH
                                              TED TALK VIDEOS
                                  OCEAN WONDERS ( 10 TALKS)
Dive into the unexplored universe beneath the waves: the beautiful, fragile (and sometimes terrifying) world of the ocean. http://www.ted.com/playlists/7/ocean_wonders

 

UNESCO, February 22, 2012
-▶ MARINE SCIENTIST ALARMED ABOUT INCREASING THREAT TO OCEAN ECOSYSTEMS. In the last 30 years, coastal resources such as mangroves, coral reefs and fishery resources have become depleted on a large scale. For example, more than 60 per cent of Asia’s mangroves have already been converted to aquaculture farms (ESCAP and ADB, 2000). The region is losing its resource bases to support people’s livelihoods and sustain future economic development.  http://www.unescobkk.org/news/article/marine-scientists-alarmed-about-increasing-threats-to-ocean-ecosystems/

 

-▶  MANGROVE, REEFS, FORESTS AND DUNES BEING OBLITERATED: DOUBLING COASTAL FLOOD IMPACT AND SPECIES EXTINCTION http://sco.lt/5CMugb

 

- ▶ WRECKING THE OCEAN ECOSYSTEM: OVERFISHING, COLLAPSNG FISHERIES, OCEAN DEPENDENT SPECIES STARVING http://sco.lt/6bO2nR

                                                          WATCH:

                                                "SEA THE TRUTH" --

                  BY 2048 The Oceans Will Be Empty! (full-length, HiQ)

                                                http://sco.lt/5Nk4Kv

 

Reuters, February 10, 2014
-▶  OVERFISHING, POLLUTION LEAVES TURKISH WATERS BARE. HI-TECH TECHNOLOGY, BIG BUSINESS, LAX REGULATIONS DESTROYING OCEANS EVERYWHERE.
"Twenty years ago, you put your arm in the water you could pull out fish - there were so many," said Osman Korkmaz, a 53-year-old fisherman who has fished the Bosphorus Strait and Marmara Sea for 40 years.  http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/10/us-turkey-fish-idUSBREA1905B20140210

 

-▶  SEA CHANGE: THE LOSS OF OCEAN SPECIES IS STAGGERING http://sco.lt/51LeCn

 

                                                         WATCH:

                                                    CNN VIDEO:

-▶  "OVERFISHED AND UNDER-PROTECTED: OCEANS ON THE BRINK OF CATASTROPHIC COLLAPSE" http://sco.lt/7e9wYL

 

                                                 DEADLY BY-CATCH:

Two-thirds of healthy fish brought on to fishing vessels is thrown back into the sea -.injured or dead http://sco.lt/6DbCld

 

 

-▶ THE CAPTURE CONFINEMENT OF LARGE WILD ANIMALS IN SMALL AQUARIUM TANKS:  THE CONTROVERSY AND ETHICS - TAIJI DOLPHIN SLAUGHTER http://sco.lt/5SXe4H

 

 

 

-▶ ACIDIFYING OCEANS: RAPIDLY RISING CO2 IN ATMOSPHERE CAUSING POTENTIAL CATASTROPHE http://sco.lt/61C0R7

 

-▶ $400 BILLION OCEAN FISHING INDUSTRY.  LARGE CORPORATE FISHING FLEETS EMPTYING OUR OCEAN http://sco.lt/7ABxHV
 
                                                         VIDEO
             FORAGE FISH KEY TO A HEALTHY OCEAN FOOD WEB

                               GOING...GOING... http://sco.lt/5xliU5

 

 ▶ BOTTOM TRAWLING: SCRAPING THE BOTTOM OF THE OCEAN CLEAN: AN INSATIABLE DRIVE FOR PROFITS, DESTRUCTION OF OCEANS http://sco.lt/7QNLQ9

 

-▶  OUR OCEANS ARE DYING:  RAPIDLY SPIRALING DOWNWARD. MASS EXTINCTION MAY BE INEVITABLE http://sco.lt/7dy5iL

 

 

                                                  A WAKE-UP VIDEO:

                                                       "EXTREME ICE"

                        Just How Fast Are We Melting? As It Happens

                                                  http://sco.lt/7xj1MH

 

 

 

Guardian, February 17, 2014
-▶  WILL THE BUILDINGS OF THE FUTURE BE GROWN UNDERWATER? In a new exhibition, Michael Pawlyn lays out his vision for architecture inspired by the natural world – including biorock buildings grown entirely underwater and whole office blocks being lit by learning from the blind sea star. http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/architecture-design-blog/2014/feb/17/buildings-future-underwater-nature-architecture-michael-pawlyn-exhibition?CMP=twt_fd

 

 

                                         GMO FARMED SALMON:

-▶ FATALLY FLAWED" FDA ASSESSMENT TO UNLEASH GENETICALLY ENGINEERED SALMON ONTO YOUR DINNER PLATE: NO REGULATION, NO OVERSIGHT, NO LABELLING http://sco.lt/8ZDraz

 

 

                                     OUR OCEANS NEED US

                      http://www.scoop.it/t/our-oceans-need-us

 

 

 

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The End of Coral Reefs ? Around for 10 Million Years, Wiped Out in 100

The End of Coral Reefs ? Around for 10 Million Years, Wiped Out in 100 | OUR OCEANS NEED US | Scoop.it

The Independent, September 23, 2013

-▶  CORAL ALERT: DESTRUCTION OF REEFS 'ACCELERATING' WITH HALF DESTROYED OVER PAST 30 YEARS .The eco-system has been around for tens of millions of years and we are wiping it out within a hundred, says IPCC scientist http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change/coral-alert-destruction-of-reefs-accelerating-with-half-destroyed-over-past-30-years-8835480.html


The Guardian, February 2, 2015 http://ow.ly/JFpyW
-▶ CORALS FACE 'SLOW STAVATION' FROM INGESTING PLASTICS POLLUTION, EXPERTS FIND  http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/feb/25/corals-face-slow-starvation-from-ingesting-plastics-pollution-experts-find


Phys.org, February 24, 2015
-▶ FEARS OVER CORAL EATING PLASTIC IN AUSTRALIA'S GREAT BARRIER REEF. Corals in the Great Barrier Reef are eating small plastic debris in the ocean, Australian researchers raising fears about the impact the indigestible fragments have on their health and other marine life. Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2015-02-plastic-eating-coral-australia-barrier-reef.html#jCp


EcoWatch, February 25, 2015
-▶  DAVID SUZUKI:  WE HAVE TO STOP KILLING OUR OCEANS WITH PLASTIC http://ecowatch.com/2015/02/25/david-suzuki-stop-killing-oceans-plastic/


One Green Planet
-▶  700 MARINE SPECIES MIGHT GO EXTINCT BECAUSE OF PLASTIC POLLUTION.  HERE ARE 5 WAYS YOU CAN HELP http://www.onegreenplanet.org/environment/marine-species-extinction-and-plastic-pollution/


                                             MERMAID TEARS:

          MICROBEADS AND MICROPLASTICS IN BEAUTY PRODUCTS

                            A THREAT TO OUR OCEAN AND RIVERS

                                           http://sco.lt/50DEtV



HuffPost Green, April 16, 2014
-▶  CORAL REEFS:  GOING, GOING ... GONE http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-reese-halter/coral-reefs-going-goinggo_b_5157272.html


NOAA,
-▶ SUNSCREEN CHEMICAL THREATENS CORAL REEFS: Additive used in personal-care products since the 1960s to protect against ultraviolet light http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/news/feb14/sunscreen.html


Scientific American, July 02, 2014

-▶ OVERFISHING AND POLLUTION ARE KILLING MORE CORALS THAN CLIMATE CHANGE http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/overfishing-and-pollution-kill-more-corals-than-climate-change/


Climate Progress, January 3, 2014
 -▶  ARE WE WITNESSING THE END OF CORAL REEFS?

Tropical coral reefs form the very foundation of marine biodiversity. Sadly, their seemingly inevitable demise may prove to be one of the first irreversible consequences of climate change. That’s the conclusion of a comprehensive new report on abrupt climate changes from the National Academy of Sciences. http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/01/03/3118001/coral-reefs-climate-change/


Oceana, December 11, 2014
-▶  CORAL REEFS TURNING SILENT FROM OVERFISHING, OTHER HUMAN IMPACTS http://oceana.org/en/blog/2014/12/coral-reefs-turning-silent-from-overfishing-other-human-impacts


Oceana, December 05, 2014
-▶  A LOOK AT THE VALUE OF CORAL REEF ECOSYSTEMS (PHOTOS)  http://oceana.org/en/blog/2014/12/during-corals-week-a-look-at-the-value-of-coral-reef-ecosystems-photos


Summit County Citizens Voice, February 18, 2015
-▶  CORAL REEFS TO TAKE BIG GLOBAL WARMING HIT THIS YEAR. NOAA scientists say warm oceans pose risk to reefs http://summitcountyvoice.com/2015/02/18/coral-reefs-to-take-big-global-warming-hit-this-year/


RTCC Climate, February 18, 2015
-▶  CORALS EVERYWHERE COULD LOSE THEIR COLOUR WITH MASS DIE-OFFS IN 2015 - NOAAUS federal agency predicts mass die-off of the world’s coral reefs in 2015 as a result of climate change http://www.rtcc.org/2015/02/18/corals-everywhere-could-lose-their-colour-in-2015-noaa/

                                              ORIGINAL REPORT

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administraton, February 17, 2015
-▶ WARM OCEAN TEMPERATURES MAY MEAN MAJOR CORAL BLEACHING  http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2015/20170211-noaa-warm-ocean-temperatures-may-mean-major-coral-bleaching.html



Common Dreams, April 01, 2014
-▶  UNPRECEDENTED OCEAN TEMPERATURES ON TRACK TO BRING DEATH TO CORAL ECOSYSTEMS. 'It’s not that change is going to come, it’s that change is already happening' http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2014/04/01-1


                                               SHORT VIDEO (1:36)
                                         Conservation International
            NATURE IS SPEAKING  – IAN SOMEHALDER IS CORAL REEF
                         https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVMV3StvLCs


Guardian, November 27, 2014
-▶  CORAL TRIANGLE COULD BE LAST BASTION FOR PLANET'S BELEAGURED REEFS. If humans are driving earth’s sixth great extinction event, coral reefs will be one of the first and most visible ecosystems to succumb. Scientists estimate that by 2050, the ocean could be largely devoid of reefs as climate change and our relentless plundering of the sea set in motion geological changes not seen for millions of years.  http://www.theguardian.com/environment/the-coral-triangle/2014/nov/27/coral-triangle-last-bastion-planets-beleaguered-reefs


DW.DE, August 20, 2014
-▶  "IF WE DON'T CHANGE NOW WE WILL LOSE THE REEFS" http://www.dw.de/if-we-dont-change-now-we-will-lose-the-reefs/a-17817279


Climate Spectator, June 06, 2014
 -▶  UN REPORT FINDS WIDESPREAD CORAL DESTRUCTION. Global warming is causing trillions of dollars of damage to coral reefs, aggravating risks to tropical small island states threatened by rising sea levels. The rise in sea levels off some islands in the Western Pacific was four times the global average, with gains of 1.2cm a year from 1993 to 2012, due to shifts in winds and currents, said the United Nations' Environment Programme (UNEP). http://www.businessspectator.com.au/news/2014/6/6/science-environment/un-report-finds-widespread-coral-destruction

 

Dodo, November 0, 2014
-▶ WHAT CORAL REEFS MEAN TO THE FUTURE OF THE OCEAN

 https://www.thedodo.com/community/AnabelField/coral-reefs-are-rising-from-th-802907146.html


                                                      PHOTOS

-▶  BREATHTAKING PANORAMIC IMAGES OF CORAL REEFS REVEAL HOW THEY'RE BEING DESTROYED http://www.fastcoexist.com/3018381/breathtaking-panoramic-images-of-coral-reefs-reveal-how-theyre-being-destroyed


Climate Progress, July 11, 2014
 -▶  TROPICAL FISH ARE TAKING OVER TEMPERATE OCEAN, CAUSING UNDERWATER DEFORESTATION http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/07/11/3458771/tropical-fish-deforesting-temperate-waters/


January 19, 2012 Planet Earth Online

▶  CLIFFHANGING CORALS AVOID TRAWLER BOTTOM TRAWLING DAMAGE http://planetearth.nerc.ac.uk/news/story.aspx?id=1139&cookieConsent=A


                                             BOTTOM TRAWLING:

                    SCRAPING THE BOTTOM OF THE OCEAN CLEAN

        AN INSATIABLE DRIVE FOR PROFITS, DESTRUCTION OF OCEANS

                                             http://sco.lt/7QNLQ9

                                                   

                                                    VIDEO

OnEarth Magazine, February  28, 2012
-▶  OVERFISHING UNLEASHES A SCOURGE OF SEA URCHINS ON REEFS http://www.onearth.org/blog/overfishing-unleashes-scourge-of-sea-urchins-on-reefs

 

-▶  A BILLION-DOLLAR BUSINESS PUTS SPECIES AND PEOPLE AT RISK At least 12% of groupers – globally-important food fish species that live on coral and rocky reefs – face extinction http://sco.lt/5HdRr7


Guardian Environment, September 18, 2013

-▶  CORAL REEFS SUFFER AS THE RELENTLESS HUNT FOR SHARK FINS TAKE ITS TOLL. The rampant overfishing of sharks, often solely for their fins, is causing a damaging chain reaction that could significantly degrade coral reef systems, a decade-long Australian-led study has found. "The result of this is that the whole food chain is being thrown out of whack." ... creating a collapse of the food chain.
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/sep/19/coral-reefs-suffer-hunt-sharks


                                                       WATCH

     HOW THE CORAL REEF WILDLIFE TRADE IS DEGRADING CORAL REEFS http://www.scoop.it/t/our-oceans-need-us/p/2452598153/how-the-coral-reef-wildlife-trade-is-degrading-coral-reefs

 

  -▶  CORAL REEFS IN CARIBBEAN ON LIFE SUPPORT http://sco.lt/7GodYf


 Science Daily, December 4, 2013

 -▶  FIRST GLOBAL SNAPSHOT OF KEY CORAL REEF FISHES: FISHING HAS REDUCED VITAL SEAWEED EATERS BY MORE THAN 50 PERCENT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131204091620.htm


 Global Possibilities, May 14, 2014
-▶ WHAT GOOD ARE CORAL REEFS? THEY PROTECT AROUND 200 MILLION PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN COASTAL AREAS http://www.globalpossibilities.org/what-good-are-coral-reefs/


 Guardian, March 08, 2014
-▶  CORAL REEFS:  LIFE IN THE BALANCE http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/mar/09/coral-reefs-bleaching-life-in-the-balance


                        "CORAL REEFS: UNDERWATER PHARMACIES"

                                             http://sco.lt/733VaL

 

Science Daily, December 17, 2013

 -▶ SAVING FIJI'S CORAL REEFS LINKED TO FOREST CONSERVATION http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131217155329.htm


                                               AUSTRALIA:

             THE GREAT BARRIER REEF WE STAND TO LOSE 

                                       http://sco.lt/6q4ykD


                                                        WATCH

                           **** THE GARDENS OF THE QUEEN" -

                                      60 Minutes - CBS News

                                           http://sco.lt/6rlXKT

 

                                                     PHOTOS
CELEBRATING THE MOST BEAUTIFUL CORAL REEFS

FOR WORLD OCEAN'S DAY

http://oceana.org/en/blog/2014/06/photos-celebrating-the-most-beautiful-coral-reefs-for-world-ocean-s-day

 

                                                         WATCH

                                        Treehugger, April 02, 2014
TIMELAPSE FILM OF 150,000 PHOTOS SHOWS THE MIRACLE OF  SLOW LIFE OF CORALS. THE UNDERWATER CREATURES YOU NEVER SEE. Coral is actually a living creature, but the human eye rarely catches it moving. This incredibly slow-motion video lets you see the ocean life you don't notice, before it's destroyed by climate change. http://www.treehugger.com/natural-sciences/slow-life-150000-photos-timelapse-corals-daniel-stoupin.html

 

                                                       WATCH

                               Another Stunner From BBC Nature.....

                                   "BLUE HEART OF THE PLANET"

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20130129-blue-heart-of-the-planet



GOOGLE STREET VIEW BRINGS THE WORLD'S CORAL REEFS TO YOU

http://grist.org/living/google-street-view-brings-the-worlds-coral-reefs-to-you/


 -▶  THESE MACRO CORAL PHOTOS ARE TOTALLY JAW-DROPPING http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/05/coral-photos_n_3876179.html


UNESCO Office in Bangkok, February 22, 2012

-▶  MARINE SCIENTIST ALARMED ABOUT INCREASING THREATS TO OCEAN ECOSYSTEMS http://www.unescobkk.org/news/article/marine-scientists-alarmed-about-increasing-threats-to-ocean-ecosystems/



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                                               CLIMATE CHANGE

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October 11, 2012 Planet Change

-▶  CORAL REEF CRISIS THREATENS NATURE'S ABILITY TO HELP US DEAL WITH CLIMATE CHANGE http://change.nature.org/2012/10/11/people-at-risk-to-natural-disasters-and-how-nature-can-help/


Water World, October 29 2013

 -▶  NATURAL CORAL CHEMICALS PROTECT AGAINST WARMING OCEANS http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Coral_chemicals_protect_against_warming_oceans_999.html



 Mother Nature Network, May 20, 2014
-▶ HOW CORAL REEFS CAN HELP US ENDURE CLIMATE CHANGE.


Coral reefs absorb 97 percent of waves' energy, a new study shows, providing vital protection from rising seas and stronger storm surges. Plus, saving reefs is 15 times cheaper than building sea walls.  http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/wilderness-resources/blogs/how-coral-reefs-can-help-us-endure-climate-change


 


 Wildlife Extra News -
-▶ CLIMATE CHANGE STOPS REEF FISH DETECTING PREDATORS. Coral reef fish have been proved to lose their sense of predators as a result of too much CO2 in the water. Carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere is absorbed into ocean waters, where it dissolves and lowers the pH of the water. http://www.wildlifeextra.com/go/news/reef-fish-climate-change-478.html#cr


July 3, 2013 About My Planet
-▶  CLOWNFISH LOSE HEARING IN ACIDIC WATERS: SPELLS DEATH TO CORAL REEFS http://www.aboutmyplanet.com/environment/clownfish-lose-hearing-in-acidic-waters


 -▶  OCEAN ACIDIFYING: RAPIDLY RISING C02 IN ATMOSPHERE CAUSING POTENTIAL CATASTROPHE  http://sco.lt/8WLvHd

 

-▶  ANIMALS ARE ALREADY DISSOLVING IN SOUTHERN OCEAN  http://sco.lt/7tBxMP

 


  -▶  CLIMATE CHANGE AND OCEAN ACIDIFICATION: HIGHEST LEVELS IN 56 MILLION YEARS - ARCTIC COULD BE ICE FREE IN TWO YEARS http://sco.lt/5txWXB



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                                   BEAUTIFUL PHOTO GALLERY
                                           A FRAGILE EMPIRE
                             AUSTRALIA'S GREAT BARRIER REEF
From tiny coral polyps grew a marvel: Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. Could it all come crumbling down? http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2011/05/great-barrier-reef/doubilet-photography


                                                      WATCH

                               CORAL REEFS:  THE OCEANS' LARDER
                                      BBC Future, February 13, 2013
 http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20130219-coral-reefs-the-oceans-larder



RedOrbit, December 12, 2013

 -▶  UNIVERSITY RESEARCHERS OBSERVE SURPRISING BONEFISH SPAWNING BEHAVIOR IN THE BAHAMAS
Bonefish, also called gray ghosts, are among the most elusive and highly prized fishes sought by recreational anglers in the Florida Keys, Bahamas and similar tropical habitats around the world. Bonefish support a fishery worth hundreds of millions of dollars annually, but this fishery is threatened in many areas by habitat loss and degradation, and by overfishing. Scientists are scrambling to identify and protect critical habitats and identify other ways to conserve this vital fishery. A recent study of bonefish spawning behavior in the Bahamas brings to light new information that should aid bonefish conservation efforts.
Read more at http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1113026726/university-researchers-observe-surprising-bonefish-spawning-behavior-in-the-bahamas/#Xr7m1QVDK17sgExx.99

 

                                                           VIDEO
                        BONEFISH GOING OFFSHORE TO SPAWN

                http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KMGm39zOqI


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 Smithsonian, December 18, 2012
-▶  THE TEN BEST OCEAN STORIES OF 2012 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/2012/12/the-ten-best-ocean-stories-of-2012/

 

                                                    VIDEO - CNN

 "OVER-FISHED AND UNDER-PROTECTED: OCEANS ON THE BRINK OF CATASTROPHIC COLLAPSE" http://sco.lt/7e9wYL

 

  -▶  SEA CHANGE: THE LOSS OF OCEAN SPECIES IS STAGGERING http://sco.lt/51LeCn


                                               DEEP END

THE DISASTER WE'VE WROUGHT ON THE WORLD'S OCEANS MAY BE IRREVOCABLE  http://sco.lt/5pUYyX


 

  -▶  OUR OCEANS ARE DYING:  RAPIDLY SPIRALING DOWNWARD: MASS EXTINCTION MAY BE INEVITABLE  http://sco.lt/8CFwcT

 

 -▶  DESTRUCTIVE FISHING GEAR KILLS 400K SEABIRDS EACH YEAR http://sco.lt/7UfLIP



 -▶  CLIMATE GEOENGINEERING: CAN WE SAVE THE PLANET BY MESSING WITH NATURE?


THE CURSE OF INDUSTRIAL FARM FERTILIZERS AND RUNOFF http://sco.lt/7a28sT




Guardian Environment, December 15, 2013One of the natural wonders of the world is about to have 3 million cubic metres of sludge dumped on top of it.... http://www.theguardian.com/environment/southern-crossroads/2013/dec/15/great-barrier-reef-destruction-abbot-point-greg-hunt


                                              EXTINCTION CRISIS

WE HAVE DISAPPEARED HALF OF THE WORLD'S WILD ANIMALS IN 40 YEARS: ECOLOGICAL ARMAGEDDON http://sco.lt/8fK5eT

 


 

 -▶  "WE HAVE FIVE MINUTES BEFORE MIDNIGHT" - UN CHIEF SCIENTIST URGES ACTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE http://sco.lt/6heNd3

 

 

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SONAR, SEISMIC TESTING AND WHALES ARE A DEADLY MIX: The Acoustic World Beneath The Waves

SONAR, SEISMIC TESTING AND WHALES ARE A DEADLY MIX: The Acoustic World Beneath The Waves | OUR OCEANS NEED US | Scoop.it

Guardian Environment, June 14, 2015

'A DEAF WHALE IS A DEAD WHALE' : US NAVY SONARS COULD BE CAUSE OF STRANDINGS  http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/jun/14/stranded-whales-ocean-navy-sonars


TreeHugger, April 07, 2015
▶ TINY INUIT COMMUNITY FIGHTS TO PROTECT NARWHALS FROM OIL EXPLORATION SEISMIC TESTING IN BAFFIN BAY  http://www.treehugger.com/ocean-conservation/tiny-inuit-community-fights-protect-narwhals-seismic-testing.html


Intercontinental Cry Magazine, September 12, 2014

▶ THE INUIT OF BAFFIN ISLAND:  MOBILIZING AGAINST OFFSHORE OIL EXTRACTION. The north­eastern Canada 2D marine seismic survey would involve ships using air guns to blast bursts of sound into the water to study the geology below the ocean floor to be sold  to oil and gas companies and used to help locate hydrocarbon deposits. Concerns with the impact of seismic surveys on marine mammals, including seals, whales, and walruses, have been expressed by Indigenous peoples and conservationists worldwide.  https://intercontinentalcry.org/call-south-baffin-island-25545/


                                                     VIDEO (2:42)
                                           Oceana, March 05, 2014
          THE SCIENCE BEHIND SEISMIC TESTING IN THE OCEANS.

We don't need to turn the ocean into a blast zone for our energy needs. Seismic airguns create intense, repetitive booms that will drown out the dolphins' songs, deafening, injuring, or even killing the animals close to the blasts. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWaoeXvLfzs

 

Green Prophet, April 11, 2014

▶  WHY OIL AND GAS COMPANIES (AND THE NAVY) SHOULD BUY WHALES HEARING AIDS. Whales, the earth’s largest marine mammals, have had more than their share of ecological problems in all parts of the world’s seas and oceans. One of their biggest risks is noise in marine habitats caused by drilling for oil and gas.

http://www.greenprophet.com/2014/04/why-oil-and-gas-companies-should-buy-whales-hearing-aids/


February 29, 2013 David Suzuki Foundation
▶  SONAR AND WHALES ARE A DEADLY MIX http://www.davidsuzuki.org/blogs/science-matters/2013/02/sonar-and-whales-are-a-deadly-mix/


HuffPost, Generation Change, December 12, 2014
▶  BIG OIL SHATTERS "UNICORNS OF THE SEA" "The Unicorns of the Sea" -- the spiral-toothed male Arctic Narwhal whales -- are in big trouble. The Canadian government just granted oil corporations the rights to search for drilling sites in the Davis Strait between Baffin Island and Greenland. That means millions of sea creatures will be killed by incessant sonic booms as Big Oil scavenges for more heat-trapping gases. This deranged ecocide risks killing 90 percent of all the remaining Narwhals on our planet. Every 10 seconds, non-stop for a couple of months, sonic explosions at 252 decibels will shatter eardrums of all sea creatures. It's time to protect the Arctic, not plunder it.   http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-reese-halter/big-oil-shatters-unicorns_b_6312582.html


Focusing On Wildlife, February 01, 2014
▶  STUDY: PROTECTING WHALES FROM MAN-MADE SEISMIC SHOCK Whale experts have teamed up with the oil and gas industry to develop a step-by-step guide for reducing the impacts of noise pollution from marine seismic surveys on whales and other marine species. http://focusingonwildlife.com/news/study-planning-can-protect-whales-in-seismic-surveys/


Huffington Post Hawaii, September 24, 2013

▶  SEISMIC DRILLING IMPACTS OCEAN LIFE GENERALLY:  OFFSHORE OIL EXPLORATION LINKED TO 50 PERCENT REDUCTION IN COD CATCH http://www.huffingtonpost.com/candace-calloway-whiting/offshore-oil-exploration-_b_3977171.html


The Dodo, April 01, 2015
▶  NAVY SLAMMED FOR MILLIONS OF ASSAULTS ON WHALES

https://www.thedodo.com/navy-whales-sonar-1070169369.html


Switchboard NRDC, March 30, 2015
▶  U.S. NAVY IS SUSPECT IN PACIFIC WHALE STRANDINGS http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/zsmith/us_navy_is_suspect_in_pacific_.html


YahooNews, February 12, 2015
▶  ALMOST 200 WHALES STRANDED ON NEW ZEALAND BEACH http://news.yahoo.com/almost-200-whales-stranded-zealand-beach-050113203.html


▶  NEW USA NAVY PERMIT WOULD ALLOW HARM TO MILLIONS OF MARINE ANIMALS  http://sco.lt/5dIsQj


Guardian Environment, July 2, 2013

▶  WHALES FLEE FROM MILITARY SONAR LEADING TO MASS STRANDINGS, RESEARCH SHOWS. Studies are missing link in puzzle that has connected naval exercises to unusual mass strandings of whales and dolphins. Beaked whales, the most common casualty of the strandings, were shown to be highly sensitive to sonar. But the research also revealed unexpectedly that blue whales, the largest animals on Earth and whose population has plummeted by 95% in the last century, also abandoned feeding and swam rapidly away from sonar noise.... http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/jul/03/whales-flee-military-sonar-strandings


Washington Post, February 27, 2014

 ▶  U.S. RULES WOULD ALLOW 'SEISMIC AIR GUNS' IN SEARCH FOR OFFSHORE OIL, GAS http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/us-rules-would-allow-seismic-air-guns-in-search-for-offshore-oil-gas/2014/02/27/68533a0c-9ffb-11e3-a050-dc3322a94fa7_story.html

 

Ocean Shepherd:

▶  REPORT LINKS SONAR TO WHALE STRANDINGS 

http://oceanshepherd.blogspot.com/p/whalehunting.html


Grist, February 28, 2014
MILLIONS OF DOLPHINS COULD BE HURT AS OIL INDUSTRY BLASTS ALONG U.S. EAST COAST http://grist.org/news/millions-of-dolphins-could-be-hurt-as-oil-industry-blasts-along-east-coast/


Oceana, August 01, 2014

▶  OUTCRY OF OPPOSITION GROWS FOLLOWING OBAMA'S RECENT DECISION TO ALLOW DYNAMITE-LIKE BLASTS TO SEARCH FOR OIL & GAS OFF EAST COAST: INCREDIBLY HARMFUL TO MARINE MAMMALS AND FISHERIES http://oceana.org/en/news-media/press-center/press-releases/outcry-of-opposition-grows-following-recent-decision-to-allow-dynamite-like-blasts-to-sea


 BlueAndGreen Tomorrow, July 20, 2014

138,000 SPECIES UNDER THREAT AS OBAMA APPROVES GAS AND OIL EXPLORATION IN ATLANTIC.  US president Barack Obama has approved a project that will open up an area off the east coast of the US to oil and gas exploration with the use of sonic cannons – which are highly damaging to marine wildlife. 

The constant thumping from the cannons in the water can be heard thousands of miles away, with the physiological effects to marine wildlife unreported. There is also the risk of damaging nine of the remaining 500 north Atlantic right whales.

Katie Zimmerman, a spokesperson for the South Carolina Coastal Conservation League, said, “Once they can’t hear — and that’s the risk that comes with seismic testing — they are pretty much done for.”

http://blueandgreentomorrow.com/2014/07/20/138000-species-under-threat-as-obama-approves-gas-and-oil-exploration/


Oceana, February 28, 2014
OBAMA ADMIN MOVES FORWARD TO OPEN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN TO SEISMIC AIRGUN BLASTS AND DRILLING FOR BIG OIL http://oceana.org/en/blog/2014/02/obama-admin-moves-forward-to-open-the-atlantic-ocean-to-seismic-airgun-blasts-drilling


                                                        VIDEO

                     Huffington Post Green, January 16, 2015
 ▶ BIG OIL TO DESTROY THE GREAT AUSTRALIAN BIGHT. The Australian government has granted an oil company the rights to search for oil and gas in the middle of a breathtaking marine ecosystem.

That means millions of sea creatures will be killed by incessant sonic booms as Big Oil scavenges for more heat-trapping gases.Every 10 seconds non-stop for a couple months, sonic explosions at 252 decibels will shatter eardrums of all sea creatures.http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-reese-halter/big-oil-destroys-the-grea_b_6470476.html

 

                                                    VIDEO

                                                   Oceana,

JOIN MIRANDA TO KEEP DOLPHINS SINGING: STOP SEISMIC AIRGUN BLASTING IN THE ATLANTIC. Dolphins talk to each other using whistles and songs, but seismic airguns create deafening booms that will drown out the dolphins' voices—deafening, injuring, or even killing the animals close to the blasts http://act.oceana.org/sign/stopseismic/


National Geographic, August 09, 2014
▶  WILL ATLANTIC OCEAN OIL PROSPECTING SILENCE RIGHT WHALES? Companies have been cleared to seek seismic noise permits in the Atlantic, but ocean researchers fear for whales. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/08/140811-seismic-science-endangered-right-whale-atlantic-oil-ocean/


The Herald Scotland, August 17, 2014

▶ MOUNTING CONCERN ABOUT UNDERWATER NOISE POLLUTION HARMING MARINE WILDLIFE. Marine wildlife is being killed, deformed, injured, traumatised and subjected to dangerous levels of stress by a crescendo of underwater noise from ships and offshore industry, scientists are warning.  http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/environment/mounting-concern-about-underwater-noise-pollution-harming-marine-wildlife.25062564


Mongabay, September 25, 2013
▶  SONAR USED BY OIL COMPANY CAUSED MASS WHALE STRANDING IN MADAGASCAR http://news.mongabay.com/2013/0925-sonar-testing-whale-stranding.html


September 5, 2013 Guardian
▶  GHANA UNUSUAL NUMBER OF WHALE DEATHS BLAMED ON OFFSHORE SEISMIC OIL EXPLORATION http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/05/ghana-whale-deaths-offshore-oil-exploration


Salon, July 18, 2014
▶  CHOOSING BIG OIL EXPORTS OVER WHALE & HEALTHY SEAS:  OBAMA OPENS EAST COAST FOR OFFSHORE EXPLORATION http://www.salon.com/2014/07/18/choosing_big_oil_over_whales_obama_opens_east_coast_for_offshore_exploration/

  

                                DO WHALES HAVE CULTURE?

                                     http://sco.lt/4uMK7l

 

NRDC Switchboard, April 11, 2014

▶  GREEK MASS BEAKED WHALE STRANDING INVESTIGATION BEGINS:  ONE WHALE PREGNANT http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/mjasny/greek_mass_stranding_investiga.html


Mongabay, September 25, 2013
▶  SONAR USED BY OIL COMPANY CAUSED MASS WHALE STRANDING IN MADAGASCAR http://news.mongabay.com/2013/0925-sonar-testing-whale-stranding.html


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                                                  --     WATCH --

                   THE KILLING IMPACT OF OIL AND MINING IN ALASKA

                                           Winner of Goldman Prize

                                                 http://sco.lt/68m1x3


          THE SUICIDAL RACE FOR ARCTIC'S NATURAL RESOURCES

     OBAMA'S ARCTIC STRATEGY SETS OFF A CLIMATE TIME BOMB. 

                                          http://sco.lt/5pPxWD

                             

                                            DEEP SEA MINING:

▶  DEEP SEA MINING RUSH MOVES CLOSER AS ICE MELTS: DEVASTATING OCEAN SEABEDS, DESTROYING UNKNOWN SPECIES AND ECOSYSTEMS http://sco.lt/85WcRl


                                                        VIDEO

                                       August 16, 2013 Seattle PI

                                       ANOTHER DEAF WHALE?

               TRAPPED SPERM WHALE SURPRISED BY SWIMMER  http://blog.seattlepi.com/candacewhiting/2013/08/16/trapped-sperm-whale-surprised-by-swimmer-another-deaf-whale/


 

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                                            OCEAN NOISE

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Mongabay, April 12, 2015
NOISE IN OCEANS LEADS TO 'SEVERE ACOUSTIC TRAUMA' IN OCTOPUS, SQUID http://news.mongabay.com/2011/0411-hance_noise_cephalopods.html


 

NERC Science of The Environment, March 03, 2014

▶  SHIPPING NOISE CHANGES FISH BEHAVIOUR. Fish that eat near busy shipping lanes, may not be as efficient at foraging for food, say scientists investigating the effect of elevated noise levels on marine life.Ship noise changes fish behaviour http://planetearth.nerc.ac.uk/news/story.aspx?id=1631&cookieConsent=A


Yahoo News, September 19, 2014
▶  AS ARCTIC MELTS, SHIPPING TRAFFIC BLASTS WILDLIFE 

With three-fourths of the volume of Arctic sea ice reportedly lost since the 1980s, vast stretches of habitat for animals like the polar bear and walrus have been destroyed. But new economic activity in the region will ensure the consequences for wildlife are even more far-reaching: The Arctic Ocean is becoming noisier, and scientists believe this will have a profound impact on marine mammals that rely on sound to survive. [How Landmark Noise Settlement Protects Oceans and Industry (Op-Ed )]

Official records show that the number of tankers, cargo ships and tugs transiting through the Arctic has more than doubled since 2008. Offshore oil exploration by Royal Dutch Shell and others has added to the increased industrialization. Mostly low-frequency sounds from ship engines, seismic surveys and drilling machinery overlap with and may interfere with sounds produced and received by marine mammals. http://news.yahoo.com/arctic-melts-shipping-traffic-blasts-wildlife-op-ed-191825197.html

 

NRDC SWITCHBOARD, April 04, 2014

▶  MILESTONE IN OCEAN NOISE FIGHT. After five years, the International Maritime Organization adopted guidelines to reduce underwater noise from commercial ships. The ocean, simply put, is an acoustic world, and marine species depend on sound for virtually everything they do to survive: feeding, finding mates, avoiding predators, maintaining social bonds, orienting themselves in the world.  But noise from shipping and other human activity has radically altered their environment. http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/mjasny/milestone_in_ocean_noise_fight.html

 

Futurity, February 27, 2014
▶  WHALES AND SHIPS FIGHT FOR SPACE IN NOISY ARCTIC http://www.futurity.org/whales-ships-fight-space-noisy-bering-sea/

 

Vancouver Sun, October 3, 2013
▶  WHALES IN BRITISH COLUMBIA PUT AT RISK BY BOMBARDING, CONSTANT SHIPPING NOISE http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/Whales+bombarded+constant+shipping+noise/9069372/story.html

 

July 28, 2013 NPR
▶  CONSERVATIONISTS CALL FOR QUIET: THE OCEAN IS TOO LOUD !! http://www.npr.org/2013/07/28/206362675/conservationists-call-for-quiet-the-ocean-is-too-loud

 

▶  REDUCING UNDERWATER NOISE TO HELP HEALTH OF MARINE WILDLIFE http://sco.lt/6AeJqD


 World Wildlife Fund

▶  WESTERN GRAY WHALE - The western gray whale, among the largest whales found in the ocean, faces serious threats from the impacts of oil and gas exploration due to the Piltun Astokhskoye oil field lying 16 km away from the Sakhalin Islands in Russia. These islands are the only feeding grounds of this whale, and increased noise pollution and disturbance is driving them away. http://wwf.panda.org/what_we_do/footprint/climate_carbon_energy/seize_your_power/icons_at_threat/western_gray_whale/index.cfm

 

News Channel 5, December 29, 2013
▶  SPEED LIMIT FOR SHIPS REDUCED TO PROTECT NORTH ATLANTIC RIGHT WHALES http://www.wptv.com//dpp/news/national/speed-limit-for-ships-reduced-to-protect-north-atlantic-right-whales


LiveScience, May 16, 2014
▶  500 REMAINING RIGHT WHALES COULD FACE THE WRONG FATE. The North Pacific and North Atlantic species, however, remain critically endangered. In fact, estimates suggest that only approximately 500 North Atlantic right whale individuals left in the world.

Ever since the depletion of the North Atlantic right whale population, these whales have struggled to recover, in part because of how long it takes them to mature and reproduce, and also because of threats they face from human activity. The characteristics that made these whales the "right" ones to hunt are now placing them in the path of other dangers. Though there is a moratorium on commercial whaling, these whales have still faced threats like injuries and fatalities from ship strikes and fishing gear entanglement. With the new seismic testing proposal, the situation grows even worse. http://www.livescience.com/45672-right-whale-extinction-threat.html


Telegraph, Septe ber 18, 2012

▶  ENVIRONMENTALISTS LINK WHALE BEACHINGS TO OFFSHORE WIND FARM SONAR http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/earth/energy/windpower/9550229/Environmentalists-link-whale-beachings-to-offshore-windfarm-sonar.html


Canada.com, November 14, 2012

▶  BRITISH COLUMBIA SCIENTIST SAY WAVE TURBINES WOULD PUT KILLER WHALES AND OCEAN ECOSYSTEMS AT RISK http://www.canada.com/technology/scientists+turbines+would+killer+whales+risk/7547671/story.html


National Geographic, November 6, 2013

▶  LISTENING TO SPERM WHALE SONAR http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/2013/11/06/listening-to-sperm-whale-sonar/

 

NOAA Fisheries, April 23, 2014
ANTARCTIC MINKE WHALES, MYSTERY SOUND MAKERS OF THE SOUTHERN OCEAN Scientists have discovered the source of the "bio-duck" sound, a strange noise that has mystified scientists and submarine captains in the ocean off Antarctica for decades. http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/podcasts/2014/04/minke_whales.html#.U1ibHcf1_OS

 

July 13, 2013 Wildlife Extra News -

▶  POD OF KILLER WHALES RESCUED AFTER STRANDING IN AUSTRALIA  http://www.wildlifeextra.com/go/news/queensland-orca-rescue.html

 

Summit Voice, July 05, 2014

▶  STUDY SHOWS WHALES ARE ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERS.  Healthy whale populations could buffer oceans from some global warming impacts. Whales may play a much bigger role in ocean ecosystems than previously thought, according to a University of Vermont researcher who studied how the great cetaceans recycle and move nutrients from one region to another. http://summitcountyvoice.com/2014/07/05/oceans-study-shows-whales-are-ecosystem-engineers/


TakePart, October 15, 2013

▶  WHAT'S KILLING THE KILLER WHALES OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST - TOO MANY BOATS, OR NOT ENOUGH SALMON? http://www.takepart.com/article/2013/10/14/fight-rages-over-wild-orca-decline-too-many-boats-or-not-enough-salmon

 

 Los Angeles Times, January 24, 2014
▶  25 DEAD PILOT WHALES FOUND OFF FLORIDA:  5 THINGS TO HELP UNDERSTAND IT http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-25-dead-pilot-whales-20140123,0,607073.story#axzz2re5vzXj4

 

Telegraph, March 27, 2014

UKRAINE'S SPY DOLPHINS SWITCH ALLEGIANCE TO RUSSIA: Ukrainian Army dophins, which have been trained to plant bombs and kill frogmen, will be transferred to Russia http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/ukraine/10724506/Ukraines-spy-dolphins-switch-allegiance-to-Russia.html

 

 The Independent, March 31, 2014
▶  MAJOR VICTORY FOR WHALING CAMPAIGNERS AS UN JUDGES ORDER JAPAN TO STOP HUNTING/SLAUGHTERING WHALES http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/major-victory-for-whaling-campaigners-as-un-judges-order-japan-to-stop-hunting-950-whales-a-year-in-the-antarctic-9226621.html


▶  IF YOU'VE EVER QUESTIONED THE EMOTIONAL CAPACITY OF ANIMALS, WATCH THIS VIDEO http://sco.lt/8Nnhjd


                                                   WATCH

                                         BBC. Natural World.
                              A KILLER WHALE CALLED LUNA
The emotional story of a young killer whale's quest for companionship after he was separated from his family and found himself on the rugged, wild coast of Vancouver Island. The film records the human friendships he developed and the trouble this led him into. From death threats to numerous capture attempts by the government, the film-makers watched as various people tried to determine Luna's fate...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFFs9PPFiNM


 

                                   OUR OCEANS ARE DYING

                       MASS EXTINCTION MAY BE INEVITABLE

                                    http://sco.lt/6BuBCz



 -▶  GREENLAND'S MELTING: CREATING A DIFFERENT CLIMATE THAN EARTH HAS EVER SEEN http://sco.lt/8bjv73


 -▶  POLAR BEARS MAY NEED TO BE FED BY HUMANS TO SURVIVE http://sco.lt/59BdYH

 

▶  ERADICATING ECOCIDE: WHY BUSINESS LEADERS MUST STEP UP TO THE CHALLENGE http://sco.lt/56vkOH

 

▶  THE SIXTH MASS EXTINCTION IS UPON US.  CAN HUMANS SURVIVE? http://sco.lt/630INt

 

 

 

                                           OCEAN WONDERS

          10 WONDERFUL TED TALK VIDEOS:  WORTHY WATCH

                                          http://sco.lt/4o0QRF



A VERY IMPORTANT & BEAUTIFUL WATCH

"PLANET OCEAN'"

by Yann Arthus-Bertrand

       Why Oceans Degradation Impacts All Eco Systems On Our Planet

                                            http://sco.lt/9FB89B


 

 

 

 

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What Have We Done??? Polar bears 'may need to be fed by humans to survive'

What Have We Done??? Polar bears 'may need to be fed by humans to survive' | OUR OCEANS NEED US | Scoop.it

Feb 7, 2013 Yale Environment 360:

-▶  POLAR BEARS MAY HAVE TO BE FED BY HUMANS TO SURVIVE

 Drastic measures are required to save the beleaguered animal from extinction, say scientists... http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/feb/07/polar-bears-fed-by-humans-survive


Mother Nature Network, March 31,2015
-▶ MAJESTIC GLACIERS IN ALASKA:  THEN AND NOW

http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/wilderness-resources/stories/majestic-glaciers-in-alaska-then-and-now


REVEALING PHOTOS
Barentsobserver, January 13, 2014
▶  RUSSIAN SUBMARINERS FEED POLAR BEAR GARBAGE IN THE ARCTIC http://barentsobserver.com/en/arctic/2015/01/submariners-feed-polar-bear-garbage-13-01


The Guardian Environment, November 17, 2014
-▶ ALASKA-AREA POLAR BEAR POPULATION PLUMMETS 40% IN 10 YEARS http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/nov/17/polar-bear-population-falls-sea-north-alaska


Conservation Magazine, December 03, 2014
-▶ CLICHE OR NO, CLIMATE CHANGE IS ALREADY HERE FOR POLAR BEARS http://conservationmagazine.org/2014/12/cliche-or-no-climate-change-really-is-coming-for-the-polar-bears/


Fox News Latino, November 04, 2014
-▶  EXPERT:  POLAR BEAR POPULATION COULD FALL BY TWO-THIRDS BY 2050 http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/news/2014/11/04/expert-polar-bear-population-could-fall-by-two-thirds-by-2050/



Mongabay, October 08, 2014
-▶  THE ONLY SOLUTION FOR POLAR BEARS:  'STOP THE RISE IN CO2 AND OTHER GREENHOUSE GASES' http://news.mongabay.com/2014/1008-watsa-wcn-amstrup.html?n3ws1ttr


Scientific American, July 15, 2014

-▶  AS ARCTIC ICE DISAPPEARS, LANDLOCKED, STARVING POLAR BEARS ADAPT TO LAND BASED DIETS CHANGING ECOSYSTEMS  http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/landlocked-polar-bears-find-new-prey1/

 

 August 6, 2013 Guardian Environment

-▶  THE POLAR BEAR WHO DIED OF CLIMATE CHANGE
A lack of sea ice, caused by global warming, meant the bear was unable to hunt seals and starved, according to an expert who had been monitoring the animal in Svalbard, Norway  http://www.theguardian.com/environment/picture/2013/aug/06/polar-bear-climate-change-sea-ice

 

                                                  VIDEOS
                            New York Times, June 10, 2014
RECORDING THE POLAR BEAR'S VIEW OF ITS CHANGING ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/06/10/recording-the-polar-bears-view-of-its-changing-arctic-environment/

 

 Guardian, May 28, 2014
-▶ FEWER POLAR BEAR CUBS BEING BORN IN ARCTIC ISLANDS: Rapid reduction of sea ice level hitting population's hunting grounds hard http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/may/28/polar-bear-cubs-arctic-climate-change

 

August 11, 2013 Care2

-▶  THIS POLAR BEAR STARVED TO DEATH BECAUSE OF CLIMATE CHANGE  http://www.care2.com/causes/a-polar-bear-starves-to-death-climate-change-is-the-culprit.html

 

Feb 15, 2013 Living on Earth:

-▶  STARVING POLAR BEARS
Polar Bears have long been the poster species for the problem of climate change. But a new paper in Conservation Letters argues that supplemental feeding may be necessary to prevent polar bear populations from going extinct. Polar bear expert Andrew Derocher from the University of Alberta joins Host Steve Curwood to discuss how we can save the largest bear on the planet. http://www.loe.org/shows/segments.html?programID=13-P13-00007&segmentID=2

 

                                   POLAR BEAR CAM - LIVE

                                         Tundra Buggy Cam

        http://explore.org/#!/live-cams/player/polar-bear-tundra-buggy-cam

                                   Polar Bears International

                        http://www.polarbearsinternational.org/

 

 

Guardian Environment, November 27, 2013

-▶  FOR CANADA'S REMOTE TOWNS, LIVING WITH POLAR BEARS IS GROWING MORE RISKY http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/nov/27/canada-living-with-polar-bears-climate-change

 

Living on Earth, November 15, 2013
-▶  POLAR BEAR ATTACKS ON THE RISE DUE TO ICE MELTING AND CLIMATE CHANGE http://www.loe.org/shows/segments.html?programID=13-P13-00046&segmentID=6

 

Science World Report, September 21, 2013

-▶  POLAR BEAR SEAL DIET NOW HAS HIGHER CONTAMINANT LOAD: IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE http://www.scienceworldreport.com/articles/9623/20130921/polar-bear-seal-diet-higher-contaminant-load-impacts-climate-change.htm

 

 National Wildlife Federation, December 2, 2013
-▶  ALARMING POLAR BEAR DECLINE A CALL TO ACTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE http://www.nwf.org/News-and-Magazines/Media-Center/News-by-Topic/Global-Warming/2013/12-02-13-Alarming-Polar-Bear-Decline-a-Call-to-Action-on-Climate-Change.aspx

 

 January 10, 2012 CBC News

-▶  CLIMATE CHANGE LEAVES SOME HUDSON BAY POLAR BEARS STARVING http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/story/2012/01/10/mb-starving-polar-bears-manitoba.html

 

 Guardian Environment, November 27, 2013
-▶  INTERACTIVE: CANADA'S DWINDLING POLAR BEAR POPULATION COULD COLLAPSE IN 17 YEARS http://www.theguardian.com/environment/interactive/2013/nov/27/canada-dwindling-polar-bear-population-interactive

 

 Yahoo News, January 23, 014
-▶  POLAR BEARS HUNT ON LAND AS ICE SHRINKS http://news.yahoo.com/polar-bears-hunt-land-ice-shrinks-150721159.html

 

Grist, September 23, 2013
-▶  AS CLIMATE CHANGES, POLAR BEARS SWITCH TO POLLUTED FOOD http://grist.org/news/as-climate-changes-polar-bears-switch-to-polluted-food/

 

January 24, 2012 CBC News
-▶  POLAR BEARS EATING MORE EIDER DUCK EGGS http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/story/2012/01/24/north-eider-duck-eggs.html

 

International Fund for Animal Welfare, December 11, 2013
-▶  DRAMATIC IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON ANIMALS MUST BE ADDRESSED http://www.ifaw.org/international/news/dramatic-impacts-climate-change-animals-must-be-addressed



                                                          WATCH

                                                      PBS Nature
          As The Ice Melts a Remarkable Story Is Unfolding in The Arctic. 

                                 One That as Never Been told Before
                        "INVASION OF THE KILLER WHALES" (ORCAS)
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/invasion-killer-whales/11179/


 

 

▶  THOUSANDS OF SEA LION PUPS DEAD FROM STARVATION - NOT ENOUGH FISH IN THE SEA - CLIMATE CHANGE http://sco.lt/6PSnNx

 

 NBC News Science, December 18, 2013
-▶ LASERS COULD PROTECT POLAR BEAR DENS FROM OIL DRILLING http://www.nbcnews.com/science/lasers-could-help-protect-polar-bear-dens-oil-drilling-2D11765619

 

 -▶ OH NO... PHOTO Lonely polar bear in the Arctic Ocean http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/photo/2013-12/21/content_17188313.htm

 

 

Aug 7, 2013 Focusing On Wildlife

-▶  STARVED POLAR BEAR PERISHED DUE TO RECORD SEA-ICE MELT http://focusingonwildlife.com/news/starved-polar-bear-perished-due-to-record-sea-ice-melt/

 

 Sustainablog, January 22, 2014
-▶  ARCTIC SEA ICE FREEFALL IS MIRROR IMAGE OF CARBON DIOXIDE ASCENT http://sustainablog.org/2014/01/arctic-sea-ice-freefall-is-mirror-image-of-carbon-dioxide-ascent/

 

                                                         VIDEO

            FORAGE FISH KEY TO A HEALTHY OCEAN FOOD WEB

                         GOING...GOING... http://sco.lt/5xliU5

 

 

                                             NICE SLIDESHOW
  THE POLAR BEAR BOOGIE: ALASKA POLAR BEARS DANCING ON ICE http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/alaska-polar-bears-dancing-ice-3086348#.UuoMqvZkJK4

 

 

 December 22, 2010 Yale Environment 360
-▶  AS ARCTIC OCEAN MELTS, A REFUGE PLAN FOR THE POLAR BEAR http://e360.yale.edu/feature/as_the_arctic_ocean_melts_a_refuge_plan_for_the_polar_bear/2355/

 

 29 March, 2013 Living on Earth:
-▶  BABY POLAR BEAR RESCUE - REALLY CUTE AND GREAT PHOTOGRAPHS: A Polar Bear Orphan School for cubs without their mothers http://www.loe.org/shows/segments.html?programID=13-P13-00013&segmentID=6

 

  Aug 7, 2013 Focusing On Wildlife

-▶  IN DETAIL: STARVED POLAR BEAR PERISHED DUE TO RECORD SEA-ICE MELT http://focusingonwildlife.com/news/starved-polar-bear-perished-due-to-record-sea-ice-melt/

 

 

                                           LIVE WEBCAMS

          OFFERS RARE GLIMPSE OF MIGRATING POLAR BEARS http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/animals/stories/live-webcam-offers-rare-glimpse-of-migrating-polar-bears

 

ANIMAL PLANET LIVE: http://www.apl.tv/explore-polar-bears.htm

 

 

-▶  CLIMATE CHANGE COULD ENDANGER MORE ANIMALS THAN WE THOUGHT http://sco.lt/58HaEr

 

The Daily Beast, December 13, 2013

-▶ THE END OF THE ARCTIC? COULD BE ICE FREE BY 2015  http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/12/13/the-end-of-the-arctic-ocean-could-be-ice-free-by-2015.html

 

-▶  ARCTIC OCEAN MELTING, ACIDIFYING RAPIDLY  http://sco.lt/9GRj3B

 

ENE News, November 18, 2013
-▶ FUKUSHIMA FALLOUT:
ALASKA: 28% OF POLAR BEARS WITH SKIN LESIONS & HAIR LOSS, THYROIDS TESTED BY GOVERNMENTlike symptoms in seals & walrus — Surprisingly high mortality of musk ox, weak immune system suspected — High rate of embryo deaths & bad eggs for geese http://enenews.com/alaska-28-of-polar-bears-with-skin-lesions-and-hair-loss-similar-to-seals-and-walrus-tested-for-thyroid-abnormalities-surprisingly-high-mortality-of-musk-ox-with-weak-immune-function-gees

 

 

 -▶  GREENLAND'S MELTING: CREATING A DIFFERENT CLIMATE THAN EARTH HAS EVER SEEN http://sco.lt/8bjv73

 

 UNESCO, February 22, 2012
-▶ MARINE SCIENTIST ALARMED ABOUT INCREASING THREAT TO OCEAN ECOSYSTEMS. In the last 30 years, coastal resources such as mangroves, coral reefs and fishery resources have become depleted on a large scale. For example, more than 60 per cent of Asia’s mangroves have already been converted to aquaculture farms (ESCAP and ADB, 2000). The region is losing its resource bases to support people’s livelihoods and sustain future economic development.  http://www.unescobkk.org/news/article/marine-scientists-alarmed-about-increasing-threats-to-ocean-ecosystems/

 

Summit Voice, February 15, 2014
-▶ GLOBAL WARMING:  REPORT WARNS OF 'ARCTIC SQUEEZE'An entire bio-climatic zone, the high Arctic, may disappear.

FRISCO — Rapid climate change in the Arctic is putting enormous pressure on ecosystems, threatening biodiversity and the fundamental way of life of indigenous Arctic peoples, scientists said in a major new report.

“An entire bio-climatic zone, the high Arctic, may disappear. Polar bears and the other highly adapted organisms cannot move further north, so they may go extinct. We risk losing several species forever,” said Hans Meltofte of Aarhus University, chief scientist of the report.

http://summitcountyvoice.com/2014/02/15/global-warming-report-warns-of-arctic-squeeze/

 

-▶  OBAMA'S ARCTIC STRATEGY SETS OFF A CLIMATE TIME BOMB.  THE SUICIDAL RACE FOR ARCTIC'S NATURAL RESOURCES http://sco.lt/5pPxWD

 

-▶  HEALTH OF OCEANS 'DECLINING FAST' - MASS EXTINCTION MAY BE INEVITABLE http://sco.lt/8ZyX6v

 

 -▶  WE MAY BE THE LAST GENERATION TO CATCH FOOD FROM THE OCEANS  http://sco.lt/8uHn7Z


               EXCEPTIONAL DOCUMENTARY (1:29:00)

                    "PLANET OCEAN" - WHO OWNS THE OCEANS?

                     How The Health of The Oceans Are The Pivot

                         For all of Earth's Healthy Eco Systems

                https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eH1s9GCqPKo

 

                                                   WATCH:

                                               CNN VIDEO:

-▶  "OVERFISHED AND UNDER-PROTECTED: OCEANS ON THE BRINK OF CATASTROPHIC COLLAPSE" http://sco.lt/7e9wYL

 

 -▶  SEA CHANGE - THE LOSS OF OCEAN SPECIES IS STAGGERING http://sco.lt/8AV5qz

 

-▶  IS THE SIXTH MASS EXTINCTION UPON US? http://sco.lt/5GRCWv

 

-▶  PRICING CARBON, CARBON STORAGE, OFFSETS:  FAILED STRAGEIES THAT WON'T SAVE THE CLIMATE OR OUR PLANET http://sco.lt/7UBKIj

 

Summit Voice, December 05, 2013
-▶  ARCTIC SCIENTIST RESIGNS AFTER BATTLING HIS OWN FEDERAL AGENCY OVER TRANSPARENCY AND SCIENTIFIC ETHICS http://summitcountyvoice.com/2013/12/05/environment-arctic-scientist-resigns-after-battling-his-own-federal-agency-over-transparency-and-scientific-ethics/

 

 

 

Real News One, June 10, 2014
-▶ PUTTING THE ECONOMY BEFORE THE ENVIRONMENT IS ENVIRONMENTAL VANDALISM AND SUICIDAL http://realnewsone.com/2014/06/10/putting-the-economy-before-the-environment-is-environmental-vandalism/

 

Mongabay, June 06, 2014
-▶ NEW STUDY FINDS ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE GLOBALLY MAY COST MORE THAN U.S. GDP http://news.mongabay.com/2014/0606-morgan-ecosystem-services.html


 

                              AN URGENT MEMO TO THE WORLD

                                       The Natural Eye Project

http://thenaturaleye.wordpress.com/2012/07/12/an-urgent-memo-to-the-world/

 

                        THE SIXTH MASS EXTINCTION IS UPON US. 

                                       CAN HUMANS SURVIVE?

                                          http://sco.lt/630INt

 

                                            WATCH FAB FILM

                                                   "HOME"

                                       Yann Arthus-Bertrand

                An Exquisite Dedication To the Stewards of Our Planet

                             Solutions For A Sustainable Planet

http://thenaturaleye.wordpress.com/2011/03/26/home-an-exquisite-story-of-our-world/

 


 

 

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DEADLY BYCATCH: Two-thirds of healthy fish brought on to fishing vessels is thrown back into the sea - dead or injured

DEADLY BYCATCH:  Two-thirds of healthy fish brought on to fishing vessels is thrown back into the sea -  dead or injured | OUR OCEANS NEED US | Scoop.it

                                    

  • BY CATCH
  • GILL NET FISHING
  • DRIFT NET FISHING
  • LONG LINE HOOK FISHING
  • BOTTOM LONGLINING
  • BOTTOM TRAWLING
  • GHOST FISHING
  • SUPER TRAWLERS

 

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                  FULL OCEANA REPORT, "WASTED CATCH"-pdf

                                     PHOTOS, INFOGRAPHS

                                               

SHEDDING LIGHT ON STAGGERING BY-CATCH PROBLEM IN U.S. FISHERIES. According to a new Oceana report, United States fisheries discard about 17 percent to 22 percent of everything they catch every year. That amounts to a whopping 2 billion pounds of annual by-catch -- injured and dead fish and other marine animals unintentionally caught by fishermen and then thrown overboard. This includes endangered creatures like whales and sharks, as well as commercially viable fish that may have been too young or too damaged to bring to port. http://oceana.org/sites/default/files/reports/Bycatch_Report_FINAL.pdf

 

The Guardian Environment

As much as two-thirds of healthy fish brought on to fishing vessels is thrown back into the sea dead. The UK government has hailed a "historic" EU agreement to introduce a blanket ban on the "scandal" of dumping dead fish back in the sea. http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/feb/27/eu-fish-discards-ban-welcomed

 

                                                       VIDEO

                                           The Weather Channel, 
HERE'S WHY VIDEO OF A GIANT SUNFISH BEING RETURNED TO THE OCEAN IS A BIG DEAL  http://www.weather.com/science/environment/news/giant-sunfish-returns-to-indian-ocean

 

 IB Times, 
NINE U.S. INDUSTRIAL FISHERIES WASTE ' ALMOST HALF A BILLION SEAFOOD MEALS,'  - NEW OCEANA BYCATCH REPORT http://www.ibtimes.com/nine-us-fisheries-waste-almost-half-billion-seafood-meals-new-oceana-bycatch-report-claims-1562835

 

 

Oceana, 

▶  WASTED CATCH:  UNSOLVED PROBLEMS IN U.S. FISHERIES. According to some estimates, global bycatch may amount to 40 percent of the world’s catch, totaling 63 billion pounds per year. In the United States...Bycatch in the U.S. could amount to 2 billion pounds every year, equivalent to the entire annual catch of many other fishing nations around the world... http://oceana.org/en/news-media/publications/reports/wasted-catch-unsolved-problems-in-us-fisheries?source=slider

 

 

-▶  CAN SEA TURTLES AVOID TRAWLER NETS? http://www.livescience.com/44374-sea-turtles-trapped-by-nets.html

 

                                                         VIDEO

                     "THE BIGGEST CATCH - National Geographic

                    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DV-Eju09Ios

 

 

SEA TURTLES, SHARKS AND WHALES:  THE ACCIDENTAL CASUALITIES OF OUR SEAFOOD INDUSTRY:  Fisheries kill billions of pounds of sea life each year, according to a new report http://www.salon.com/2014/03/20/sea_turtles_sharks_and_whales_the_accidental_casualties_of_our_seafood_industry/

 

NEW OCEANA REPORT UNVEILS WASTED CASH IN U.S. FISHERIES. “The staggering amount of fish thrown away every year in the U.S. represents a real loss, both to fishermen and the future resilience of ocean ecosystems. ” Bycatch, the capture and waste of non-target fish and ocean wildlife, costs fishermen and the marine environment in more ways than one.  In addition to being ecologically wasteful, discarding fish is akin to throwing money into the ocean.  Oceana's newly released report spotlights the economic losses from bycatch—an amount that could reach a staggering $1 billion annually.    http://oceana.org/en/blog/2014/06/new-oceana-report-unveils-wasted-cash-in-us-fisheries

 

 ▶ EIGHTY SEA TURTLES WASH UP DEAD ON THE GUATEMALAN COAST - BY-CATCH VICTIMS? http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/aug/28/eighty-dead-sea-turtles-guatemala

 

 

 

-- DRIFT NETS AND GILL NETS --

 

                                                        WATCH
                                             DRIFT GILL NETS (8:20)
                                                  Newshour, PBS 
BRUTAL GILL NET FISHING PRACTICES UNDER SCRUTINY ON CALIFORNIA'S COAST http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/swordfishing-practices-scrutiny-californias-coast/

 

World Fishing & Aquaculture, 
-▶ ILLEGAL DRIFTNET FISHING RETURNS TO MOROCCO http://www.worldfishing.net/news101/industry-news/illegal-driftnet-fishing-returns-to-morocco

 

                                                      PHOTOS
Newshour, PBS, 
-▶ FOIA REQUEST REVEALS DOLPHINS, TURTLES AND SHARKS CAUGHT IN PACIFIC GILL NETS http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/photos-dead-sea-life-shock-anger-conservationists/

 

KCET, REWILD, 
SWORDFISH CATCHING TECHNIQUE ( GILL NETTING) COULD BE BANNED TO PROTECT OTHER MARINE LIFE http://www.kcet.org/news/redefine/rewild/fish/driftnet-ban-gets-hearing-in-assembly.html

 

gCaptain,

▶  CAPABLE OF FISHING 76,000 HOOKS PER DAY, JENSEN TO DESIGN ONE OF WORLD'S LARGEST LONGLINER FISHING VESSELS http://gcaptain.com/jensen-design-worlds-largest/?40049

 

                       EXCEPTIONAL DOCUMENTARY (1:29:00)

                    "PLANET OCEAN" - WHO OWNS THE OCEANS?

                     How The Health of The Oceans Are The Pivot

                         For all of Earth's Healthy Eco Systems

                https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eH1s9GCqPKo

 

 

NEW REPORT FINDS MILLIONS (NOT THOUSANDS) OF MARINE TURTLES KILLED BY LONGLINE, GILLNET SUPER TRAWLER FISHERIES http://sco.lt/72A0mH

 

                                                   WATCH
                                    SEA THE TRUTH 1:00:15

                     IN 2048 OUR OCEANS COULD BE EMPTY

              https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V325y7QCg3c

 

 

                                                                              

 

 

 

 

--- BOTTOM TRAWLING --

 

Grind TV, November 25, 2013
▶ INDISCRIMINATE BOTTOM LONG-LINING:  ENORMOUS RARE SEA CREATURE HAULED FROM DEPTHS http://www.grindtv.com/outdoor/nature/post/enormous-rare-sea-creature-hauled-from-depths-by-florida-shark-fisherman/

 

                                           BOTTOM TRAWLING

SCRAPING THE BOTTOM OF THE OCEAN CLEAN: AN INSATIABLE DRIVE FOR PROFITS, DESTRUCTION OF OCEANS http://sco.lt/7QNLQ9

 

                                                 GHOST FISHING:

Derelict fishing nets have turned the bottom of the sea into a death trap  http://sco.lt/7jiLC5

 

 

                                                    VIDEO:

              NO SUPER TRAWLERS.  NOT HERE, NOT ANYWHERE

                                        http://sco.lt/8fhDH7

 

 

                                                          VIDEO

SHOCKING FOOTAGE REVEALS TUNA INDUSTRY'S SLAUGHTER OF MARINE LIFE http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/video/2011/nov/18/footage-tuna-industry-slaughter-video?CMP=twt_fd

 

 Science Recorder, May 09, 2014

RESPONSE TEAM FREES HUMPBACK WHALE FROM CRAB TRAPS
Entanglement in fishing gear—“bycatch,” as it is called in the marine community—is a common problem for these whales, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), which lists bycatch as one of several reasons why humpback whales are still on the Endangered Species List. http://www.sciencerecorder.com/news/response-team-frees-humpback-whale-from-crab-trap/

 

                                                     VIDEO:

                                            LOSING NEMO

                                http://vimeo.com/66514539

 

 ▶ OVERFISHING DESTROYING FOOD SOURCE FOR OCEAN SPECIES - SUPERTRAWLERS WRECKING THE OCEAN ECOSYSTEM  http://sco.lt/5T7ZGj

 

                                                          VIDEO

 -▶ SHOCKING FOOTAGE REVEALS TUNA INDUSTRY'S SLAUGHTER OF MARINE LIFE http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/video/2011/nov/18/footage-tuna-industry-slaughter-video?CMP=twt_fd

 

DESTRUCTIVE COMMERCIAL FISHING GEAR KILLS 400, 000+ SEABIRDS EACH YEAR - AND MILLIONS OF OTHER SPECIES - BYCATCH http://sco.lt/7UfLIP

 

 

 

 

GULF ECOSYSTEM IN CRISIS AFTER BP DEEPWATER HORIZON DISASTER. “THERE IS NO LIFE OUT THERE":

Three years after well blowout, declining seafood catches and deformities point to an environment in distress.

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2013/10/gulf-ecosystem-crisis-after-bp-spill-2013102065313544754.html

 

 

 

 

 

HOW INDUSTRIAL FISHING GEAR IS KILLING WHALES  http://sco.lt/8yu4R7

 

 ▶ OCEAN-GRABBING BY CORPORATE INDUSTRIAL FISHING 'THREATENS WORLD'S FISHERIES - UN http://sco.lt/6g6w41

 

 

 

                   100 MILLION A YEAR JUST FOR THEIR FINS.

                      SHARK POPULATIONS PLUMMET BY 90%

                                        http://sco.lt/7kHqLZ

 

 

 -▶ WE MAY BE THE LAST GENERATION TO CATCH FOOD FROM THE OCEANS  http://sco.lt/8uHn7Z

 

 

 

-▶ EMPTYING OUR OCEANS: BILLIONS IN SUBSIDIES PROP UP UNSUSTAINABLE OVERFISHING  http://www.scoop.it/t/our-oceans-need-us/p/3259929193/emptying-our-oceans-billions-in-subsidies-prop-up-unsustainable-overfishing

 

THE LOSS OF OCEAN SPECIES IS STAGGERING http://sco.lt/8AV5qz

 

-▶ OUR OCEANS ARE DROWNING IN PLASTIC http://sco.lt/5F1E8H

 

                                             LOOTING OUR SEAS: 

FREE-FOR-ALL DECIMATES FISH STOCKS IN THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC http://sco.lt/4r0BNZ

 

 

 

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▶  OUR OCEANS http://www.scoop.it/t/our-oceans-need-us

▶  OUR FOOD http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides

▶  CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY http://www.scoop.it/t/environmental-and-human-health

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ANTARCTIC PENGUINS AS A CLIMATE CHANGE INDICATOR: Pushing Antarctic Penguins Toward Extinction

ANTARCTIC PENGUINS AS A CLIMATE CHANGE INDICATOR: Pushing Antarctic Penguins Toward Extinction | OUR OCEANS NEED US | Scoop.it

Guardian Environment, June 29, 2014
 ▶   EMPEROR PENGUINS AT RISK OF EXTINCTION, SCIENTISTS WARN, Tallest penguin species at risk from climate change melting ice, which could wipe out third of Antarctic population by 2100  http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jun/29/emperor-penguins-at-risk-of-extinction-scientists-warn


Summit County Citizens Voice, March 27, 2015
 ▶   GLOBAL WARMING: ANTARCTIC ICE SHELVES THINNED 18 PERCENT INN PAST TWO DECADES http://summitcountyvoice.com/2015/03/27/global-warming-antarctic-ice-shelves-have-thinned-18-percent-in-the-past-two-decades/


                                                       VIDEO
          ANTARCTIC PENGUINS AS A CLIMATE CHANGE INDICATOR

               http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2012/s3425285.htm


Summit County Citizens Voice, September 07, 2015
 ▶   STUDY SHOWS WHY PENGUINS NEED MORE PROTECTION

http://summitcountyvoice.com/2014/09/07/study-shows-why-penguins-need-more-protection/


Focusing On Wildlife, April 02, 2014
 ▶   CAN PENGUINS COPE WITH CLIMATE CHANGE? SCIENTISTS FIND DIFFERENT TYPES OF ICE ELICIT DIFFERENT RESPONSES http://focusingonwildlife.com/news/can-penguins-cope-with-climate-change-scientists-find-different-types-of-ice-elicit-different-responses/

 

Treehugger, July 14, 2014
 ▶  OH NO!  WHAT'S AILING THE EMPEROR PENGUIN http://www.treehugger.com/endangered-species/emperor-penguins-should-be-added-endangered-species-list-warn-biologists.html


  April 24, 2013 - IPS News

 ▶   KRILL SUPER TRAWLERS PUSHING PENGUINS TOWARD EXTINCTION... Penguins are threatened with extinction by climate change and giant fishing trawlers from Europe and Asia stalking the oceans around Antarctica. Penguins are a protected species, but the factory-sized trawlers are vacuuming up the tiny shrimp-like krill that are their main food source. The Southern Ocean is also becoming increasingly acidic from emissions of fossil fuels and will have a significant impact on krill populations. And yet efforts to create two marine protected areas in the Southern Ocean have been blocked by China, Russia and Norway.... http://www.ipsnews.net/2013/04/krill-super-trawlers-pushing-penguins-toward-extinction/

 

                                                      WATCH

                          PENGUINS OF THE ANTARCTICA (48:20)

                                     PBS Nature - Full Episode

                https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLV6lbyYpXM

                                                  MORE

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/penguins-of-the-antarctic/introduction/181/

 

                                                         VIDEO
                                         EMPEROR PENGUIN
http://www.arkive.org/emperor-penguin/aptenodytes-forsteri/video-00.html

 

 

Guardian Environment, January 09, 2014
 ▶   ANTARCTIC PENGUINS FORCED UP 100 FOOT ICE WALLS, STUDY SHOWS. Warmer temperatures are forcing emperor penguins to make gravity-defying journeys out of their traditional breeding grounds  http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jan/09/penguins-ice-walls-climate-change-antarctica

 

Discovery News, January 30, 2014

 ▶   RAINS SPURRED BY CLIMATE CHANGE KILLING PENGUINS CHICKS http://news.discovery.com/animals/endangered-species/rains-climate-change-killing-penguins-140130.htm

 

BBC News, January 29, 2014
 ▶   CLIMATE CHANGE IS KILLING 40% OF ARGENTINA MAGELLANIC PENGUIN CHICKS http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-25950906

 

ORIGINAL REPORT
PLOS ONE, January 29, 2014
 ▶   CLIMATE CHANGE INCREASES REPRODUCTIVE FAILURE IN MAGELLANIC PENGUINS http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0085602

 

Summit Voice, February 01, 2014
 ▶   ADELIE PENGUINS FACE UNCERTAIN FUTURE: COLLAPSING ICEBERGS COULD DISRUPT BREEDING AND FEEDING http://summitcountyvoice.com/2014/02/01/climate-adelie-penguins-face-uncertain-future/

 

Mother Nature Network, January 17, 2014
 ▶   EVERYBODY LIKES PENGUINS:  5 INSPIRING CONSERVATION STORIES http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/animals/stories/everybody-likes-penguins-5-inspiring-conservation-stories


                                                VIDEO (2:48)
                                         National Geographic
                              EMPEROR PENGUIN FAMILIES
http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/kids/animals-pets-kids/birds-kids/penguin-emperor-parenting-kids/


                                                 VIDEO (2:50)
                                        National Geographic
                                 EMPOROR PENGUINS ON ICE
http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/education-videos/education-general-2/edu-penguins-bubbles/

 

 ▶   HOW HUDDLING PENGUINS SHARE HEAT FAIRLY http://sco.lt/56ASmX

 

                                                     IN PICTURES
                                Guardian Envronment, June 2, 2011
THE KING PENGUIN COLONY ON SOUTH GEORGIA ISLAND. Andy Rouse's stunning photographic study of the king penguin colony on South Georgia in the south Atlantic, where thousands of penguins instinctively herd their young into giant huddles to stop them dying from cold.  http://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2011/jun/02/king-penguin-colony-south-georgia



April 27, 2013 Terra Daily

 ▶   CHILE'S HUMBOLDT PENGUINS UNDER THREAT OF EXTINCTION http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Chiles_Humboldt_penguins_under_threat_of_extinction_999.html

 

                                                     VIDEO

                                   HUMBOLDT PENGUINS

http://www.arkive.org/humboldt-penguin/spheniscus-humboldti/video-02.html

 

 Sydney Morning Herald, October 6, 2013
 ▶   STRESSED ANTARCTIC KEYSTONE SPECIES, KRILL, IS FIRST SIGN OF DAMAGE:  'We are entering an unknown territory of marine ecosystem change, and exposing organisms to intolerable evolutionary pressure,' http://www.smh.com.au/national/stressed-krill-first-sign-of-damage-20131006-2v26j.html#ixzz2h0GQOmEe

 

August 23, 2013 TerraDaily
 ▶   WARMING ANTARCTIC SEAS LIKELY TO IMPACT KRILL HABITATS AND THEIR MAJOR ROLE IN SUSTAINING MUCH OF LIFE IN THE SOUTHERN OCEAN  http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Warming_Antarctic_seas_likely_to_impact_on_krill_habitats_999.html



 

 ▶   GREENLAND'S MELTING: CREATING A DIFFERENT CLIMATE THAN EARTH HAS EVER SEEN  http://sco.lt/8bjv73

 

                                                       VIDEO:

             FORAGE FISH KEY TO A HEALTHY OCEAN - GOING...GOING ..

                                            http://sco.lt/5xliU5

 

February 28, 2012 Care2
 ▶   ANTARCTIC FISH COULD DIE OUT FROM CLIMATE CHANGE http://www.care2.com/greenliving/fish-could-die-out-from-climate-change.html


                                                  AMAZING WATCH

                                            PBS Nature Mini Series

                                                      Episode 2

                                  PENGUIN PARENTING - FIRST STEPS

50 animatronic cameras disguised as realistic life-size penguins, eggs and rocks infiltrate penguin colonies to record the tough challenges penguins face. http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/penguins-spy-in-the-huddle/episode-2-first-steps/9227/

                                                       Episode 1:

                                                    The Journey

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/penguins-spy-in-the-huddle/episode-1-the-journey/9225/

                                                             OR

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/penguins-spy-in-the-huddle/


National Geographic, January 12, 2015
 ▶   ARCTIC'S 'PENGUINS OF THE NORTH' FIND WORKAROUND TO CLIMATE CHANGE http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2015/01/150112-little-auks-global-warming-climate-change-environment/



   ▶   CLIMATE CHANGE AND OCEAN ACIDIFICATION: HIGHEST LEVELS IN 55 MILLION YEARS  http://sco.lt/6srluz

 

 ▶   OCEAN-GRABBING BY CORPORATE INDUSTRIAL FISHING 'THREATENS WORLD'S FISHERIES - UN http://sco.lt/6g6w41

 

                                            CNN VIDEO REPORT

                                                March 27, 2013

 OVER FISHED AND UNDER-PROTECTED: OCEANS ON THE BRINK OF COLLAPSE http://edition.cnn.com/2013/03/22/world/oceans-overfishing-climate-change/index.html?hpt=ias_t2

 

                                                  --- WATCH ---

                 NO SUPER TRAWLERS.  NOT HERE.  NOT ANYWHERE

                                             http://sco.lt/8fhDH7

 

March 18, 2013 BBC The Watchers
 ▶   CALIFORNIA SHORES WITNESS MYSTERIOUS MASS STRANDING OF DEHYDRATED AND EMACIATED SEA LION PUPS http://thewatchers.adorraeli.com/2013/03/18/californian-shores-witness-mysterious-mass-stranding-of-sea-lion-pups/

 

                                                     WATCH

                                    David Attenborough BBC

                                                 VIDEO (59:00)

                                      DEATH OF THE OCEANS

                                           http://sco.lt/9GjV2X


 

 ▶   DOLPHINS DYING IN DROVES AND SCIENTISTS CAN'T STOP IT - DEEPWATER HORIZON OIL SPILL 3 YEARS LATER  http://sco.lt/5cPoG1



               EXCEPTIONAL DOCUMENTARY (1:29:00)

                    "PLANET OCEAN" - WHO OWNS THE OCEANS?

                     How The Health of The Oceans Are The Pivot

                         For all of Earth's Healthy Eco Systems

                https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eH1s9GCqPKo

 

 ▶    WRECKING THE OCEAN ECOSYSTEM: OVERFISHING, COLLAPSING FISHERIES, OCEAN DEPENDENT SPECIES STARVING http://sco.lt/84rBVx

 

                                                       VIDEO

                                                  SEA CHANGE

                     THE LOSS OF OCEAN SPECIES IS STAGGERING

                                             http://sco.lt/8AV5qz

 

 ▶   OVERFISHING DESTROYING FOOD SOURCE FOR OCEAN SPECIES - SUPERTRAWLERS WRECKING THE OCEAN ECOSYSTEM  http://sco.lt/5T7ZGj

 

 ▶   OBAMA'S ARCTIC STRATEGY SETS OFF A CLIMATE TIME BOMB.  THE SUICIDAL RACE FOR ARCTIC'S NATURAL RESOURCES  http://sco.lt/5pPxWD

 

 

 ▶   LIVING IN THE ANTHROPOCENE: TOWARD A NEW GLOBAL ETHOS http://sco.lt/6FzKSX

 

 ▶   WORLD CAN'T WAIT UNTIL 2020 ON CLIMATE CHANGE SAYS NEW, HIGHLY-DISTURBING INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY REPORT  http://sco.lt/82bCM5

 

 

MORE ON OVERFISHING OUR OCEANS

http://www.scoop.it/t/our-oceans-need-us?q=OVERFISHING



                                   ECOLOGICAL ARMAGEDDON

                                          EXTINCTION CRISIS

IN 40 YEARS WE HAVE DISAPPEARED HALF OF THE WORLD'S WILD ANIMALS  http://sco.lt/8fK5eT

 

 

 

 

 

 

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▶ CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY http://www.scoop.it/t/environmental-and-human-health


▶  CLIMATE CHANGE WILL IMPACT US ALL http://www.scoop.it/t/changingplanet


▶  BIODIVERSITY IS LIFE http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life


▶  OUR OCEANS NEED US http://www.scoop.it/t/our-oceans-need-us


▶   OUR FOOD, OUR HEALTH http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides

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Why Sardines Matter: Critical Ecosystem Food Source in Steep Decline

Why Sardines Matter: Critical Ecosystem Food Source in Steep Decline | OUR OCEANS NEED US | Scoop.it

San Francisco Chronicle, April 13 ,2015
 -▶  SARDINE FISHING HALTED AFTER POPULATION PLUMMETS 91 PERCENT, LEAVING OCEAN ECOSYSTEM IN TURMOIL http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Sardine-population-collapses-prompts-ban-on-6197380.php



Smithsonian Ocean Portal, May 27, 2015
FORAGE FISH: WHY THE LITTLEST FISH MATTER A WHOLE LOT

http://ocean.si.edu/blog/why-littlest-fish-matter-whole-lot


                                                       VIDEO:

           FORAGE FISH KEY TO A HEALTHY OCEAN - GOING...GOING...

                                              http://sco.lt/5xliU5


Science/AAAS, April 06, 2015
 -▶  SARDINES HIT HARD BY OVERFISHING http://news.sciencemag.org/climate/2015/04/sardines-hit-hard-overfishing


Summit County Citizens Voice, February 21, 2015
 -▶  WHERE HAVE ALL THE SARDINES GONE?
http://summitcountyvoice.com/2015/02/21/global-warming-where-have-all-the-sardines-gone/


Pew Environment, December 11, 2013

 -▶  WHY SARDINES MATTER - CRITICAL MARINE SPECIES FOOD SOURCE IN STEEP DECLINE The Pacific coast of North America supports one of the most vibrant and diverse marine ecosystems on Earth, largely because of the presence of thick schools of small prey fish such as Pacific sardines.

Unfortunately, this crucial forage fish appears to be in the midst of a severe population decline. Its absence will be felt by dozens of species of West Coast seabirds, whales, sharks, dolphins, and commercially important fish such as salmon and tuna that depend on sardines as a major food source... http://www.pewenvironment.org/news-room/other-resources/pacific-sardines-critical-food-source-in-steep-decline-85899526197?utm_campaign=2013-12-19%20Latest.html&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua


Oceana, February 23, 2015
 -▶  WHY ARE CALIFORNIA SEA LION PUPS STARVING http://oceana.org/blog/why-are-california-sea-lion-pups-starving


  -▶ THOUSANDS OF SEA LION PUPS DEAD FROM STARVATION: NOT ENOUGH FISH IN THE SEA http://sco.lt/6nNENV


Pew Trust, March 06, 2015
 -▶  BAD NEWS ON THE WEST COAST:  PACIFIC SARDINES ARE COLLAPSING  http://www.pewtrusts.org/en/about/news-room/news/2015/03/06/bad-news-on-the-west-coast-pacific-sardines-are-collapsing


Salon, January 25, 2015

 -▶  WHERE DID ALL THE SARDINES GO? Pacific sardines are suffering their worst population crash in decades, and the fallout could be catastrophic  http://www.salon.com/2015/01/25/where_did_all_the_sardines_go_partner/


Reuters, April 07, 2015
 -▶  PLUMMETING SARDINE NUMBERS COULD PROMPT U.S. WEST COAST FISHING BAN http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/04/07/us-usa-sardines-idUSKBN0MY2AI20150407


Los Angeles Times, January 5, 2014
 -▶  WEST COAST SARDINE CRASH COULD RADIATE THROUGHOUT ECOSYSTEM http://www.latimes.com/science/la-me-sardine-crash-20140106,0,3689464.story#axzz2pgLZvIKp


 

 -▶  WRECKING THE OCEAN ECOSYSTEM:  OVERFISHING, COLLAPSING FISHERIES, OCEAN DEPENDENT SPECIES STARVING -- AND CLIMATE CHANGE  http://sco.lt/89htxZ

 

                                                  WATCH

                                      "SEA THE TRUTH" 

                       IN 2048 OUR OCEANS WILL BE EMPTY

http://www.scoop.it/t/our-oceans-need-us/p/1838959581/sea-the-truth-in-2048-our-oceans-will-be-empty-video

 

 

▶  THE LOSS OF OCEAN SPECIES IS STAGGERING http://sco.lt/599jsH

 

-▶  OUR OCEANS ARE DYING:  MASS EXTINCTION MAY BE INEVITABLE http://sco.lt/7dy5iL

 

                                                      WATCH

                                                  CNN VIDEO

-▶ OVERFISHED AND UNDER-PROTECTED: OCEANS ON THE BRINK OF CATASTROPHIC COLLAPSE http://sco.lt/7cjPXt



                                                           VIDEO
                                              Quest Science (9:39)
UNDERWATER WILDERNESS:  CREATING MARINE PROTECTED AREA
The waters off the coast of California are some of the richest in the world. But massive declines in fish species have led state leaders to begin creating large protected areas, or "no fishing zones," similar to wilderness areas on land.
http://science.kqed.org/quest/video/underwater-wilderness-creating-marine-protected-areas/


      In Just Over 400 years We have Disrupted 4 Billions Years Of

                                     Interdependent Ecosystems.

 

                                                      WATCH

                              Exceptional Documentary  (1:29:00)

                    "PLANET OCEAN" - WHO OWNS THE OCEANS?

                       How The Health of The Oceans Are The Pivot

                              For all of Earth's Healthy Eco Systems

           http://www.yannarthusbertrand.org/en/films-tv/planet-ocean

                    


 

 

 

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