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  • September 2008

    • Noisy Humans 'Drowning Out' Marine Mammals

      BBC  |  Sep 15, 08 12:40 PM CDT

      Noisy Humans 'Drowning Out' Marine Mammals

      (Newser) - Whales and dolphins are seriously suffering from the noise that human industry and militaries release into the ocean, an animal-welfare group warns—and we need to turn the volume down before we do irreversible damage. Sonar is implicated for mass stranding and deaths of whales and dolphins, the BBC reports, and ocean noise is doubling each decade in some areas. More »

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      ocean  • noise  • sonar  • whales  • marine mammals  • dolphins

    • Bucki the Whale Escapes Baltic for Open Ocean

      Der Spiegel  |  Sep 9, 08 4:00 PM CDT

      Bucki the Whale Escapes Baltic for Open Ocean

      (Newser) - Bucki's going home, a little thinner but seemingly none the worse for wear. The humpback whale, which strayed into the Baltic Sea in July, has finally made his way back into the Atlantic Ocean, Der Spiegel reports. The whale is only the third in modern history spotted in German waters and the first known to have gotten back to the open ocean. Watchers were worried that the whale wasn't getting enough food on its impromptu tour. More »

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      Germany  • ocean  • Greenpeace  • Atlantic Ocean  • humpback whale  • mammals  • Baltic Sea

  • August 2008

    • Poisonous Invader Cruises Caribbean

      Associated Press  |  Aug 13, 08 6:45 PM CDT

      Poisonous Invader Cruises Caribbean

      (Newser) - A poisonous, fast-multiplying species known as the red lionfish has invaded the warm waters of the Caribbean and poses a serious threat to the native sealife and the fragile ecosytem, reports the AP. "This may very well become the most devastating marine invasion in history," said one expert. Scientists think the ravenous lionfish got a foothold when Hurricane Andrew shattered a private aquarium in 1992. More »

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      Caribbean  • ocean  • ecosystem

    • Jellyfish Surge Is Ocean Call for Help

      New York Times  |  Aug 3, 08 7:01 AM CDT

      Jellyfish Surge Is Ocean Call for Help

      (Newser) - Jellyfish populations are surging because of rising sea temperatures and overfishing, which leaves them with few predators and no competition for plankton, reports the New York Times. Fishermen are finding nets “filled with more jellyfish than fish,” said one, and swimmers are reporting increasing numbers of jellyfish stings, which can take weeks or even months to heal. In Barcelona recently, some 300 people were treated for stings within a few hours. More »

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      ocean  • beach  • animal attack  • overfishing  • jellyfish  • ocean temperature

  • July 2008

    • Fish Found at Record Depth

      BBC  |  Jul 31, 08 1:50 PM CDT

      Fish Found at Record Depth

      (Newser) - Scientists have captured a live fish from a record 7,500 feet under the Atlantic Ocean, the BBC reports. A new device allows recovery of live creatures from much farther down than was previously possible. The expedition to learn more about life around hydrothermal vents deep beneath the ocean also brought back three species of deep-sea shrimp. More »

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      fish  • ocean  • Atlantic Ocean  • overfishing  • marine life  • seabed  • marine biology

    • Fears Mount Over Gulf of Mexico 'Dead Zone'

      Washington Post  |  Jul 31, 08 3:22 AM CDT

      Fears Mount Over Gulf of Mexico 'Dead Zone'

      (Newser) - Scientists are  increasingly concerned about the growing "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico, an oxygen-poor mass of water that cannot sustain most sea life, which now covers 8,000 square miles, nearly the largest ever. Created by fertilizer runoff from the Mississippi, the zone would be even bigger if not for the ocean-stirring power of Hurricane Dolly, reports the Washington Post . More »

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      ocean  • fishing  • Gulf of Mexico  • oxygen  • Hurricane Dolly  • fertilizer  • ocean habitats

  • June 2008
  • May 2008

    • Out of Land, Monaco Eyes Ocean

      Guardian (UK)  |  May 22, 08 2:10 PM CDT

      Out of Land, Monaco Eyes Ocean

      (Newser) - Monaco, flush with cash from tourism and its status as a tax haven, is trying to acquire the one thing it lacks: space. Its square mile of space is full (it's the world's second-most-densely populated country), moving Prince Albert II to decide to build an artificial offshore district—on stilts, the Guardian reports. More »

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      ocean  • ecology  • environmental damage  • Prince Albert II  • Monaco

    • Ocean Sharks Face Extinction

      BBC  |  May 22, 08 1:40 PM CDT

      Ocean Sharks Face Extinction

      (Newser) - Ocean sharks are threatened with extinction, with 11 species designated “high-risk” by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and five more also in danger. Sharks are dwindling from intentional fishing, which targets them for their meat and fins, and “bycatch” fishing that lands them in nets meant for tuna and swordfish. The group is calling for global catch limits, the BBC reports. More »

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      endangered species  • ocean  • fishing  • extinction  • shark  • threatened species  • fishing ban

    • Pollution Decreasing Off US Shores: Study

      McClatchy Newspapers  |  May 12, 08 6:35 PM CDT

      Pollution Decreasing Off US Shores: Study

      (Newser) - Levels of pesticides and other toxic chemicals in US coastal waters are generally decreasing, McClatchy reports. A 20-year study by the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration's Mussel Watch looked at levels of 140 chemicals and found decreasing trends. Laws banning many of the chemicals were passed in the 1970s, but the long process of their disappearance from the environment continues. More »

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      pollution  • ocean  • toxic chemicals  • contaminated water  • DDT  • industrial pollution  • PCBs

    • Ocean Dead Zones Expanding

      Los Angeles Times  |  May 2, 08 9:28 AM CDT

      Ocean Dead Zones Expanding

      (Newser) - The inhospitable oxygen-starved layers of the oceans, once relegated to the deep sea, are now encroaching on coastlines, reports the Los Angeles Times . The dead zones, linked to global warming, have moved up into continental shelves, a study in Science says. They interfere with commercial fishing and entice predators that thrive in such conditions such as the jumbo squid. More »

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      climate change  • global warming  • ocean  • fishing  • oxygen  • ocean habitats

  • April 2008
  • March 2008

    • Sea of Plastic Dooms Oceans, Expert Says

      CNET  |  Mar 5, 08 4:16 PM CST

      Sea of Plastic Dooms Oceans, Expert Says

      (Newser) - A noted oceanographer says the aquatic pollution in the Pacific Ocean is too significant to be cleaned up. “We are damned to a future of pollution by plastic,” Charles Moore said after showing that the amount of Pacific plastic has ballooned fivefold in the last 10 years. A garbage patch twice the size of Texas is old news, but Moore found a “highway” that makes the polluted area as large as Africa. More »

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      global warming  • pollution  • ocean  • recycling  • plastic  • garbage  • Pacific Ocean  • green revolution