Australia News Network. Feb. 6, 2014 Palau's President Tommy Remengesau Jr. has declared the Pacific nation will become a marine sanctuary, where no commercial fishing will take place. Mr Remengesau has told a UN oceans conference Palau's 200 nautical mile Exclusive Economic Zone will be a "100 per cent marine sanctuary", and commercial operations will […]
By Ken Kaye, SunSentinel February 4, 2014 More than 90 whales have become stranded on Florida beaches in the past two months, almost three times the average, baffling marine biologists and making them wonder if a deadly common denominator is at play. The series of cold fronts that marched across Florida in the past month […]
Science Daily. Date: February 3, 2014 Source: Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute A new coral species, Psammogorgia hookeri, has been collected by scuba divers from rocky ledges at depths to 25 meters in Peru's Paracas National Reserve. The corals' hand-sized colonies are slightly smaller than the colonies of their closest relative. Costa Rican researchers at […]
Published January 22, 2014 Fox News Latino Despite repeated failed efforts to find oil, the Cuban government has pledged to resume offshore drilling in the deep waters of the Florida Straits, raising concerns in the U.S. about the threat of environmental damage along Florida’s coastline. Read more at http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/politics/2014/01/22/cuba-pushes-ahead-with-oil-drilling-us-fret-over-potential-spills-along/
Tuesday, February 18, 2014 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. On the front steps of the Old Capitol 400 S. Monroe Street, Tallahassee, FL 32399 http://mapq.st/1byIOot BUSES from points south – DETAILS COMING PARKING Republic Parking-Kleman Plaza 306 N Duval St. Tallahassee, FL 32301 (850) 561-3066 Republic Parking 215 S Calhoun St. Tallahassee, FL 32301 (850) […]
Saturday, February 22, 2014 Location: 2710 N Roosevelt Blvd, Key West, FL 33040 Description: This is a cleanup of the shoreline of the Winn-dixie shopping center lagoon area. This is a walking cleanup or you can bring your kayak if you have one. Dress to get dirty, closed toed shoes are suggested. Bring a […]
January 30, 2014 WASHINGTON –Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released phase II of the National Stormwater Calculator and Climate Assessment Tool package. The updated calculator includes future climate vulnerability scenarios. The calculator, a part of President Obama’s Climate Change Action Plan, is a desktop application that estimates the annual amount of stormwater […]
Seaturtles.org petition Your help is needed now to reverse a decision by the U. S. government to increase the number of sea turtles that Hawaiian longline fishing can catch or kill in their pursuit of swordfish. Sea turtles in the Pacific are in danger of being driven to extinction from fisheries bycatch. The survival of […]