By Associated Press | July 9, 2012 (SYDNEY) — Ocean acidification has emerged as one of the biggest threats to coral reefs across the world, acting as the “osteoporosis of the sea” and threatening everything from food security to tourism to livelihoods, the head of a U.S. scientific agency said Monday. The speed by which […]
July 9, 2012. AFP SYDNEY — More than 2,600 of the world’s top marine scientists Monday warned coral reefs around the world were in rapid decline and urged immediate global action on climate change to save what remains. The consensus statement at the International Coral Reef Symposium, being held in the northeastern Australian city of […]
By Richard Black Environment correspondent, BBC News, Panama City. July 4, 1012 South Korea is proposing to hunt whales under regulations permitting scientific research whaling, echoing the programmes of its neighbour, Japan. Hunting would take place near the Korean coast on minke whales. How many would be caught is unclear. The South Korean delegation to […]
ScienceDaily (July 4, 2012) — Plastic pollution off the northwest coast of North America is reaching the level of the notoriously polluted North Sea, according to a new study led by a researcher at the University of British Columbia. The study, published online in the journal Marine Pollution Bulletin, examined stomach contents of beached northern […]
Reef Relief's 25th Annual Member Meeting Reef Relief’s 25th Annual Membership Meeting is Monday August 6th at the Pier House Caribbean Spa Room located at One Duval Street in Key West. Please join us this evening as we recognize our accomplishments over the past year and outline this year’s programs. Presentations include Florida Keys […]
From: Jonathan Kalmuss-Katz, Sive Paget & Riesel, P.C., Published June 28, 2012 The nation’s first limits on greenhouse gas (“GHG”) emissions survived a major legal challenge yesterday, as the District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals upheld two Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) climate change regulations on the merits and dismissed challenges to two others for […]
From: Center for Biological Diversity Published June 29, 2012 SAN FRANCISCO— The Obama administration announced plans on Thursday to dramatically expand offshore oil drilling, including in the Arctic and the heart of critical habitat for polar bears. The plan will also expand high-risk, ultra-deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, which is still suffering the […]
National Geographic Daily News. June 28, 2012 Already known to science, the “bizarre looking” scorpionfish Pteroidichthys amboinensis is among the world’s more than 1,200 species of venomous fish. See more at http://on.natgeo.com/LTYpnQ via @NatGeo (Also see “Venomous Fish Far Outnumber Snakes, Other Vertebrates, Study Says.”)
Georgia Aquarium, in partnership with Georgia State University, is conducting an online survey of SCUBA divers and snorkelers who visited the Florida Keys. The goal is to identify visitor awareness of and participation in existing reef conservation programs, as well as willingness by users of reefs to voluntarily contribute financially to reef restoration. Many communities […]
By Stephanie Pappas updated 6/6/2012 12:26:14 PM ET A rare ultrasound glimpse at a fetal manta ray reveals that that these graceful fish can “breathe” in the womb. Unlike most animals that give birth to live young, manta rays don’t have placentas or umbilical cords. That means their fetuses must get nutrients in some other […]