WHOI Hosts Public Forum and Art Exhibit on Impacts of Climate Change to Polar Animals
No place on the planet is more vulnerable to climate change than the polar regions of the Arctic and the Antarctic. Warming waters and the loss of sea ice are affecting the habitat and food source for many polar species from penguins in Antarctica to polar bears in the Arctic.
Japan Will Conduct Pacific Whale Hunt In Wake Of Court Ruling
Japan said it would conduct a sharply scaled down form of its annual Northwest Pacific whaling campaign this year despite an international court ruling last month against the mainstay of its whaling program in the Antarctic.
Creation of Australia’s largest marine sanctuary a win for rare whale species
The government has created Australia’s largest fully protected marine reserve near two far-flung islands, in a move which environmental groups say will help safeguard rare whale species.
Science Is No Excuse For Japan’s Antarctic Whaling, Court Rules
Japan’s hugely controversial ‘scientific whaling’ programme is not actually scientific and must be stopped, the International Court of Justice ruled.
More Male Fish Feminized By Pollution On Basque Coast, A Study
Evidence of feminization of male fish in the estuaries of Gernika, Arriluze, Santurtzi, Plentzia, Ondarroa, Deba and Pasaia has been discovered. Pollutants acting as estrogens are responsible for this phenomenon.
Community Conservation Efforts Credited For Increasing Olive Ridley Turtles Nesting, India
India’s eastern coastal state of Odisha each year hosts nearly half of the world’s and 90 percent of India’s nesting Olive Ridley turtles, categorised as “endangered.” The only other major mass nesting beaches in the world are in Pacific Mexico and Costa Rica.
Biologists Use Sound To Identify Breeding Grounds Of Endangered Whales
Biologists have confirmed what many conservationists fear, that Roseway Basin, a heavily traveled shipping lane, off the coast of Nova Scotia, is a vital habitat area for the endangered North Atlantic right whale.
First Animals Oxygenated Earth’s Oceans, Study Suggests
The evolution of the first animals may have oxygenated Earth’s oceans, contrary to the traditional view that a rise in oxygen triggered their development.
21,000 Birds Killed In France By Slew Of Storms
Thousands of birds have been killed in France. The culprit? Winter storms…