A Satellite’s View of Ship Pollution
For more than a decade, scientists have observed “ship tracks” in natural-color satellite imagery of the ocean. They are a visible manifestation of pollution from ship exhaust, and scientists can now see that ships have a more subtle, almost invisible, signature as well.
Millions Of Dead Herring Wash Ashore In Iceland
Thousands of tonnes of dead herring have been discovered washed ashore in west Iceland. The building of a local bridge and the nearby location of a landfill are the suspected causes of the deaths.
Internal Waves,Trinidad
“Internal waves,” the surface manifestation of slow waves that move tens of meters beneath the sea surface, produce enough of an effect on the sea surface to be seen from space.
Euro MPs Back Large-Scale Fishing Reform
The European Parliament has voted for sweeping reforms of the controversial EU Common Fisheries Policy. The package includes measures to protect endangered stocks and end discards.
Solomon Islands Earthquake: 8.0 Magnitude Tremor Generates Tsunami
An 8.0-magnitude earthquake struck off the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific on Wednesday, triggering a tsunami, small yet still deadly.
Tortugas Marine Reserve Yields More, Larger Fish
A new NOAA research report finds that both fish populations and commercial and recreational anglers have benefited from “no-take” protections in the Tortugas Ecological Reserve in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.
Tracking The Sources And Sinks of Local Marine Debris In Hawai‘i
Plastic pollution has biological, chemical, and physical effects on marine environments and economic effects on coastal communities. These effects are acute on southeastern Hawai’i Island, where volunteers remove 16 metric tons of debris annually from a 15 km coastline….
Al Gore: US Democracy Has Been Hacked
According to former US vice-president Al Gore, the internet and the revolution in the way we communicate, provided a means to rekindle democracy and purge it of corporate influence.
Windfarms Break Energy Record In Spain
Over the last three months wind farms produced more electricity than any other power source in Spain for the first time ever.