Marine turtles almost always return to the same beach to lay their eggs. The egg-laying beaches are often far from the feeding areas and the females cross several hundred kilometers of ocean with no visual landmarks.
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Mangrove and Coral Destruction | News
Scientists Call for Protection and Better Management for Australian Reefs
The eastern subtropical coastline, and increasingly the west too, are among Australia’s fastest-growing regions, throwing surging human pressures on ecosystems.
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One of biggest factors promoting the diversity of coastal ocean life is how fast the water flows, according to new research by scientists at Brown University.
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The study is the first direct assessment of the level of exploitation of turtles in Madagascar. Similar harvests exist in many countries in the tropical coastal developing world, so this isn’t an isolated issue, but clearly it is a cause for concern when dealing with endangered species.
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Ecosystem Destruction | Gulf Oil Catastrophe | News
Where’s the Gulf oil? In the Coastal Planktonic Food Web, Study Says
The eye-opening speed of how the oil components moved through the ecosystem may affect the overall health of the Gulf and beyond.
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The shallow coastal waters of the northern Adriatic are one of the most important feeding grounds for loggerhead turtles in the Mediterranean. The concentration of litter on the sea floor is among the highest along European coasts, after the northwestern Mediterranean and the Celtic Sea.
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Ecosystem Destruction | Poor Coastal Development
Potentially devastating impacts of major coastal developments, Australia
100 major coastal developments were proposed for the Queensland coast, with potentially devastating impacts.
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“We are declaring peace with nature,” said Mario Fernández Silva, the ambassador of Costa Rica. The nation wins 2010 Future Policy award for pioneering legal protection of natural wealth. The EU and Canada lead the way to extinction, with China and Brazil close behind,” noted the CBD Alliance.
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Damage to the Gulf of Mexico can be measured more in increments than extinctions.
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