An ocean dead zone is an area where there is not enough oxygen dissolved in the water to allow aquatic creatures to breath. To put it in perspective, imagine a … [Read full article]
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Ocean Acidification To Bring Collapsing Food Web
Ocean acidification created by continuing anthropogenic climate change will result in a collapsing food web, according to new research from the University of Adelaide. The new findings are the result … [Read full article]
12 Fish Species In India Near Extinction
Pollution and climate change have put 12 indigenous fish species on the brink of extinction in India. Research is being conducted in the area between Bengaluru and Melekote in 10 lakes by Dr. … [Read full article]
Recycling Flip Flops From Kenya’s Ocean Shores
Originally published on InspiredEconomist.com The world’s oceans are vast, floating dumps for plastic pollution. Without a serious plan for cleaning up the world’s oceans, this situation is dire and becoming … [Read full article]
Happy World Animal Day? WWF Extinction Report
Today’s World Animal Day, celebrated across the globe since a 1931 convention of ecologists in Florence, Italy, conceived of it as a way to highlight the plight of endangered species. They … [Read full article]
More On The Goliath Grouper That Swallowed The Shark
You saw the viral video last week of a huge fish gulping down a four-foot shark off the coast of Bonita Springs, Florida, right? Turns out that incident is a … [Read full article]
Bizarre Japan "River Monster" NOT The World’s Largest Salamander (videos)
So are you one of the quarter-million people who have seen the Japanese giant salamander on YouTube? If so, good for you. As you can see below, it showed up on twitter … [Read full article]
More Shark Humor
WWF, thanks for this “worm in the apple” humor concerning sharks!
Food Fish On Their Way Out?
Not much of a fish feast for the anyone with overfishing and pollutants in the waters. Thanks to Catholic Online.
Farmageddon Strips Rosy Myths From 21st-Century Food: London Salon February 20
Farmageddon: The True Cost of Cheap Meat exposes a worldwide crisis in mega-farming. (Graphic from Sunday Times review by coauthor.) The authors, Philip Lymbery and Isabel Oakeshott, believe that the … [Read full article]
Can Penguins Survive Without Fish? I Don't Think So…
The Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) is a bit of a mouthful, but that’s rather the point. Penguins, seals and other land-based animals living … [Read full article]
Climate Change is Impacting European Fish Stocks, Study Finds
Rising ocean temperatures are driving major changes in fisheries throughout western Europe, bringing warm water species typically seen in the Mediterranean to the coast of the United Kingdom. A … [Read full article]
Increased Carbon Dioxide Levels Debilitating Sea Fishes
A new study has found that rising human carbon dioxide emissions may in fact be affecting the brains and central nervous systems of sea fishes, decreasing their inherent ability to … [Read full article]