Sharks might have more sympathy on their side if their gave birth to cute, furry, photogenic offspring, like lions. But, alas for them, they don’t. There’s all those teeth, the feeding frenzies, Jaws, and, dang it, shark fin soup. Not much warm and cuddly there. But sharks are apex predators, critical to the health and [...]
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The operative word in climate change is CHANGE — that’s why global weirding is a better descriptor than global warming. And one of the areas that’s expected to change is in wave height: a new study by an international group of scientists led by Australian climate researcher Mark Hemer predicts that wind waves are expected [...]
Sick sea lion pups have been washing ashore in California at rates “exponentially” higher than normal since the beginning of the year, and the federal government has declared an “unusual mortality event” — a listing that could generate more aid to beleaguered rescue centers. In Los Angeles County alone, 395 pups have been stranded since [...]
A battle over the impacts of military training exercises to marine life took another turn this week as the California Coastal Commission rejected a U.S. Navy proposal for sonar and explosives training. According to conservation advocates, the military maneuvers would threaten marine animals in Southern California, including endangered blue whales. The war training exercises would have killed [...]
Despite the bombastic choice of music, Erick Higuera’s “Baja” is a marvel of undersea life in the Sea of Cortés and along Mexico’s Pacific Coast. Higuera spent a year shooting and assembling his short film, and while he paints his environmental message in the broadest brush possible, it’s still a reminder of the tremendous diversity [...]
Would it be a stretch to suggest that sea turtles are the owls of the ocean? They stand apart from other creatures, seem to possess an ancient knowledge, and glide through their environment with grace and a sense of mystery. Except this sea turtle. This guy (or gal) abandons all of the aloof self-possession you [...]
The idea that protecting wildlife habitat does good things for the wildlife might sound like Animal Conservation 101. But to many fishermen along the California coast, the amount of protection needed to link up a statewide network of undersea parks was just too extreme. And for some, it was an issue worth fighting for — [...]
It’s destiny that the granddaughter of Jacques-Yves Cousteau would have water in her blood, but Alexandra Cousteau’s message is that water is in everyone’s blood — that water is the connective and vital thread binding all of us to life, that without clean and healthy water, there is no life. Through her Blue Legacy foundation [...]
An image showing a photographer standing on the sea floor, dwarfed by an enormous and towering “tornado” of fish has been an extremely popular share item on Facebook for weeks. Now the details behind the image are being shared by Mission Blue. The photographer is a scientist named Octavio Aburto, and the location was Cabo Pulmo National Park, [...]
When it comes to environmental impact, most surfers can’t exactly claim a clear conscience. Polyurethane boards are swathed in polyester resin and fiberglass. Wax is brimming with petroleum jelly. And wetsuits are a patchwork of glues, solvents, and neoprene. Over the years, some surfboard and surf-accessory manufacturers have tried to chip away at the use [...]
Sea levels during the past two decades rose 60 percent faster than the general estimates made by the IPCC, according to new research published this week in the journal Environmental Research Letters. The scientists with the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Tempo Analytics and Laboratoire d’Etudes en Géophysique et Océanographie Spatiales said that, while [...]
NEW ROUTE FOR CONTINENTAL DIVIDE TRAIL COULD BAN BIKES Opposition is mounting to a proposed plan to ban bikes from a rerouting of the Colorado Trail and the Continental Divide National Scenic Trail — or the CDNST — in southern Colorado’s Rio Grande National Forest. There’s merit to the Forest Service plan, which would avoid [...]
After spending more than $14 billion on the response to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster, BP will pay another $4.5 billion in penalties under a settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice, the biggest fine ever levied by the department. Federal officials said they will also pursue gross negligence charges under the Clean Water Act, [...]
Pedro Valdeolmillos was not happy when he crashed his boat into a rock off the coast of Ibiza, despite taking every precaution. He was so not happy, he decided in 2009 to build an information-rich platform for the ocean, where sailors, surfers, kayakers, divers and casual beachgoers could go for beta beyond what’s found in [...]
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