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Marine Conservation in the News Thanh Nien Daily | Report Shows Greater Peril for World's Threatened Animals, Plants New York Times In its latest four-year assessment of endangered species, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has added several new entries to the Red ... Group: World failing to halt biodiversity decline Wildlife crisis worse than economic crisis – IUCN Wildlife extinction crisis warning |
District Awarded $1.5 Million in Stimulus Funding to Improve ... PR Web (press release) In addition to now hosting a fledgling coho population, Salmon Creek is part of the Sonoma Coast State Marine Conservation Area, a State Marine Protected ... |
 FIS.com (Registro) | Distinguished Chef & Sustainability Advocate Joins Marine ... FIS.com (Registro) ... Seaver's passion for inspiring cuisine and seafood sustainability with Blue Ocean's distinctive seafood consumer and marine conservation programs. ... |
 WTNH | DEP says "go fish" with WTNH The requirement for the marine fish license goes into effect immediately and DEP Environmental Conservation Police will begin checking for licenses ... Fishing report: Saltwater license takes effect Floridians will have to pay for saltwater fishing Saltwater fishing licenses become state law |
Stimulus package funds Alaska marine trash pickup Juneau Empire JUNEAU - The Juneau-based Marine Conservation Alliance Foundation got $1 million in stimulus money from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ... |
Boating safety especially important over holiday weekend WTVY As people go from land to water searching for a good time Alabama Marine Police Officer Tommy Haynes will be there keeping a close eye on their safety. ... |
 Power Boat - World | Coalition of Conservation Organizations, Scientists Calls on White ... PR Web (press release) The Coral Reef Alliance, Greenpeace USA, WWF, Sierra Club, and SeaWeb are among a large coalition of 44 conservation organizations and more than 100 marine ... Nursery programs for corals receive TLC from NOAA this ... Coral Reef Protection Act Saving coral reefs for the future |
State closes 3 North Shore spots to shellfishing Newsday The orders, both signed by Bureau of Marine Resources Chief James J. Gilmore, read, in part: "Due to the increased potential for the contamination of ... DEC Announces Temporary Closure of Three Shellfishing Areas |
Marine workshop draws a crowd Coastline Pilot Susan Ashcraft, a marine biologist from the California Department of Fish and Game, shows Laguna Beach resident Siggy Johnson, who has lived in the area ... Surprise Opposition to Council Vote Reserve vote an abuse of power |
 Queerty | Construction projects at Camp Pendleton and Coronado Naval Base SDNN: San Diego News Network Recycled cans at Camp Pendleton Marine Corps Base, where contractors are winning projects for energy conservation. ... Navy jumpstarts San Diego economy with $2.8 billion |
Global Warming/Climate Change in the News
 HispanicBusiness.com | Dueling Ads Highlight the Politics of Climate-Change Legislation New York Times Groups on both sides of the spectrum have begun hitting the airwaves with new advertisements on climate-change legislation, ... NRCC Targets 14 House Democrats On Climate Change Vote Protesters say Perriello's vote will cost jobs Climate vote threatens some Democrats' careers |
Why is the EPA suppressing this global-warming report? The Star-Ledger - NJ.com APEPA administrator Lisa Jackson: Why won't she release that report skeptical of global-warming? As research for an upcoming column on the many drawbacks of ... Worst. Rant. Ever. James Inhofe on Global Warming Don't wait to act on global warming Global warming cover up? |
 BBC News | Sheep Shrinking Each Generation Amid Global Warming Bloomberg “Climate change has led to a change in the growth rate which has fed through to the fact that the average sheep is now smaller,” study co-author Tim Coulson ... Climate change causes sheep in Scottish herd to shrink Soay sheep shrinking in climate change Climate change is shrinking sheep |
Taking Steps to Fight Global Warming New York Times While it's encouraging to see Congress taking steps to reduce global warming, the approach championed at the moment — cap and trade — is fraught with perils ... Done correctly, ethanol is nearly carbon neutral |
The Climate Change Truth Examiner.com Back in the 1970's and 1980's it was “global cooling,” in the 1990's and until recently it was “global warming,” and now it is “climate change. ... Political climate change |
 Media Matters for America | Is Media Helping Advance Obama's Energy Agenda by Spreading Global ... FOXNews JUAN WILLIAMS, GUEST HOST: In the "Impact" segment tonight: Is the liberal media helping Barack Obama advance his energy agenda by spreading global warming ... O'Reilly fill-in Williams provides platform for global warming ... |
 New York Times | Action on climate change Buffalo News The climate change bill that narrowly passed the House of Representatives Friday recalls nothing so much as President John F. Kennedy's 1961 call for the ... House Passes Climate Change Legislation House Passes Climate Change Bill; Calls for More Electric Vehicles ... Congress' bill on climate change comes up short imate change |
Climate change: Is it treason to deny global warming? Seattle Times How long will The Seattle Times continue to repeat the tired mantras of global-warming believers? While there can be no justification for opposing ... Climate change lies threaten freedom Climate-change edition: The Thursday wrap Hey, Paul Krugman, Here are 2.4 Billion More Climate Traitors |
 Telegraph.co.uk | DK GreenRoots: ExxonMobil Is Still Funding Global Warming Denial ... Daily Kos Exxon is staffed by and supports those who deny the most basic facts of climate change and global warming. In June 2005, White House official Philip Cooney ... In England, Outrage Over ExxonMobil's Continued Ties to Climate ... ExxonMobil funds climate-change sceptics Exxon Keeps Funding Anti-Global Warming Lobbyists |
 Telegraph.co.uk | Franken in Senate Climte Change imlications Examiner.com Franken in Senate Climate Change implications. With confirmation of Al Franken from Minnesota, it appears the Democrats have a filibuster proof Senate. ... Oklahoma Senator Condemns Climate Change, Professional Comedians Franken provides a 60th Democratic vote, but not a panacea |
Coral Reefs in the News
Key West Tour Operator Best On Key West Now Featuring Coral Reef ... OfficialWire (press release) Best On Key West has added to the tourist's list of things to do in Key West with its new offering of the 30-minute Coral Reef Airplane Tour. ... Premier Tour Agents, Best On Key West, Now Offering Reef Express ... |
Summer campers interact with coral reefs Bradenton Herald The exhibit inside the PAL building on 13th Avenue East focuses on coral reefs and features live interaction with a specially trained science educator at ... |
Power Boat - World | Federal stimulus money to fund restoration of coral reefs IdahoStatesman.com MIAMI — An underwater nursery project to restore the struggling coral reefs along Florida's southern coast and the US Virgin Islands will receive $3.3 ... Saving coral reefs for the future Coral Reef Protection Act Coalition of Conservation Organizations, Scientists Calls on White ... |
 Sun-Sentinel.com | Economic Stimulus Funding Will Help Restore Threatened Coral Reefs ... The Nature Conservancy Stimulus funds will support 57 jobs and expand efforts to restore threatened coral reefs at an “unprecedented” scale. SUGAR LOAF KEY, FLORIDA — June 30, ... Coral nursery Nature Conservancy Project Receives Economic Stimulus Funding to ... |
 Embrace Australia | Money to the rescue of Pacific coral Radio Australia News Millions of dollars are being devoted to saving coral reefs in the Pacific Ocean, including the Great Barrier Reef and reefs in the Northern Mariana Islands ... Australia pledges millions for Great Barrier Reef |
Signs Warn Boaters Don't Anchor on Reef WFLX Fox 29 The signs remind boaters it's illegal to anchor on a coral reef. They want to make sure boaters who go offshore to watch the fireworks on the Fourth don't ... |
Navy repairs coral reef damaged by Port Royal NavyTimes.com AP HONOLULU — The Navy says it has reattached almost 5400 coral colonies damaged when a warship ran aground on a reef off Oahu in February. ... Navy suspends coral repairs |
 Fresh News | Banning some fishing gear might save reefs United Press International A study by the Australian Research Council's Center of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, located at James Cook University, found the use of certain fishing ... Ban on certain fishing gear offers 'middle ground' Electrified artificial reef moves forward |
Who needs scuba gear when glasses will do? Globe and Mail This time, Hall and crew head for more exotic waters — coral reefs off the coast of Papua New Guinea, Indonesia and Australia, including the Great Barrier ... |
Finding Nemo: Reef Rescue #1 Comic Book Resources Treating their initial investigation as the first step, Croall returns the characters to the coral reef the next day, this time with Dory ("I speak coral! ... |
 BBC News | White Whale Migaloo Boosts Tourism Down Under Orato Migaloo is a humpback whale who lives predominantly off the Australian east coast. ... White whale excites watchers Humpback whales are making a comeback White humpback whale delights Australians |
 BBC News | Whale Watching Trumps Whaling New York Times When the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling was negotiated more than 60 years ago, the main aim was to sustain whale ... Whaling body skirts divisive Greenland request Whaling chief says no guarantee of end to killing Whale chief mulls ending hunt ban |
 Examiner.com | Scenic flight on a seaplane combined with whale watching makes a ... Examiner.com When the plane docks in Friday Harbor, it is just a short walk to San Juan Safaris' comfortable whale watch boat for a three to four hour whale and wildlife ... |
Whaling Museum's new exhibit chronicles an epic chase SouthCoastToday.com Photos by PETER PEREIRA/The Standard-Times A skeleton of a sperm whale is the centerpiece of a new exhibit at the New Bedford Whaling Museum. ... No progress expected in whaling stalemate |
Somerset Parks Commission offers Cape Cod whale watching trip Somerset Reporter by Somerset staff The Somerset County Park Commission has scheduled a weekend of whale watching and exploration of the natural aquatic Cape Cod, ... |
 WNCT | Marina del Rey's resident gray whale heads north, finally Los Angeles Times [Marine Animal Rescue founder Peter Wallerstein] said that about 6:30 pm Friday, "something clicked in the whale, where it's time to go." . ... Whale heads north after lingering off Los Angeles Wayward Whale on His Way to Alaska After California Vacation Whale leaves marina near Los Angeles after 3 weeks |
 Boston Globe | Whale War between Japanese hunters and Sea Shepherd to escalate Los Angeles Times Paul Watson and his ragtag band of whale-loving vegans will remain a proverbial thorn in Japan's side as long as it has funding and, thanks to the ... A whale warrior comes home More Whale Walkers Needed at Scarborough Sea Life Aquarium Greenland asks to raise whale-hunting quota |
 BBC News | "Leviathan" whale tale wins UK non-fiction prize Reuters LONDON (Reuters) - Philip Hoare's "Leviathan, or The Whale," about the author's obsession with whales and the "Moby-Dick" story, won the 2009 Samuel Johnson ... Whale tale wins non-fiction prize Whale of a tale wins Britain's top non-fiction prize Tale of man's whale obsession wins Samuel Johnson book prize for ... |
Preservation is center stage at WHALE annual meeting SouthCoastToday.com NEW BEDFORD — “Preservation is for Everyone” was the theme of WHALE's 47th Annual Meeting held at the Sky Room at Howland Place. ... |
 New York Times | Navy vs. Environmentalists Off Florida Coast New York Times NOAA Environmental advocates say a planned naval warfare training range will affect the North Atlantic right whale, among other marine ... |
 Al-Arabiya | Israeli sub sails Suez, signaling reach to Iran Reuters Israel long kept its three Dolphin-class submarines, which are widely assumed to carry nuclear missiles, away from Suez so as not to expose them to the gaze ... Israel navy resumes sailing in Suez Canal Israeli submarine carrying nuclear missile heads allowed to pass ... Israeli conducts 'nuclear' sub maneuver |
 MiamiHerald.com | Summer Fun Celebration sizzles at Dolphin Mall MiamiHerald.com Escape the summer heat at Dolphin Mall with the Summer Fun Celebration through August and enter a contest to win a Nintendo Wii at the information booth at ... |
 The Associated Press | Make my day, Flipper: Pesky dolphins under siege The Associated Press (AP) — Miles offshore, a fight is raging between angry anglers armed with guns and bombs and bottlenose dolphins, the marine mammals popularized in movies ... |
Dolphin carcass found in Dibrugarh Times of India GUWAHATI: The carcass of an endangered Gangetic dolphin calf was found in Dibrugarh district on Friday. Volunteers of dolphin conservation network, ... |
Dolphin details Sun-Sentinel.com Size limit: Dolphin must measure 20 inches from the tip of the nose to the fork of the tail. Bag limit: The daily recreational limit is 10 per person per ... |
Tango CMS 2.3.0 “Dolphin” released CMS Critic A new version of Tango CMS has been made available. The posting on their site highlights that this release has seen a number of new features added. ... |
NY dolphins could mean water is cleaner Boston Herald By AP SMITHTOWN, NY — Experts say recent bottlenose dolphin sightings could indicate that water quality has improved in Long Island Sound. ... |
Swan & Dolphin debuts iPhone app Bizjournals.com The Walt Disney World Swan & Dolphin Resort has developed a new application for Apple iPhone that allows users to access in-depth resort information. ... |
 Examiner.com | Miss Illinois Outstanding Teen pageant crowns Andrea Novak Examiner.com When crowned Outstanding Teen, Andrea received $1300 in savings bonds for future education expenses and an additional $2500 from Dolphin Entertainment for ... |
Wales is going wild about dolphins! Tivyside Advertiser Volunteers from the Cardigan Bay Marine Wildlife Centre and a group of lucky dolphin spotters found themselves in the midst of a group of more than 30 ... |
Fish rap: Thresher shark a hot catch for kayaker San Jose Mercury News Caught with a live sardine on a single hook, reports on the weight of the shark vary from 30-60 pounds. It took more than an hour for the kayak angler to ... |
2 nurse sharks released from aquarium into ocean Columbus Ledger-Enquirer Two nurse sharks at the University of Georgia aquarium on Skidaway Island have been given a more spacious home - the Atlantic Ocean. ... |
 Fight Hype | SHARK FIGHT PROMOTIONS TO HOST A FREE MMA EVENT Fight Hype By Press Release | July 03, 2009 Shark Fight Promotions, a Texas based mixed martial arts fight Promotion Company, recently announced that they will be ... Official MMA Partner of |
 Examiner.com | Kick off Shark Week; have breakfast with them Siuslaw News The Oregon Coast Aquarium and the Discovery Channel will celebrate Shark Week August 2 – August 8 with a variety of events highlighting the fascinating ... Shark summer, here we come! Down The Shore: Atlantic City Aquarium |
 Straits Times | Third of All Shark Species Threatened With Extinction FOXNews GLAND, Switzerland — A third of all sharks on the high seas are threatened with extinction because they are overfished or killed incidentally in swordfish ... Shark-Fin Soup, Over-Fishing Threaten Predators With Extinction Many sharks 'facing extinction' Third of open ocean sharks face extinction: study |
New great white shark haunt to be revealed with conservation in mind Los Angeles Times It's a newly discovered white shark aggregation site and news of its existence is sure to pique the interest of scientists and documentary teams. ... |
Bull sharks take to Louisiana swamp WBXH Most people have a preconceived notion that sharks are found in the ocean. While that's certainly true, sharks are also being found among the beautiful ... |
 Examiner.com | Scientists take the plunge in search for whale sharks Dallas Morning News RESULTS Seven whale sharks were identified, and three of the spotted fish were tagged; researchers were able to swim with some of them. ... Whale Shark Festival – July 2009 at Isla Mujeres, Mexico Fishing: World's largest shark in Gulf a whale of a sight Cancun welcomes new Whale Shark Biosphere Reserve |
Shark found in Diversion Canal WBXH We're talking about a shark, nearly five feet long. Travis Singleton and his younger brother Dylan were in their boat fishing near Sorrento on the ... |
Sharks' best Buddie The Paisley Daily Express THE last thing you expect to find in the middle of a Paisley housing estate is the nerve centre for a shark protection charity. ... It's Jaws 3 for Weymouth Sea Life worker |
Physics, Politics, Pop Culture ScienceBlogs The Cuttlefish Poetry Prize goes to the Cuttlefish Poet, naturally. Honestly, it was locked up with the first double dactyl entry: The "Queen of Niskayuna" ... |
 Games On Deck | Cuttlefish Engine Bridges Development for iPhone, Android, BlackBerry Games On Deck Cuttlefish Industries announced the upcoming release of the Cuttlefish Engine, a cross-platform game engine and development platform for Apple's iPhone, ... |
 Pitch Weekly | GWAR's Oderus Rules the Ring... Maybe FEARnet.com Beneath the headline “URUNGUS GRABS VICTORY -- CHOKES TRACY SMOTHERS THE F*** OUT,” the almighty keeper of the Cuttlefish of Cthulhu made it pretty damn ... GWAR Vocalist Oderus Urungus Grabs Victory |
(#pharyngula on irc.synirc.net) ScienceBlogs That's not a picture of cuttlefish snogging, that's Jar-jar Binks! Gee, there's never a sith around when you need one. (Email is required for authentication ... |
Squids Named “Best Seafood Restaurant” by Independent Weekly dBusinessNews Triangle (press release) For more information on Squids, please visit www.squidsrestaurant.com. For more information on the Independent Weekly's “Best Of the Triangle,” please visit ... |
 KIDK | 4th of July kickoff KIDK Octopuses! Octopi, Dave? Ok... I heard ice cream." And sure enough, she made up her own ice cream song. And the biggest show of the night came at the Civic ... |
 VietNamNet Bridge | Hanoi: Cuttlefish freshened with chemicals VietNamNet Bridge VietNamNet Bridge – Hanoi authorities on June 29 detected serious violations at Long Bien wholesale market, where frozen cuttlefish has been being treated ... |
 what's up | DRUNK TEXTING Companies marketing solutions for growing social problem what's up Thankfully, companies such as Cuttlefish Industries are coming up with cell phone programs to prevent drunk texting. Mason McCuskey, lead developer for ... |
Swimming: Squids take first in relay event The Sanford Herald MOREHEAD CITY — The Sanford Squids swim team returned from the East Coast Swim League Championship meet with a first-place overall finish in the boys' ... |
Nature House reopens Comox Valley Record Learning how to survive in the wild, identifying animal prints and poop, how to exist in nature without leaving a trace, and giant squids are some of the ... |
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 CDNN | Divers swim in mysterious San Diego current San Jose Mercury News Experts at the nearby Scripps Institution of Oceanography say several other divers noticed it, but the current was not felt on the surface. ... La Jolla diver recounts 'underwater tornado' Mysterious Current Drags Away Divers at La Jolla Cove Powerful current takes divers by surprise |
Abnormal Fish Ear Bones Caused by High CO2 Levels in Ocean The Epoch Times The top is smooth (oriented downward) and the bottom is pitted (Scripps Institution of Oceanography/UC San Diego) Rising carbon dioxide levels in the ocean ... |
 ABC News | Rising CO2 in Oceans May Hurt Fish KPBS But a new study from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography shows for the first time that CO2 can impact a fundamental bodily structure in fish. ... CO2 Causes Massive Ear Bones in Fish The bones are used for ... High Carbon Dioxide Levels Cause Abnormally Large Fish Ear Bones Ecopocalypse causes giant fish ears |
Sulfate particles enhance climate warming properties of ... Newspost Online ... professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego. ... |
UC San Diego Professor and Team Map Air Particles EP Magazine Lynn Russell, a professor of atmospheric chemistry at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego, and her team have sampled air from the tip of the ... The aerosol end-of-the-pier show |
 Indiana State University | “A Different World:” ISU voyages to the seafloor Indiana State University ... who is one of the leaders of the team that includes scientists from Scripps Institution of Oceanography and California Institute of Technology. ... |
 ScienceDude | Popular OC gamefish holds clues to climate change effects ScienceDude Scientists at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in San Diego have found that when white sea bass eggs are grown under very high carbon dioxide levels, ... |
 Voice of San Diego | The Authority on Water: Questions for Maureen Stapleton Voice of San Diego Tim Barnett at Scripps Institution of Oceanography likes to say that climate change isn't something that you wake up one day and say: Aha! ... |
Hanging out in La Jolla Las Vegas Review - Journal ... along breathtaking beaches but also culture at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, and science at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. ... |
Fish get an earful from carbon dioxide in sea Independent Online Researchers aimed to find out whether the ear enlargement was harmful to the fish, said David Checkley of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in ... |
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