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Color Me Badd Coral reefs not doing so well		08 Jul 2008	News
Posted at 10:24 AM on 08 Jul 2008 We're in the midst of the International Year of the Reef, but there's little to celebrate: Nearly half of coral reefs in U.S. waters are in "poor" or "fair" condition, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported at this week's 11th International Coral Reef Symposium. Human activity messes with reefs in all sorts of ways, from ocean acidification (spurred by carbon-dioxide emissions) ...
Topics: endangered species, habitat loss, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, news, oceans (all these topics)

Olympic trials Olympic sailing venue battles with massive algae bloom	Sara Barz	02 Jul 2008	Gristmill
With a mere 37 days until the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, Qingdao, the port city where Olympic sailing events will be held, has sailed into troubled waters. Since June 12, municipal and Olympic officials have been wrestling with an algae bloom in Fushan Bay that has produced over 20,000 metric tons of weeds and green muck. Approximately 10,000 troops and Qingdao residents and 1,000 boats have been dispatched to dredge the bay. According to a Reuters rep ...
Topics: China, oceans, Olympics, sports, water pollution (all these topics)

A Whale, and It's About to Set Sail California license plates will go without Wyland whale tail		25 Jun 2008	News
Posted at 1:26 PM on 25 Jun 2008 Some 126,000 California license plates sport a whale tail designed by artist Robert Wyland, but the famed marine muralist is now withdrawing his permission for the state to use the art. A few months ago, Wyland asked the California Coastal Commission to donate 20 percent of profits from the plate to his ocean-conservation group. The commission, which directs the $15 o ...
Topics: art, California, cars, green living, news, oceans (all these topics)

Brown is the New Green Food Network star Alton Brown adds a pinch of sustainability to the pot	Roz Cummins	19 Jun 2008	'Tis the Season
Alton Brown: Boy meets salmon. Photo: Studio Chambers The Portola Café and Restaurant, the fine-dining venue within the Monterey Bay Aquarium, is an airy, light-filled space surrounded by windows on three sides. The soothing, understated interior showcases a breathtaking view of Monterey Bay, where one can watch otters wrap themselves in kelp while cormorants swim and dive ne ...
Topics: celebrity, food, green living, interview, oceans, recipes, Tis the Season (all these topics)

Getting a Rise Out of You Oceans warming faster than thought, says research		18 Jun 2008	News
Posted at 3:39 PM on 18 Jun 2008 The world's oceans have warmed 50 percent faster over the last four decades than what was previously thought, according to a new study published in Nature. The new research helps to explain recent sea-level rise that climate models weren't accounting for; melting ice gets all the press, but since heat expands, hotter water also contributes to rising seas. The research gives ''significant ...
Topics: climate, climate change impacts, climate science, news, oceans (all these topics)

Oceans rise, species fall New research correlates mass extinctions with the rise and fall of oceans	Joseph Romm	18 Jun 2008	Gristmill
New research finds that the 'rise and fall of ocean levels correlated more consistently with mass extinctions than any other factor.' Published in Nature this week, 'Environmental determinants of extinction selectivity in the fossil record' ($ub. req’d) explores 'the close statistical similarities between patterns of marine shelf sedimentation and rates of extinction.” On our current emissions path, the planet’s temperature by 2100 will be more than 4.5°C hotter than t ...
Topics: climate, climate science, extinction, oceans (all these topics)

Club Medusae Jellyfish are everywhere, and that's not a good thing		18 Jun 2008	News
Posted at 11:33 AM on 18 Jun 2008 Photo: Neil Harmon The natural cycle of Mediterranean jellyfish populations is to swell every 12 years, plateau for four to six years, then subside. But massive groups of gelatinous jellies have been showing up for the past eight years, and they show no sign of flagging. In fact, jellies are proliferating worldwide, and that makes scientists nervous. "Jellyfish are an excellent bellwether fo ...
Topics: biodiversity, fishing, news, oceans, wildlife (all these topics)

Putting Lipstick on a Rig Backing up McCain, Bush calls for ending offshore drilling moratorium		18 Jun 2008	News
Posted at 6:36 AM on 18 Jun 2008 President Bush has joined John McCain in calling for an end to the offshore drilling moratorium that's been in effect for most U.S. waters since the early 1980s. Bush's reversal on the offshore-drilling issue follows on the heels of McCain's big energy speech in Houston on Tuesday, where he advocated offshore drilling as a way to lower energy prices. Industry analysts ...
Topics: gas prices, George Bush, John McCain, news, oceans, oil, oil and gas drilling, politics, United States (all these topics)

Hitting the Squids Deep-sea squid and octopi full of human-made chemicals		13 Jun 2008	News
Posted at 12:10 PM on 13 Jun 2008 Human-made chemicals have snuck on down into the ocean depths, showing up in the tissues of deep-sea cephalopods, says new research. In a study to be published in the journal Marine Pollution Bulletin, researchers found various persistent organic pollutants -- including PCBs and DDT -- in nine species of octopi, squid, cuttlefish, and nautiluses. "The fact that we detected a variety o ...
Topics: news, oceans, scientific research, toxics (all these topics)

What Would You Do If We Sang 'Out of Tuna'? E.U. ending bluefin tuna season early amid overfishing concerns		13 Jun 2008	News
Posted at 7:25 AM on 13 Jun 2008 The European Union is ending its bluefin tuna fishing season early this year due to concerns that fishers are already nearing their quotas for the popular, lucrative fish. Bluefin tuna are prized for their succulence in sushi, and demand remains strong. Market prices for bluefin in Japan have nearly tripled since last year. However, next week, commercial b ...
Topics: European Union, fishing, news, oceans, wildlife (all these topics)

Our Jaws Are Dropping Some shark populations in Mediterranean have collapsed, study finds		12 Jun 2008	News
Posted at 5:39 AM on 12 Jun 2008 Populations of five shark species in the Mediterranean Sea have declined by an average of 97 percent in the last 200 years, principally due to fishing, according to a new study to be published in the journal Conservation Biology. Researchers combed historical records and collected other data to piece together the long-term population trend of the blue shark, thresher shark, ...
Topics: endangered species, fishing, news, oceans, wildlife (all these topics)

Reef, or Madness Ocean acidification to weaken coral reefs, make islands more vulnerable to storms		02 Jun 2008	News
Posted at 6:51 AM on 02 Jun 2008 Acidification of the ocean could make low-lying island nations like the Maldives and Kiribati more vulnerable to storms since it can significantly weaken coral reefs, according to a new report. When the oceans absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, carbonic acid forms, which makes it more difficult for sea critters like coral and starfish to form shells and sk ...
Topics: climate, climate change impacts, news, oceans, wildlife (all these topics)

Making It Better Down Where It's Wetter Bush may designate large marine reserves		26 May 2008	News
Posted at 9:18 PM on 26 May 2008 Hoping to burnish President Bush's conservation legacy, the White House is considering creating some of the largest marine reserves in the world, NPR reports. The plan -- now being discussed, but not a sure thing -- would have Bush use his powers under the Antiquities Act of 1906 to create "marine monuments," which would not require the approval of Congress. In 2006, Bus ...
Topics: George Bush, habitat protection, oceans, politics (all these topics)

Fishing for Answers Lessons from a sustainable-food conference at the Monterey Bay Aquarium	Roz Cummins	22 May 2008	'Tis the Season
Information you can eat. Photo: Monterey Bay Aquarium/Randy Wilder A couple of months ago, I wrote about how the Monterey Bay Aquarium in California comes up with its wallet-sized cards -- the ones that tell us what seafood choices are sustainable. I got so interested in the topic that when I got an invitation to attend the aquarium's annual Cooking for Solutions conference, ...
Topics: food, green living, oceans, recipes, Tis the Season (all these topics)

Not-so-organic salmon USDA considers first-ever organic standards for farmed fish	Andrew Sharpless	20 May 2008	Gristmill
You may have seen 'organic salmon' on the menu in your favorite seafood restaurant or counter. Guess what? It's not organic, according to the USDA. It turns out that some fishmongers have been promoting their fish as organic with definitions of their own. This week, a USDA advisory panel will consider a key element of the country's first-ever standards for 'organic' farmed fish, including salmon. The surprising news is that this standard -- if adopted -- could ...
Topics: aquaculture, Department of Agriculture, food, oceans, organic food, salmon (all these topics)

A friend for Mr. SquarePants Greenpeace discovers new sponge species	Glenn Hurowitz	29 Apr 2008	Gristmill
Greenpeace recently announced the discovery of a new species of sponge, Aaptos kanuux, as a result of its deep explorations of the Bering Sea last summer. Here's a video of the sponge from Greenpeace, and more info from my fellow Green Corps alum, Greenpeace Oceans Campaigner John Hocevar: Last summer, while I was descending 2,000 feet below the surface of the ocean in a submarine exploring canyons in the Bering Sea -- I had no idea what we would find in areas tha ...
Topics: biodiversity, Greenpeace, oceans (all these topics)

Burning ice, ice, baby Methane hydrates: What's the worst -- and best -- that could happen?	Joseph Romm	17 Apr 2008	Gristmill
Methane hydrates (or clathrates), 'burning ice,' are worth understanding because they could affect the climate for better or worse. You can get the basics here on ... ... a solid form of water that contains a large amount of methane within its crystal structure [that] occur both in deep sedimentary structures, and as outcrops on the ocean floor. The worst that could happen is a climate catastrophe if they were released suddenly, as some people believed hap ...
Topics: climate, climate science, energy, fossil fuels, IPCC, natural gas, oceans (all these topics)

Bikini Toll Beaches strewn with a lot of trash, says report		16 Apr 2008	News
Posted at 12:04 PM on 16 Apr 2008 Six million pounds of trash were picked up in a one-day global beach cleanup last September, according to a new report from the Ocean Conservancy. In one day, beachcombers covering 33,000 miles of shoreline in 76 countries found an average 182 pounds of trash per mile. That was comprised of 7.2 million items of garbage -- food wrappers, bottles, fishing lines, plastic bags, and more. A full one-third of ...
Topics: habitat protection, news, oceans, waste, wildlife (all these topics)

This week in ocean news All salmon, all the time	Andrew Sharpless	12 Apr 2008	Gristmill
Fishery managers voted to cancel the chinook salmon fishing season off the coast of California and most of Oregon in light of the fish population's rapid collapse. The commercial fishery is worth an estimated $30 million ... ... many fishermen considered supporting the ban on West Coast salmon fishing in light of this year's record low catch. 'There's likely no fish, so what are you going to be fishing for?' said one. ... while some other fishermen went ah ...
Topics: fishing, oceans, salmon, wildlife (all these topics)

Fin-ally! Congress has a chance to protect sharks from finning	Andrew Sharpless	11 Apr 2008	Gristmill
Two weeks ago, I wrote about the U.S. Court of Appeals' decision to throw out penalties against a fishing vessel carrying 64,695 pounds of shark fins in U.S. waters. Shipping a cargo full of shark fins without sharks is illegal in the United States, but the King Diamond II sailed through a loophole that allowed it to carry fins it had gathered from other ships. Something good has come out of this: The decision has galvanized pressure to end the brutal practice of ...
Topics: animal welfare, Congress, fishing, oceans, politics, regulation (all these topics)

Ready, aim, gyre VBS.tv sails out to witness the garbage patch in the Pacific Ocean	David Roberts	09 Apr 2008	Gristmill
This is the first episode of 12 from VBS.tv on the vast, Texas-sized stew of plastic and garbage floating in the North Pacific Gyre. They sailed out to see it with their own eyes.
Topics: oceans, waste, water pollution (all these topics)

WTF?	David Roberts	08 Apr 2008	Gristmill
They're submerging subway cars to make artificial reefs?! Nobody tells me anything.
Topics: oceans, placemaking, public transportation (all these topics)

This week in ocean news Photosynthesis and invertibrate sex	Andrew Sharpless	05 Apr 2008	Gristmill
Two new studies may upend previously accepted understanding of photosynthesis. A widespread type of cyanobacteria may not use as much carbon dioxide in photosynthesis as presumed, meaning the oceans are capable of less carbon dioxide absorption than scientists had thought ... ... in other cyanobacteria news, scientists discovered that viruses may play a key role in prompting the phytoplankton to consume carbon dioxide and release oxygen ... ... the Natio ...
Topics: animal welfare, fishing, oceans, wildlife (all these topics)

Navy Crock-It Sonar will kill some marine life but safeguards are adequate, says Navy		04 Apr 2008	News
Posted at 2:47 PM on 04 Apr 2008 Navy training exercises could expose 94,370 marine mammals to behavior-altering sonar frequencies each year, potentially injuring or killing as many as 30, according to an environmental impact statement released Friday by the Navy. But in its 1,796-page report, the Navy sticks with current safeguards for protecting marine animals, not adopting stricter standards imposed by a fe ...
Topics: Department of Defense, news, oceans, politics, wildlife (all these topics)

Hollywood Heavies Elton John, Lindsay Lohan, and 50 Cent unite to free a killer whale -- meet the man who brought them together	Sarah van Schagen	04 Apr 2008	Grist Feature
Celebs are flipping out over Lolita's living conditions. Photo: Krosstok Hollywood producer Raul Julia-Levy's current project involves an impressive cast ranging from Johnny Depp, Lindsay Lohan, and Harrison Ford to Elton John, 50 Cent, and Plácido Domingo. He's attracted high-powered producers including Cameron Crowe, Ed Elbert, and Ron ...
Topics: animal welfare, celebrity, grassroots activism, interview, oceans (all these topics)

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