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A sea of stats Even more numbers to illuminate the vast ocean	Andrew Sharpless	01 Mar 2008	Gristmill

Topics: fishing, climate, water pollution, habitat loss, oceans (all these topics)

This week in ocean news Tracking whaling ships and whale sharks	Andrew Sharpless	01 Mar 2008	Gristmill

Topics: fishing, oceans, whaling, wildlife (all these topics)

Seas Sick Fishing for hope at a seafood-industry trade show	Roz Cummins	28 Feb 2008	'Tis the Season

Topics: food, green living, oceans, recipes, Tis the Season (all these topics)

Threatened to the Gills World fisheries still in danger of imminent collapse, says U.N.		25 Feb 2008	News
Posted at 10:07 AM on 25 Feb 2008 When last we checked in on the world's commercial fish stocks, they were in danger of collapsing within decades. And, sorry to say, they still are, according to a United Nations Environment Program report ominously titled "In Dead Water." Factor in climate change, overfishing, and pollution "and you see you're potentially putting a death nail in the coffin of w ...
Topics: agriculture, climate, climate change impacts, fishing, food, news, oceans, water pollution (all these topics)

This week in ocean news Shark superhighways and radioactive fish bones	Andrew Sharpless	23 Feb 2008	Gristmill

Topics: fishing, oceans, wildlife (all these topics)

The Male of the Species Is More Female Than the Female California sewage makes for femme fish, says study		22 Feb 2008	News
Posted at 3:18 PM on 22 Feb 2008 Chemicals in southern California wastewater are sneaking past sewage-treatment plants and into the ocean, where they can seriously wack out fishy hormone levels, according to preliminary research. Flame retardants, PCBs, residue from long-banned pesticide DDT, and other chemicals from pills and beauty products have all showed up in the water, via human pee. ...
Topics: California, news, oceans, toxics (all these topics)

Carbon on the half shell A lighthearted look at biosequestration	Erik Hoffner	21 Feb 2008	Gristmill

Topics: aquaculture, carbon sequestration, climate, fishing, oceans (all these topics)

I'm sure there's a Baywatch joke in here somewhere Depressing ocean news buoyed by Pam Anderson's striptease	Sarah van Schagen	15 Feb 2008	Gristmill

Topics: celebrity, green living, oceans (all these topics)

Assail the Seven Seas Nearly all of world's oceans tainted by human activity, says study		15 Feb 2008	News
Posted at 2:52 PM on 15 Feb 2008 Human activity has tainted all but 3.7 percent of the world's oceans, and 41 percent of the world's waters have been heavily impacted, says a new study in Science. A graphic map illustrates in all-too-clear terms that the briny deep has taken a terrible toll from 17 human threats, including climate change, overfishing, fertilizer runoff, coastal development, and shipping pol ...
Topics: climate, climate change impacts, habitat loss, news, oceans, scientific research (all these topics)

Strike While the Iron Is ... Whoops, Too Late Plan to combat warming by seeding ocean with iron runs out of funds		14 Feb 2008	News
Posted at 3:26 PM on 14 Feb 2008 Planktos, the company that proposed fending off global warming by seeding the ocean with iron dust, has failed to get enough funding to go forward with planned tests. Under the Planktos business plan, iron fertilization would encourage phytoplankton blooms, which would suck up extra CO2, allowing the company to sell carbon offsets. But it was not to ...
Topics: business, carbon offsets, climate, climate change mitigation, geoengineering, news, oceans (all these topics)

Baby's got leatherback Send an ocean-themed e-card	Sarah van Schagen	14 Feb 2008	Gristmill

Topics: holiday, oceans, sex, wildlife (all these topics)

R�servez, S'il Vous Plait Tiny island nation of Kiribati creates world's largest marine reserve		14 Feb 2008	News
Posted at 7:28 AM on 14 Feb 2008 The tiny Pacific island nation of Kiribati has created the world's largest marine reserve, spanning 164,200 square miles (roughly the size of California). In contrast, the islands comprising Kiribati itself total only about 313 square miles, or about four times the size of Washington, D.C. The new Phoenix Islands Protected Area is home to sea turtles, over 120 species ...
Topics: habitat protection, Kiribati, news, oceans (all these topics)

The Lotion in the Ocean Sunscreen-slathered swimmers contributing to coral bleaching, says study		13 Feb 2008	News
Posted at 1:37 PM on 13 Feb 2008 Photo: iStockphoto Up to 6,000 tons of sunscreen wash off of ocean swimmers each year, posing a threat to up to 10 percent of global coral reefs, according to a new study in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives. Four common sunscreen chemicals can awaken dormant viruses in coral-dwelling algae, with results of horror-movie proportions: the viruses replicate ...
Topics: news, oceans, scientific research, toxics (all these topics)

Factory-farmed fish: another fool's bargain? New studies show salmon farms destroy wild stocks	Tom Philpott	12 Feb 2008	Gristmill

Topics: aquaculture, fishing, oceans (all these topics)

Greenland study Sea-level rise could be double IPCC projections	Joseph Romm	12 Feb 2008	Gristmill

Topics: climate, climate change impacts, climate science, IPCC, oceans (all these topics)

This week in ocean news Hungry humpheads and sustainable fish in U.K. groceries	Andrew Sharpless	10 Feb 2008	Gristmill

Topics: fishing, oceans, whaling, wildlife (all these topics)

Whale Played Aussies release gruesome footage of Japanese whale hunt		08 Feb 2008	News
Posted at 2:30 PM on 08 Feb 2008 There's a new twist in the twisty tale of Japan's off-then-back-on-again whale hunt: the Australian government has released gut-wrenching footage of what it says is a mother and baby minke whale being harpooned and hauled aboard a Japanese ship. An unamused official at Japan's Institute of Cetacean Research denied that the large and small whales were a mother and calf, and warned that the Austr ...
Topics: Australia, international politics, Japan, news, oceans, whaling, wildlife (all these topics)

No pirate ship for me A notorious illegal fishing ship meets its end	Andrew Sharpless	08 Feb 2008	Gristmill

Topics: fishing, oceans (all these topics)

The Fellowship of the Ping Judge rules Navy must comply with sonar rules		05 Feb 2008	News
Posted at 8:45 AM on 05 Feb 2008 A federal judge has ruled that the Navy must comply with earlier restrictions imposed on its use of sonar near the California coast despite a recent attempt by President Bush to exempt the agency from relevant environmental laws. The judge said that Bush's Navy exemption last month was "constitutionally suspect," but that she didn't need to rule on its constitutionality to reinsta ...
Topics: litigation, news, oceans, United States, wildlife (all these topics)

This week in ocean news Bar codes for salmon and shark-free moisturizer	Andrew Sharpless	02 Feb 2008	Gristmill

Topics: fishing, oceans, salmon, wildlife (all these topics)

Hayden Panettiere cheers on whale campaign Heroes star opens heart, closet to save whales	Sarah van Schagen	30 Jan 2008	Gristmill

Topics: celebrity, fashion, oceans, whaling, wildlife (all these topics)

Notable quotable	David Roberts	29 Jan 2008	Gristmill

Topics: oceans, parenting, wildlife (all these topics)

Navy Been Navy resumes sonar training off California coast		28 Jan 2008	News
Posted at 12:16 PM on 28 Jan 2008 As a legal battle rages on over the U.S. Navy's use of whale-addling sonar, the military maritimers have resumed sonar training off the California coast. source:� Associated Press From the Archives Take Me Down to Paradise City. U.S. sets low expectations for this week's climate meeting. 3-2-1 ... Blast Offsets! Efficacy of House of Reps' carbon offsets questioned. 'Paign and Su ...
Topics: California, Department of Defense, news, oceans, wildlife (all these topics)

Fish tales NYT satire gives candidates' alleged responses to the fish 'n' mercury issue	Sarah K. Burkhalter	27 Jan 2008	Gristmill

Topics: elections, fishing, funnies, health, mercury, oceans, politics, presidential race 08, toxics (all these topics)

This week in ocean news Scared-straight birds and kite-powered cargo ships	Andrew Sharpless	26 Jan 2008	Gristmill

Topics: fishing, oceans, wildlife (all these topics)

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