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Modern-Day Captain Ahab Spears Whale With Cruise Ship
Image credit: AP Photo/NOAA
The Sapphire Princess, a cruise ship operated by Princess Cruises, struck a 43 foot long female humpback whale on Wednesday, causing it to become lodged in an undersea protuberance of the bow.
The ship, en route to Juneau, Alaska, was forced to make a detour to Douglas Island, where the whale was removed from the bow and taken into the custody of the Nat
Herpes Virus Strikes UK Oyster Beds, Could Wipe Out Local Stocks
Photo by adactio: "A Pacific oyster from Whitstable about to consumed on Brighton seafront."
Oysters worldwide have been faring badly. From pollution levels in filthy bays to now a massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the populations of the popular shellfish have been hit hard.
Plankton in Peril as Warming Oceans Causes Steady Population Decline
Image via BBC
The warming temperatures of the ocean are problematic for many species, but especially worrisome is the impact hotter water has on cornerstone species upon which many other marine animals rely.
NASA Satellite Monitors Watershed Pollution from Space
Photo by ezioman
NASA is a constant help in monitoring water supplies and conditions, from groundwater supplies in California to oce
Ocean Acidification Changing Polar Waters Fastest
Photo via US Geological Survey
The impact of ocean acidification on sea life is becoming better understood in areas like coral reefs, where impacts like bleaching,
The Drifting Problem of Immortal Plastic
Image via: Algalita Marine Research Foundation
We must recognize that everything we create as a society has a future that we cannot see. Every product we make lives on after our brief interaction with it. Nowhere is that more apparent than the plastic legacy we are leaving in our oceans.
Ocean Acidification Changing Fishes' Sense of Smell, Predators' Scent Becomes Irresistible
Photo via National Marine Sanctuaries
As the ocean absorbs more of the carbon dioxide we're pumping into the atmosphere, its chemistry changes and it is becoming much more acidic.
T-Shirts Printed With Real Spilled Gulf Oil? Yep.
Credit: ihelpedcleanupthegulfoilspill.com
Another day, another BP Gulf oil spill story. With a twist. A Kansas man frustrated by damage to the Gulf of Mexico has turned lemons, er, oil into printing ink. Steve Brooker is using reclaimed oil from the environmental disaster to print T-shirts and make neckaces, and giving some of the proceeds to wildlife groups.
Citibank Cancels Shark Fin Promotion in Hong Kong
Image: leeyuiwah
It's more good news for sharks and further testimony of the power of social media campaigns: thanks to intense outcry from environmental groups and consumers, Citibank's Hong Kong division withdrew a special promotion last week that of
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