Latest Stories in Ocean Conservation
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International Coastal Cleanup removed 10 million pounds of trash from the world's beaches
Last September, more than 550,000 volunteers in 97 countries gathered on beaches and along waterways around the globe with one goal in mind -- to clean things up.
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NASA satellite shows massive bloom of phytoplankton off coast of France
This photo was taken on May 4, 2013 by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Terra satellite.
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Mapping the travel of invasive marine species
Scientists map how marine creatures steal rides in hopes of developing better prevention against invasive species
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Cancer detection equipment shows us why some corals resist bleaching
Coral bleaching is a huge problem made worse by global warming. It threatens extremely productive ecosystems that are home to countless marine species.
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China is overfishing its official catch number by 12x (!!!), report shows
A recent study estimates how much fish China's distant-water fleet has been catching around the world between 2000 and 2011, and the numbers are shocking.
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Australian TV reporter rescues a stranded dolphin
Thanks to a recent act of mammalian solidarity caught on film, reporter Paul Burt now finds himself as the subject of the story.
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By targeting bigger fish, we are breeding populations of smaller and weaker fish
In nature, bigger, healthier, stronger individuals tend to have more offspring and thus there is a selection pressure in their favor. But humans can put other kinds of pressure on species, for instance by targeting bigger fish.
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Fukushima radiation reveals migratory habits of Pacific bluefin tuna
The nuclear disaster at Fukushima Daichi in Japan was a very bad thing any way you look at it, but researchers are trying to make some good come out of it.
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iPad app helps ship captains avoid whale collisions, reduce noise pollution
The North-Atlantic area off the coast of New England is home to many species of whales (especially Right Whales), but because of ship traffic to ports like Boston's, there is a lot of noise pollution and even the risk of potentially fatal collisions.
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Overfishing Threatens a Critical Link in the Food Chain
The fish near the bottom of the aquatic food chain—collectively known as forage fish—are often overlooked, but they are vital to healthy oceans and estuaries.
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How 15 Island Nations Are Changing Ocean Conservation (Video)
Why is it so important for everyone to take part in ocean conservation? This short documentary video explains.
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Kick-ass Scientific Sailboat Journeys to the "Heart of the Climate Machine"
We talk to Tara crewmembers, who sail the seas monitoring ocean health and climate change in a boat that cannot be crushed by polar ice, about the adventure-job openings
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Dolphin Tangled in Fishing Line Approaches Divers for Help (Video)
Incredibly, the wild dolphin appears to readily comply with efforts to help, seeming to give full trust in its terrestrial rescuers.
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Oil Rig Diver Confronted by an Angry Sea Turtle (Video)
Sometimes even the ocean's most peaceable inhabitants can get fed-up with uninvited guests.
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Shocking! Thousands of Mutilated Shark Fins Drying on Hong Kong Rooftops
Tens of millions of sharks are mutilated and left to die slowly each year so that some affluent people in Asia can each soup. This has to stop.
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Shell Oil Rig Runs Aground in Alaska with 139,000 Gallons of Fuel on Board
The Kulluk oil platform, owned by Royal Dutch Shell, ran aground in the Gulf of Alaska with 139,000 gallons of diesel fuel and 12,000 gallons of lubricating oil and hydraulic fluid.
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Tween Boys Help Save a 500-million-year-old Species
These 'living fossils' have survived mass extinctions over the course of their eons of existence, but it just might be two youngsters that save them from the human threats they face today.
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Plastic Objects Photographed to Look Like Sea Creatures
This photo series takes a surreal look at how we are transforming our oceans into a plastic world.
