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Taylor McGirr

Barack Obama to create world's largest ocean reserve in the Pacific - 0 views

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    Barack Obama will use his presidential powers on Thursday to create the world's largest marine reserve in the Pacific, banning fishing and other commercial activities across vast swaths of pristine sea populated by whales, dolphins and sea turtles and dotted with coral atolls.
Taylor McGirr

8 Million Tons Of Plastic Entered Our Oceans In 2010 - 1 views

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    Photo credit: Ethan Daniels, via Shutterstock. We know there's a profusion of plastic in the ocean; floating at the surface, accumulating on the seafloor, making its way into the bellies of organisms and even becoming incorporated into rocks.
anonymous

Caribbean coral reefs face collapse - 5 views

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    Caribbean coral reefs are in danger of disappearing, depriving the world of one of its most beautiful and productive ecosystems
Hayley Keeling

Value of Coral Reefs in Belize - 1 views

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    Background to lesson 4
Leanne Archer

EU Council announces first-ever seafood trade ban against illegal fishing nations - 3 views

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    EU Council announces first-ever seafood trade ban against illegal fishing nations Brussels, Belgium: Today, four leading environmental groups - Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF), Oceana, The Pew Charitable Trusts and WWF have welcomed a decision by the EU Fisheries Council to place trade restrictions on Belize, Cambodia, and Guinea for failing to cooperate in fighting Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing.
Simon Papworth

Jellyfish surge in Mediterranean threatens environment - 31 views

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    A project is tracking the phenomenon as global warming and overfishing boost numbers of the venomous sea creature
Tom Wootten

Sponges help coral reefs thrive in ocean deserts - 5 views

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    Sponges soak up nutrients in seawater and turn them into food for reef organisms.
Leanne Archer

Great Barrier Reef authority approves dredging and dumping to expand port - 3 views

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    Three million cubic metres of sediment from dredging to expand a coal port will be dumped in the Great Barrier Reef marine park, after the park authority approved the move on Friday. The spoil resulting from the Abbot Point port project is to be dumped 24km away at a location near Bowen in north Queensland. The expansion, which hinged on the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority's approval of the dumping, means an extra 70m tonnes of coal each year, worth between $1.4bn and $2.8bn, will go through the port, which is also a gateway to the world heritage-listed reef.
Hayley Keeling

Smithsonian Science NewsGlobal warming will open Arctic to invasive species, Smithsonia... - 1 views

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    Arctic at risk of alien species due to new shipping routes
Hayley Keeling

Arctic Threats - 1 views

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    Found by Kayla, good info on the threats with videos.
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