CNN.com reports this morning on “Fried dolphin on menu in japanese town”. I do not want to bear on the ethical issues of harvesting dolphins.…
View More Japanese Villagers Eat Mercury-Laden Dolphin MeatCategory: Conservation & Environment
Australia Catches Japan In the Act
Hat tip to John Lynch, where you can find a lively commentary on this issue. “Australia’s government on Thursday released graphic pictures of Japanese hunters…
View More Australia Catches Japan In the ActClimate Induced Collapse of Deep-Sea Ecosystems
Beginning with Victorian science and progressing through the onset of modern deep-sea biology, the dominant paradigm was that the deep sea was a stable ecosystem.…
View More Climate Induced Collapse of Deep-Sea EcosystemsPlastic Trash Lines the Pacific
One of our astute readers pointed us to this piece published in today’s The independent titled The world’s rubbish dump: a garbage tip that stretches…
View More Plastic Trash Lines the PacificJudge Lays the Smack Down on Bush
From CNN… The Navy must follow environmental laws placing strict limits on sonar training that opponents argue harms whales, despite President Bush’s decision to exempt…
View More Judge Lays the Smack Down on BushCrabs 1 Trawlers 0
A specially set-up and cleverly named company, CrabCo began an “experimental expedition” to test the feasibility of commercially harvesting two deep water crabs, the king…
View More Crabs 1 Trawlers 0Now when I dress up in drag…
…and put on my makeup I won’t have to feel guilty about it*. At the continued pestering of Oceana both Unilever and L’Oreal have promised…
View More Now when I dress up in drag…Whales Are Part of the Axis of Evil
Bush this week gives the thumbs up for the Navy to conduct sonar training that will likely lead to whale deaths.
View More Whales Are Part of the Axis of EvilSaving the Deep Sea Will Save the World
In a compelling new paper, Danovaro et al. (2008) set out to understand how loss of biodiversity affects ecosystem processes in the Earth’s largest environment.
View More Saving the Deep Sea Will Save the WorldAll You Have To Do Is Just One Thing
By volume, land makes up only 0.5% of the earth, the shallow seas 21%, and the deep 78.5%. Yet, we are beginning to have a detrimental impact on the deep, perhaps the last pristine part of planet. Although we know little of this environment, our presence is already there. I urge you in 2008 to help us fight for the deep sea.
View More All You Have To Do Is Just One Thing