A video made by Alaska Department of Fish and Game shows how oceans waste threaten marine animal lives. A study on a species of seal called the Steller sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus), an endangered species living on the coast of southeastern Alaska, found that, often, these animals die from plastic or rubber bands that their [...]
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Necklace of death: Here’s what ocean waste does to marine animals (VIDEO)
February 17th, 2012 
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Posted in Animals, Environment, Excessive Fishing 
Tags: fishing, marine animals, marine ecosystem, marine life, marine litter, oceans waste, waste 
No Comments »Back When Sahara Was Green and Fertile
February 7th, 2012 admin Sahara! For everyone, this word evokes the desert: a desert of sand and stone, with hot sun, a world almost barren, hot and dry to the destruction of every living thing. The obstinacy with which we cling to this image, remember that the Sahara is still alive – some animals and plants adapted to these [...]
Earth’s oceans more acid in last 200 years than in earlier 21,000 years
February 6th, 2012 admin New research conducted by specialists from the University of Hawaii came to a shocking conclusion: carbon emissions of anthropogenic origin have caused ocean acidification at a rate greater than natural. This will lead to the extinction of many organisms that live in Earth’s waters, the most affected being mollusks and corals. In certain regions of [...]
Corals will be saved thanks to energy-based systems
January 23rd, 2012 admin Fishing with cyanide and dynamite, and increasing water temperatures have decimated coral in Bali. Fortunately, a diver, inspired by the work of a German scientist of organic architecture, created a project which is now used worldwide to save the corals. Based on technology “Biorock” which allows corals to recover, the project is now implemented in [...]
Posted in Environment Tags: Biorock, coral reefs, corals, Pemuteran, Rani Morrow-Wuigk No Comments »