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New Ross Sea Protected Area Now World’s Largest

October 30, 2016 News Editor Comments Off on New Ross Sea Protected Area Now World’s Largest

 

HOBART, Tasmania, Australia, October 30, 2016 (ENS) – The world’s experts on Antarctic marine conservation have agreed to establish an expansive marine protected area, MPA, in the Ross [...]

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Japan’s Whaling in Defiance of World Court Stirs Anger

October 24, 2016 News Editor Comments Off on Japan’s Whaling in Defiance of World Court Stirs Anger

 

PORTOROZ, Slovenia, October 24, 2016 (ENS) – As delegates from around the world gather in Portoroz for the 66th meeting of the International Whaling Commission, IWC, on Monday, [...]

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Biologist Sues Canadian Government Over Salmon Disease

October 16, 2016 News Editor Comments Off on Biologist Sues Canadian Government Over Salmon Disease

 

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Canada, October 16, 2016 (ENS) – Independent biologist Alexandra Morton has filed a lawsuit against Canada’s Minister of Fisheries and Oceans for putting wild salmon [...]

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Obama Creates Planet’s Largest Marine Protected Area

August 27, 2016 News Editor Comments Off on Obama Creates Planet’s Largest Marine Protected Area

 

WASHINGTON, DC, August 27, 2016 (ENS) – President Barack Obama Friday expanded the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument surrounding the Northwest Hawaiian Islands, creating the world’s largest marine protected [...]

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Air/Climate

Acid Oceans Killing Antarctic Food Web

August 9, 2016 News Editor Comments Off on Acid Oceans Killing Antarctic Food Web

 

CANBERRA, Australia, August 9, 2016 (ENS) – An acidifying ocean absorbing too much carbon dioxide from the atmosphere could have a major impact on phytoplankton – the staple [...]

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New Whale Species Discovered in North Pacific Ocean

July 31, 2016 News Editor Comments Off on New Whale Species Discovered in North Pacific Ocean

 

LA JOLLA, California, July 31, 2016 (ENS) – Scientists have identified a beaked whale that lives in the cold and remote North Pacific Ocean as a new species. [...]

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New Partnerships Shield Vulnerable Small Island States

July 19, 2016 News Editor Comments Off on New Partnerships Shield Vulnerable Small Island States

 

By Suzanne Maxx

NEW YORK, New York, July 19, 2016 (ENS) – United Nations Headquarters was bustling with activity on Monday, full beyond capacity as island dwellers from [...]

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World Environment Day Targets Wildlife Crime

June 5, 2016 Sunny Comments Off on World Environment Day Targets Wildlife Crime

 

NEW YORK, New York, June 5, 2016 (ENS) – The first international accord to end illegal fishing went into effect today in celebration of World Environment Day. The [...]

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Air/Climate

Northern Great Barrier Reef Loses 35% of Its Corals

May 31, 2016 Sunny Comments Off on Northern Great Barrier Reef Loses 35% of Its Corals

 

TOWNSVILLE, Queensland, Australia, May 31, 2016 (ENS) – One-third of the corals in the northern and central parts of the Great Barrier Reef are bleached out and dying [...]

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Food

UK Sushi Fraud Probe Finds 10 Percent Mislabeled

April 12, 2016 News Editor Comments Off on UK Sushi Fraud Probe Finds 10 Percent Mislabeled

 

MANCHESTER, England, April 12, 2016 (ENS) – Critically endangered species of fish are being sold in UK sushi restaurants without accurate labeling, finds new research by scientists at [...]

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Satellite Data Helps Detect Harmful Algal Blooms

April 10, 2016 News Editor Comments Off on Satellite Data Helps Detect Harmful Algal Blooms

 

WASHINGTON, DC, April 9, 2016 (ENS) – Freshwater polluted by harmful algal blooms costs the United States at least $64 million every year, by government estimates.

Now four [...]

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Taiwan’s Endangered Pink Dolphins Attract U.S. Allies

April 7, 2016 News Editor Comments Off on Taiwan’s Endangered Pink Dolphins Attract U.S. Allies

 

WASHINGTON, DC, April 7, 2016 (ENS) – U.S. conservation groups are petitioning the federal government to protect pink Taiwanese humpback dolphins under the Endangered Species Act to help prevent [...]

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Heat Stress Killing Corals on Great Barrier Reef

April 6, 2016 News Editor Comments Off on Heat Stress Killing Corals on Great Barrier Reef

 

TOWNSVILLE, Queensland, Australia, April 6, 2016 (ENS) – The most pristine section of the world largest coral reef is experiencing the worst mass bleaching event in history, scientists [...]

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Energy

Obama Halts Atlantic Offshore Oil and Gas Leasing

March 17, 2016 News Editor Comments Off on Obama Halts Atlantic Offshore Oil and Gas Leasing

 

WASHINGTON, DC, March 17, 2016 (ENS) – The Obama Administration is withdrawing the middle and southern Atlantic seaboard from its next five-year offshore oil and gas leasing plan [...]

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Taiwan Warned of Looming Fishery Collapse

February 4, 2016 News Editor Comments Off on Taiwan Warned of Looming Fishery Collapse

 

By Shuchen Chang

TAIPEI, Taiwan, February 4, 2016 (ENS) – The number of coastal fish species in northern Taiwan has dropped by 75 percent over the past three [...]

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Energy

Canada’s Trudeau Orders Tanker Ban on B.C. North Coast

November 13, 2015 News Editor Comments Off on Canada’s Trudeau Orders Tanker Ban on B.C. North Coast

 

OTTAWA, Canada, November 13, 2015 (ENS) – Canada’s new Prime Minister Justin Trudeau today instructed his incoming cabinet members to work together to “formalize a moratorium on crude [...]

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Palau Delights in Vast Pacific Marine Sanctuary

November 4, 2015 News Editor Comments Off on Palau Delights in Vast Pacific Marine Sanctuary

 

NGERULMUD, Palau, November 4, 2015 (ENS) – The Pacific island nation of Palau has created a new marine sanctuary the size of California that will be the world’s [...]

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Eight Arctic Nations Join Forces for Coastal Security

October 31, 2015 News Editor Comments Off on Eight Arctic Nations Join Forces for Coastal Security

 

NEW LONDON, Connecticut, October 31, 2015 (ENS) – Coast guard agencies of the eight Arctic nations Friday officially signed a joint statement establishing a new intergovernmental security body [...]

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Six Die as British Columbia Whale Watching Boat Sinks

October 30, 2015 News Editor Comments Off on Six Die as British Columbia Whale Watching Boat Sinks

 

TOFINO, British Columbia, Canada, October 30, 2015 (ENS) – Five people have lost their lives and another is missing and presumed drowned after a whale watching trip off [...]

Energy

Obama Cancels Arctic Oil Leases After Shell Pull-out

October 18, 2015 News Editor Comments Off on Obama Cancels Arctic Oil Leases After Shell Pull-out

 

WASHINGTON, DC, October 18, 2015 (ENS) – “In light of current market conditions and low industry interest,” the U.S. Department of the Interior says it will cancel the [...]

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