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Galapagos Corals May Predict the Future of Reefs Worldwide

November 20, 2012 News Editor Comments Off on Galapagos Corals May Predict the Future of Reefs Worldwide

 

By Julian Smith

LANDOVER, Maryland, November 20, 2012 (ENS) – The Galapagos Islands have been famous for a century and a half, but even Charles Darwin did not [...]

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Unexploded Bombs Menace Busy Gulf Of Mexico

October 3, 2012 News Editor Comments Off on Unexploded Bombs Menace Busy Gulf Of Mexico

 

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, October 3, 2012 (ENS) – Millions of pounds of unexploded bombs dumped decades ago off the coasts of 16 states, from New Jersey to Hawaii, [...]

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Invisible Plastic Soup is Harming Ocean Animals

September 26, 2012 News Editor Comments Off on Invisible Plastic Soup is Harming Ocean Animals

 

WAGENINGEN, The Netherlands, September 26, 2012 (ENS) – Plastic nanoparticles released when plastic debris decomposes in seawater can have an adverse effect on sea animals, Dutch scientists have [...]

Colombia landslides
Land Use/Forests

IUCN’s New Red List for Ecosystem Alerts, Green List for Rewards

September 9, 2012 News Editor Comments Off on IUCN’s New Red List for Ecosystem Alerts, Green List for Rewards

 

JEJU ISLAND, South Korea, September 9, 2012 (ENS) – A new conservation tool – the Red List of Ecosystems – debuted today at the World Conservation Congress to [...]

Hillary Clinton
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Pacific ‘Large Ocean Island States’ Conserve Huge Marine Areas

September 3, 2012 News Editor Comments Off on Pacific ‘Large Ocean Island States’ Conserve Huge Marine Areas

 

RAROTONGA, Cook Islands, September 3, 2012 (ENS) – Two enormous new marine protected areas in the Pacific Ocean have been designated by two of the world’s countries with [...]

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Energy

Shell to Start Arctic Drill Preparations, Lawsuit Filed

August 30, 2012 News Editor Comments Off on Shell to Start Arctic Drill Preparations, Lawsuit Filed

 

WASHINGTON, DC, August 30, 2012 (ENS) – The Obama Administration today gave Shell approval to prepare for oil drilling in environmentally fragile Chukchi Sea off Alaska although a [...]

New Caldonia
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New Caledonia to Safeguard Vast Pacific Ocean Area

August 29, 2012 News Editor Comments Off on New Caledonia to Safeguard Vast Pacific Ocean Area

 

RARATONGA, Cook Islands, August 29, 2012 (ENS) – The French Pacific Ocean territory of New Caledonia has pledged to create a vast marine protected area in its exclusive [...]

Arctic
Air/Climate

Arctic Sea Ice Cover Lowest on Record, Melt Continues

August 28, 2012 News Editor Comments Off on Arctic Sea Ice Cover Lowest on Record, Melt Continues

BOULDER, Colorado, August 28, 2012 (ENS) – Arctic sea ice cover has melted to its lowest extent in the 33-year satellite record, breaking the previous record low observed in [...]

Greenpeace action
Energy

Greenpeace Battles Gazprom Over Russia’s Arctic Drill Rig

August 27, 2012 News Editor Comments Off on Greenpeace Battles Gazprom Over Russia’s Arctic Drill Rig

 

MOSCOW, Russia, August 27, 2012 (ENS) – Two days after voluntarily ending its occupation of the first permanent oil rig in the offshore Russian Arctic, Greenpeace International has [...]

monk seal
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EPA Asked to Set National Marine Plastic Debris Standard

August 23, 2012 News Editor Comments Off on EPA Asked to Set National Marine Plastic Debris Standard

 

SAN FRANCISCO, California, August 23, 2012 (ENS) – The Center for Biological Diversity filed a legal petition with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Wednesday that asks the agency [...]

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Hong Kong Probes Liability for Plastic Pellet Spill

August 14, 2012 News Editor Comments Off on Hong Kong Probes Liability for Plastic Pellet Spill

HONG KONG, China, August 14, 2012 (ENS) – Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying says he supports the investigation into who is responsible for the plastic pellet spill, in [...]

Arctic
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UN Chief Seeks to Strengthen Law of the Sea Treaty

August 13, 2012 News Editor Comments Off on UN Chief Seeks to Strengthen Law of the Sea Treaty

 

YEOSU, South Korea, August 13, 2012 (ENS) – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Sunday introduced the Oceans Compact, a new initiative to support and strengthen implementation of the [...]

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Oceans

Thousands of Dead Fish Wash Up on Galveston Island

August 13, 2012 News Editor Comments Off on Thousands of Dead Fish Wash Up on Galveston Island

 

GALVESTON, Texas, August 13, 2012 (ENS) – Thousands of dead fish that washed ashore on Galveston Island over the weekend were killed by a toxic algal bloom, state officials [...]

Energy

U.S. Opens Alaska Reserve to Onshore, Offshore Drilling

August 13, 2012 News Editor Comments Off on U.S. Opens Alaska Reserve to Onshore, Offshore Drilling

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, August 13, 2012 (ENS) – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today proposed to allow additional oil and gas development in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska, [...]

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Typhoon Dumps Tons of Plastic Pellets on Hong Kong Beaches

August 8, 2012 News Editor Comments Off on Typhoon Dumps Tons of Plastic Pellets on Hong Kong Beaches

 

HONG KONG, China, August 8, 2012 (ENS) – Containers full of plastic pellets swept from a ship during Typhoon Vicente last month have broken open, scattering the pellets [...]

dispersant
Energy

Groups Seeking Oil Spill Dispersant Rule Sue EPA

August 7, 2012 News Editor Comments Off on Groups Seeking Oil Spill Dispersant Rule Sue EPA

WASHINGTON, DC, August 7, 2012 (ENS) – A coalition of conservation, wildlife and public health groups in the Gulf of Mexico region and in Alaska filed a Clean Water [...]

Southern Ocean
Oceans

CO2 Carried Into Southern Ocean Depths

August 5, 2012 Sunny Comments Off on CO2 Carried Into Southern Ocean Depths

 

CANBERRA, Australia, July 31, 2012 (ENS) – A team of British and Australian scientists has discovered how the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide, CO2, is drawn down from the [...]

No Picture
Energy

Chemical Safety Board Invites Public to BP Explosion Hearing

July 19, 2012 ENS Comments Off on Chemical Safety Board Invites Public to BP Explosion Hearing

HOUSTON, Texas, July 19, 2012 (ENS) – The U.S. Chemical Safety Board has announced a public hearing in Houston next week to release preliminary findings of the agency’s investigation [...]

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Oceans

Five States Funded for Japanese Tsunami Debris Response

July 18, 2012 ENS Comments Off on Five States Funded for Japanese Tsunami Debris Response

WASHINGTON, DC, July 18, 2012 (ENS) – Federal ocean authorities are making $250,000 in grants available to five states hit by debris from the March 2011 Japanese tsunami.

Alaska, [...]

No Picture
Oceans

South Korea Backs Away from ‘Research’ Whaling Plan

July 18, 2012 ENS Comments Off on South Korea Backs Away from ‘Research’ Whaling Plan

SEOUL, South Korea, July 17, 2012 (ENS) – South Korea has abandoned its recently announced plan to hunt whales for scientific research, according to senior government officials.

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