December 05, 2014 By Zachary Slobig. Take Part A little-noticed expansion of hydraulic fracturing of deepwater oil wells in the Gulf of Mexico is unnerving environmental watchdogs as federal regulators keep a lid on information about the operations. Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, involves the injection of highly pressurized, chemical-laced water into wells. The technique […]
Graham Readfearn Monday 24 November 2014 23.16 EST .The Guardian Australia’s foreign minister Julie Bishop should apologise for claiming the Great Barrier Reef is “not in danger” from climate change, according to enough scientific evidence to form a small coral atoll. Sorry. Too glib? When the minister representing Australia at the next major United Nations climate […]
By Taylor Hill . http://www.takepart.com Taylor Hill is TakePart's associate environment and wildlife editor. They say cruise ship passengers put on a pound a day while sailing, but that’s not nearly as much as they’re leaving behind. Those all-you-can-eat buffets and open bars add up to a lot of waste, and when you’re out at […]
Students removed 248.56 lbs of marine debris from the shores of Key West. Thanks to Parrot Key Resort and Sunset Water Sports!
Pirate Radio Key West Station owner Jack Smith signed on in support of the Floridians' Clean Water Declaration Campaign this morning during his interview with Reef Relief Staff members Carly Shabo and Mill McCleary. Join him or find out more about the campaign at http://www.wewantcleanwater.com/
19 November 2014 .Smithsonian Magazine A new study by Florida State University and Smithsonian Institution biologists shows that bleaching events brought on by rising sea temperatures are having a detrimental long-term impact on coral. Bleaching—a process where high water temperatures or UV light stresses the coral to the point where it loses its symbiotic algal […]
Nov 18, 2014 07:00 AM ET // by Patrick J. Kiger . Discover News Photo: NOAA The Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument in Hawaii, a World Heritage Site and one of the largest marine conservation areas in the world, is an isolated assortment of tiny uninhabited islands and coral reefs that are home to an amazing array of […]
Linda Vergnani ABC Environment First posted 20 Nov 2014 AT LEAST 30 PER CENT of the world's oceans should be protected as marine parks where fishing and mining are banned, according to a new target set at the close of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature's World Parks Congress in Sydney yesterday. The sharply increased […]