Friday, January 29, 2010

News Clips for January 29, 2010

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Marine Protected Areas

EBM

High Seas

Ocean Acidification

Endangered Species

Misc.

  • Cruise ship panel boots Haines scientist - Juneau Empire A group of legislators rushed to the defense Tuesday of Haines scientist Gershon Cohen, whose invitation to join a cruise ship advisory panel was rescinded after an industry lobbyist complained about his appointment.

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

News Clips for Jan. 27, 2010

High Seas

  • Experts Develop Deep-Sea Simulator - news.softpedia.com
    Geoscientists at the University of Chicago in Illinois (UCI) have recently been able to develop a new type of machine for conducting scientific simulations. The device is able to faithfully replicate the conditions present in the deep-sea, ranging from temperature to pressure and more.

Marine Protected Areas

Endangered Species

  • Cold killed numerous Keys manatees - KeysNet
    ... event as far as the Keys marine environment is concerned," said Billy Causey, southeast regional director for the National Marine Sanctuaries Program. ...
  • Game on! Help protect Australia's coast - G-Online
    A new online game, following the adventures of an endangered seal, is helping draw attention to the need for designated marine sanctuaries around ...

Congressional Appropriations

Ocean Acidification

  • Oceanlab 2 to tackle acidification - Press and Journal
    “The big issue of concern is ocean acidification as the carbon dioxide released by industry is absorbed by the ocean,” he said. “Oceans absorb about half of ..

Coral

Trawling

  • Fishery Council faces scallop limit showdown - Gloucester Daily Times
    David Allison, Oceana's senior campaign director in Washington, DC went on to argue that "scallop fishing," for its trawling the bottom, "is one of the most ...

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

News Clips for January 26, 2010

  • Interior to look at drilling in Atlantic Ocean - Washington Post
    Interior Secretary Ken Salazar says he is nearly ready to begin an environmental analysis that could lead to drilling in areas up to 200 miles offshore in the Atlantic Ocean.
  • Indonesia wants UN to raise ocean issues at ... - Cempaka
    A UNEP study unveiled at the Copenhagen conference said ocean acidification levels could increase by 100 times by 2050, which would lead to massive coral bleaching, destroying thousands of reefs that act as key feeding grounds for most ...