SeaMonster blog
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We need Commercial Seafood Consumer Protection in the US
The stalled Commercial Seafood Consumer Protection Act got a mention in a nice article about seafood fraud and efforts to curb it in the EU and US. This quote says it all; Although over 80 percent of the seafood consumed in the United States is imported,” the group reports, “the FDA inspects only 2 percent of…
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Saving a sperm whale
This astonishing image from the Marine Photobank shows a diver working to free a sperm whale from a tangle of fishing gear. It was taken in 1981 by Alberto Romeo when he and a team of divers from the the Gruppo Ricercatori ed Operatori Subacquei (an underwater association that defends and photographs marine wildlife) came across a sperm…
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Eating shark messes with your brain
It’s official – the news all us shark-huggers have been waiting for. Eating sharks is bad for you. Shark guru Neil Hammerschlag and his team form the RJ Dunlap Marine Conservation Program came out with this potentially groundbreaking news. They tested shark fins from 7 species swimming…
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Woman: they can really surf!
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/36797022[/vimeo]
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Global carbon emissions update
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Marching towards 400 ppm
From CO2now
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John Fairfax ocean rower, dead at 74
John Fairfax, ocean rower, adventurer and hard-man, died recently at age 72. He is best known for having rowed across both the Atlantic and Pacific, but the adventures he survived seem endless. He could be as nearly as tough as Shackleton. His brief Wikipedia bio gives you a sense of his experiences; Fairfax was born…
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Warmer climate threatens ‘antifreeze’ fish
From Futurity; Fish with “anti-freeze” proteins evolved to survive arctic waters, and climate warming may now endanger their survival, research shows. “A rise of 2 degrees centigrade of water temperature will likely have a devastating impact on this Antarctic fish lineage, which is so well adapted to water at freezing temperatures,” says Thomas Near, associate…
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Breaking news: Denialgate – Internal Heartland documents expose climate denial funding network
Internal Heartland Institute strategy and funding documents obtained by DeSmogBlog expose the heart of the climate denial machine – its current plans, many of its funders, and details that confirm what DeSmogBlog and others have reported for years. The heart of the climate denial machine relies on huge corporate and foundation funding from U.S. businesses including Microsoft, Koch Industries,…
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Why bother? (doing outreach)
by @LizNeeley [vimeo]http://vimeo.com/12656782[/vimeo]
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