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Penguin Problems

For African Penguins, humans can make really lousy neighbors, but they have even bigger problems. In real estate it’s all about location, location, location. A…

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Sea Walls: Lessons from a Paint Can

Alex Warneke July 12, 2014 conservation Graffiti PangeaSeed Sea Walls sharks Street Art

“Any form of art is a form of power; it has impact, it can affect change – it can not only move us, it makes…

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Feces Friday: Marine Edition

Douglas Long July 11, 2014

Here’s your recap of the top excretion-related news in the past few weeks, and what it means to our ocean world: Mo’ Whales, Mo’ Poop,…

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A (Not So Serious) Scientific Treatment of Mermaids

Dr. M June 5, 2014

It is hard to know where to start in describing Karl Banse, professor emeritus at the University of Washington. He is one of the world’s…

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How we wrecked the ocean

Alex Warneke February 22, 2014 climate change contamination jeremy jackson Overfishing pollution TED talk

“…in the final analysis, the thing we really need to fix is ourselves. It’s not about the fish; it’s not about the pollution; it’s not about the climate…

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The Plight of the Irrawaddy

Alex Warneke February 8, 2014 Bycatch dolphins Irrawaddy SAFRN sio Small-scale fisheries

“I think it’s important to establish, first of all, that Irrawaddy dolphins are jerks to study.” Not exactly the preface I was expecting. “One of…

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Whale shark slaughterhouse exposed in China

Alistair Dove January 28, 2014 China CITES conservation Finning Overfishing shark finning whale sharks

Conservation NGO WildLifeRisk has put out a press release describing a slaughterhouse for sharks in China’s Zhejiang province. Shark processing is nothing new, and can…

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No, but in all seriousness…

Alistair Dove January 14, 2014 Deepwater Horizon dolphins Fukushima Hurricane Sandy oarfish Pacific Garbage Patch starfish wasting trolls

There have been a number of posts at Deep Sea News lately that have attracted intense commentary and a lot of back-channel communication, some of…

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All The Best, Scientifically Verified, Information on Fukushima Impacts

Dr. M January 8, 2014 antiscience debunking Fukushima Radiation

With all the misinformation around the internet here are links to articles that we trust. The following provide credible information about what is actually occurring…

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Where The Wild Things Are

RickMac December 11, 2013 Culling policy shark attacks Western Australia

“I feel like I’m taking crazy pills.” That’s my honest reaction after reading news of Western Australia’s plan to reduce fatal shark attacks through the…