Recent Articles
Study Shows Human Interaction Alters Dolphin Behavior
Researchers are studying the impacts human behaviors, as innocent as they may be, can have on bottlenose dolphins.
In a paper published in the Journal of Marine Animals and Their Ecology, Antonella Arcangeli from the Accademia del Leviatano, Rome and ISPRA, Dipartimento Difesa della Natura, Rome, Italy and Roberto Crosti from the School of Environmental Science, Murdoch University, Perth, Western Australia present their findings of interactions between bottlenose dolphins and a dolphin-watching tour boat in Bunbury, Western Australia.
New Approach to Clean the Chesapeake Bay
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has a new approach and plan to get the Chesapeake Bay clean. This time marine scientists are helping pin-point where the help is needed most.
Arnoux’s Beaked Whale: Rare Sighting, Rare Behavior of Enigmatic Species
A unique sighting of a group of approximately 60 Arnoux’s beaked whales on the surface in the Gerlache Strait shows for the first time giant beaked whales socializing.
An End to the Timor Sea Oil Spill, But Not the Effects
The PTTEP Australasia (a Thailand state-owned company) West Atlas oil spill has finally been stopped after 74 days and a minimum of 400 spilled barrels a day. Many questions and concerns rise and the consequences for the marine wildlife will still be felt for a long time.
NASA’s Flights Over Antarctic Continent Bridge Satellite Gap
NASA is currently conducting Operation Ice Bridge, a six-year campaign of annual flights to each of Earth’s polar regions designed to help scientists bridge the gap between NASA’s Ice, Cloud and Land Elevation Satellite (ICESat) — which is operating the last of its three lasers — and ICESat-II, scheduled to launch in 2014 by providing the needed data collected by researchers on board the DC-8, a 157-foot-long airborne laboratory and the largest aircraft in NASA’s airborne science fleet that accommodates many instruments.
Can American Samoa’s Coral Reefs Recover After Tsunami?
Some of American Samoa’s coral reefs were in bad shape already and may now, after the September 29 tsunami, never recover.
Sea Turtles: Pilot Study Hopes to Help Reduce Bycatch
Researchers are using modern technology to learn more about turtle behavior in commercial fishing areas and to develop new ways to avoid catching turtles in fishing gear, namely a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) and satellite-linked data loggers.
More Trouble in Australia’s Waters: West Atlas Oil Rig Now on Fire
Australia’s PTTEP Australasia keeps adding problems to the West Atlas oil rig’s adverse situation: after over two months of oil spill and four failed attempts to plug the leak, a massive fire erupted on the rig today.
Turning the North Pacific Gyre Plastic into Useful Materials
Mary Crowley, co-funder of Project Kasei and one of the members of the team that studies the Great Pacific Garbage Patch and sailed along the SEAPLEX expedition – see our report about the expedition – last August, is dreaming of converting the little pieces of plastic, that are being ingested by marine life, into fuel or building materials while cleaning the ocean.
Timor Sea Oil Spill: Among Three Worst Oil Spills in Australian History
The Timor Sea oil spill, according to Senator Rachel Siewert among the three worst in Australian history, is continuing, apparently unabated, and now the Australian Senate has asked the Federal Environment Minister today to produce all the reports and drafts related to a marine survey on the environmental impacts of the spill by Monday, 16 November.
