Tag Archives: Oceans

Endangered Species Day: Protecting Biodiversity

▲ ▲ ▲ Endangered Species Day: Friday, May 17, 2013 Celebrate Endangered Species Day! Endangered Species Day is an opportunity for people young and old to learn about the importance of protecting endangered species and everyday actions that people can … Continue reading

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Earth Hour Is March 23: Switch Off Your Lights

▲ ▲ ▲ Indonesian actress Pevita Pearce will sleep without air conditioning for one month AND plant 100 trees IF 10,000 of her Instagram and Twitter followers share their action for the planet using the hash-tag #dukungAKSIpevita ! ‘Ini Aksiku! … Continue reading

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Last of the Curlews: A Lost Bird’s Life

▲ ▲ ▲ Eskimo Curlew, Courlis esquimau (Numenius borealis) March, 1962 on Galveston Island, Texas Photo by: Don Bleitz, Copyright held by Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology, CA The Eskimo Curlew is a “modern extinction” along with the Passenger Pigeon, … Continue reading

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Killer Whale Chases Man and Dog!

▲ ▲ ▲ Swim for your life! A diver and dog are chased from the water by a Killer Whale! Nothing against the orca, which is the largest dolphin, a highly intelligent carnivore, and was probably pinging the dog as … Continue reading

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Global Ecological Footprint: Humanity has exhausted nature’s budget for 2012

▲ ▲ ▲ The Ecological Footprint August 22nd Is Earth Overshoot Day: Humanity has exhausted nature’s budget for the year (Global Footprint Network, Oakland, CA, 8-22-12) Humanity has surpassed nature’s budget for the year, and is now operating in overdraft, … Continue reading

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Maui’s Dolphin: Incredibly rare, sighted near New Zealand coast!

▲ ▲ ▲ Maui’s Dolphin (Cephalorhynchus hectori maui) Maui’s dolphin or popoto is the world’s rarest and smallest known subspecies of dolphin. They are a sub-species of the Hector’s dolphin. Maui’s dolphins are only found off the west coast of … Continue reading

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Sea Turtles: Struggle for Survival Against Nature and Humanity

▲ ▲ ▲ Sea Turtles of the World The Survival of the Sea Turtle Watch the miraculous journey of infant sea turtles as these tiny animals run the gauntlet of predators and harsh conditions. Then, in numbers, see how human … Continue reading

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Endangered Species Day: Celebrating America’s Wildlife Legacy

▲ ▲ ▲ Endangered Species Day: Friday, May 18, 2012 Celebrate Endangered Species Day! Endangered Species Day is an opportunity for people young and old to learn about the importance of protecting endangered species and everyday actions that people can … Continue reading

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Living Planet Report 2012: Resource Demand Increasing, Biodiversity Decreasing

▲ ▲ ▲ Biodiversity continues to be lost on planet Earth We may not recognize it, but virtually every decision we make comes with a price to our planet—a small, but not insignificant, withdrawal of the earth’s resources. Added together, … Continue reading

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A Global Effort Is Building to Save Our Oceans

▲ ▲ ▲ Earth’s Oceans Imagine what the world’s leading ocean scientists, policy experts, private sector actors, and activists could accomplish if they united as a single force for ocean health. We’re about to find out. During the World Bank’s … Continue reading

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OECD Environmental Outlook to 2050: The Consequences of Inaction

▲ ▲ ▲ Humanity has witnessed unprecedented growth and prosperity in the past decades, with the size of the world economy more than tripling and population increasing by over 3 billion people since 1970. This growth, however, has been accompanied … Continue reading

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