Apathy towards poachers widespread in world’s marine protected areas
A new study has found that nearly half of fishers from seven countries had witnessed someone poaching in marine protected areas in the past year and most of them did nothing about it.
Should Rivers Have Rights? A Growing Movement Says It’s About Time
Inspired by indigenous views of nature, a movement to grant a form of legal “personhood” to rivers is gaining some ground — a key step, advocates say, in reversing centuries of damage inflicted upon the world’s waterways.
Unspoilt, rare, dunes earmarked for new golf course
One of the last unspoilt coastal dunes in Scotland is under threat from plans for a championship golf course.
Off the African Coast, a Struggle to Revive a Battered Fishery
The third-place winner of the 2018 Yale Environment 360 Video Contest looks at a campaign to enlist local fishermen to help reverse a sharp decline in the marine resources of the tiny island nation of Mauritius.
Red tide is devastating Florida’s sea life. Are humans to blame?
Thousands of sea creatures now litter many of southern Florida’s typically picturesque beaches. “Anything that can leave has, and anything that couldn’t leave has died.”.
Why the endangered green sea turtle is losing its male population
The struggle to save the already endangered green sea turtle faces a new challenge. Now, the males of the species seem to be disappearing.
For Marine Life, New Threats from a Fast-Tracked Canadian Pipeline
A new Canadian government-backed pipeline that will triple the amount of thick Alberta tar sands oil flowing to a British Columbia port poses significant risks for a threatened population of killer whales and other coastal marine life.
Troubled Waters
UCSB scientists find that wealthy nations are responsible for almost all of trackable industrial fishing across the global oceans.
Worst “red tide” toxic algae bloom in years killing turtles, manatees in Florida
Thousands of fish, eels and turtles are dying, sometimes as far as the eye can see, in parts of southwest Florida. Just this week, one of several lifeless manatees was pulled from the water. The suspected culprit is a toxic algae bloom known as “red tide.”