Category Archives: Oceans

North Carolina Legislates on Level of Sea Level Rise

Posted on June 11, 2012 by

Source: Scientific American Blog A group of legislators from 20 coastal NC counties whose economies will be most affected by rising seas have legislated on how future predictions should be calculated. In House Bill 819 2011 section 2, paragraph e, … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate change, Oceans

Biofuels from Seaweed

Posted on May 1, 2012 by

Source: https://www.sonoma.edu/users/c/cannon/Bio314AlgaeInvertsVertsImages/Fucus.JPG E. coli, best known for causing serious food poisoning, has been bioengineered to digest all the sugars found in seaweed and produce bioethanol and other useful products. The researchers estimate that seaweed farms along 3% of the world’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Biofuels, Oceans

Greenpeace USA activist training

Posted on April 17, 2009 by

image: activists today are creative everywhere for all sorts of causes. From Greenpeace; Greenpeace is now accepting Fall 2009 applications for the Greenpeace Organizing Term, a semester of intense activist training for college undergraduates, ages 18-24. The Greenpeace Organizing Term … Continue reading →

Posted in Campaigns, Media, Nature & Conservation, Nuclear, Oceans, Politics, Protest, US, Youth | 2 Comments

Green Reflections

Posted on December 27, 2008 by

Looking back over 2008 in terms of climate change, there hasn’t been enough news to give us hope but to take a brief (very brief) look back at some of the green news that comes to mind, here are a … Continue reading →

Posted in Campaigns, Carbon footprint, Climate change, Energy, Extreme weather, General, Nature & Conservation, Oceans, People, Politics, Politics & Policy initiatives, Protest, Science, Transport | 3 Comments

‘Salty vegetables with your fish sir?’

Posted on December 6, 2008 by

image: sea kale Article Around the world, many agricultural areas are becoming less productive as salt levels in water supplies increase. Only 1% of the Earth’s water is freshwater. “Salinisation is irreversible,” says Professor Jelte Rozema from the department of … Continue reading →

Posted in Academia, Biodiversity, Climate change, Desertification, EU, Food & Agriculture, Oceans, Sustainablity, Thinking outside the box, Water | Tagged , , | 2 Comments

Major review of EU fisheries policy.

Posted on September 20, 2008 by

Article A global survey found that fisheries managed using individual transferable quotas (ITQs) were half as likely to collapse as others. Long-term quotas give fishermen a stake in conserving fish stocks. The study was published in the journal Science just … Continue reading →

Posted in Biodiversity, EU, Nature & Conservation, Oceans, Politics & Policy initiatives, Sustainablity, UK | Tagged , | 4 Comments

Sharks: Dangerous or Endangered?

Posted on September 11, 2008 by

Sharkwater is a documentary available on DVD which highlights the plight of the shark. It’s a beautiful but disturbing account of our theft of the oceans and it exposes, amongst other related issues, the very cruel and inhumane practise of … Continue reading →

Posted in Campaigns, Films Movies TV, Nature & Conservation, Oceans, Wildlife | 6 Comments

The desperate world of geo-engineering.

Posted on August 5, 2008 by

Desperate leap of faith ….. to save planet earth …. This, from BRYAN WALSH of TIME; I’m going to tell you something I probably shouldn’t: we may not be able to  stop global warming. The Arctic Ocean, which experienced record … Continue reading →

Posted in Academia, Climate change, Oceans, Thinking outside the box | Tagged | 7 Comments

The all singing, all dancing Good Fish Guide!

Posted on May 23, 2008 by

[1min.] The Oxford band Stornoway have released a good tune to help us remember the right fish to eat. And this is what they had to say; Do you like eating fish? Did you know that around 75% of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Biodiversity, Food, Humour, Music, Nature & Conservation, Oceans, Sustainablity, UK | Tagged , | 5 Comments

The Theft of Biodiversity

Posted on May 16, 2008 by

Picture: Independent Graphics Species are dying out at a rate not seen since the demise of the dinosaurs, according to a report published today – and human behaviour is to blame. The Independent Yes, the human footprint is to blame according … Continue reading →

Posted in Biodiversity, Carbon footprint, Climate change, General, Nature & Conservation, Oceans, People, Pollution, Sustainablity, Thinking outside the box, Water, Wildlife | 19 Comments