endangered species

Key To Climate Stabilization: Eelgrass The Endangered Marine Plant

Credits: Benjamin L. Jones/ Unsplash
  • Efforts under way to restore seagrass meadows capable of capturing more carbon than rainforests.
  • Like so many natural wonders, eelgrass has been damaged by pollution, disease and other man made disturbances, such as speedboats.
  • Their rhizome root system spreads under the sand, as a second reproduction method, and in doing so stabilizes the seabed.

A Rhizome with long green leaves attached left stranded on a beach after a winter storm shows that just offshore...

https://mfame.guru/key-to-climate-stabilization-eelgrass-the-endangered-marine-plant/

Is Marine Ecosystem In The Risk Of Fading Fast?

  • There’s an epidemic of whales washing up on the West Coast.
  • Scientists are piecing together exactly why to try to find a solution.

According to an article published in Fast Company, Scientists are piecing together the epidemic of whales washing up on the West Coast to try to find a solution.

Washed out Whales

On June 21, a 45-foot-long dead gray whale, longer than a city bus, washed ashore on Ocean Beach on the western border of San Francisco. A day earlier, a fin whale washed up on another...

https://mfame.guru/is-marine-ecosystem-in-the-risk-of-fading-fast/

[Watch] Proof of Humpback Whales Singing

Sightings of humpback whales in the waters off New York have increased in recent years, thrilling whale watchers. Now, for the first time, scientists have proof of humpbacks singing in this area, not just in their Caribbean breeding grounds, reports KCCI.

Underwater Recordings Captured

Lead study author Julia Zeh analyzed more than 6,000 hours of underwater recordings captured by Cornell scientists and she couldn’t believe her ears. “All of a sudden there in the background, it starts kind of...

https://mfame.guru/watch-proof-of-humpbacks-whales-singing/

Lawsuit claims Gulf of Mexico drilling permits violate Endangered Species Act

Environmental groups went to federal court Oct. 21 with a lawsuit claiming the Trump administration is violating the Endangered Species Act by an inadequate interagency consultation on oil and gas operations in the Gulf of Mexico.

The San Francisco-based legal foundation Earthjustice filed the action on behalf of the Sierra Club, the Center for Biological Diversity, Friends of the Earth and Turtle Island Restoration Network. The lawsuit attacks an assessment of the hazards that offshore oil and...

https://www.workboat.com/news/offshore/lawsuit-claims-gulf-of-mexico-drilling-permits-violate-endangered-species-act/

Make ship speed limits mandatory to protect right whales, advocates say

Responders examine a dead right whale in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Marine Animal Response Society photo.

Vessel speed limits must be mandatory offshore when endangered northern right whales are present, because ship strikes are a leading cause of deaths in the whale population now down to only around 400 animals, ocean conservation groups say in an appeal to the U.S. government.

“The unprecedented number of recent deaths and serious injuries warrants the agency acting quickly to ensure that this endangered species receives the protections necessary to reduce the risk of vessel strikes and ensure...

https://www.workboat.com/news/bluewater/make-ship-speed-limits-mandatory-to-protect-right-whales-advocates-say/

Whale sightings, and ship strike danger, surge off New York

A humpback whale near New York Harbor. Photo by Celia Ackerman/Gotham Whale

Humpback whales are seen much more often around the approaches to New York Harbor, and with them come the potential for more deadly encounters with vessels, according to a new study.

“Whales feed in close proximity to the entrance of the Port of New York and New Jersey, creating potentially dangerous situations for both vessels and whales. Documenting humpback whale presence and identifying the risks are crucial for both short- and long-term management,” wrote researchers at George Mason...

https://www.workboat.com/news/coastal-inland-waterways/whale-sightings-and-ship-strike-danger-surge-off-new-york/