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Killing the Ocean

Robert Hunziker — Wed, 04 Sep 2019 22:19:31 +0000

The oceans are “crying for mercy,” a fact that is starkly revealed in a telling 900-page draft of a forthcoming UN report due for release September 25th. T

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9 Easy Ways You Can Protect the Oceans

The CNCL Team — Fri, 07 Jun 2019 23:27:10 +0000

The ocean is astonishing, but it’s also deteriorating. A report published in the journal Current Biology in 2018 found that 87 percent of the world’s oceans are dying. Just 13 percent of oceans have intact marine ecosystems “untouched by the damaging impacts of humanity,” The Guardian reported last year.

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Turning the Tide – WWF Reports on 50 Years of Collaboration for Whale and Dolphin Conservation

The CNCL Team — Thu, 11 Apr 2019 05:21:31 +0000

Turning the tide briefly charts our growing understanding of whales and dolphins, the threats facing these intriguing creatures and the evolution of conservation approaches over the years. The report catalogues the rudimentary research techniques of the sixties right up to contemporary breakthrough technologies such as acoustic monitoring, genetic sampling, and satellite tagging, now applied to answer complex scientific questions. Ironically, the more we unravel the mysteries of these magnificent creatures, the more we realize that we are not curbing the activities that contribute towards the precipitous declines in their populations.

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