Wedge-shaped marine heat wave blankets West Coast, concerning scientists

Credit to Author: The Canadian Press| Date: Sun, 08 Sep 2019 22:52:44 +0000

The blob is back — but this time, it looks a little more like a wedge. Scientists are keeping a close eye on a thin blanket of warm water off the West Coast for about three months, saying it resembles a marine heat wave nicknamed “the blob” that disrupted marine life between 2014 and 2016. […]

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Gina Lopez’s fondness of song ‘I Believe I Can Fly’ remembered

Credit to Author: racosta| Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2019 08:12:27 +0000

MANILA, Philippines — Perhaps one of the most memorable things about former Environment chief Gina Lopez was her fondness of R. Kelly’s classic hit “I Believe I Can Fly.” Among those who pointed this out as the news of her passing broke Monday was television host Gretchen Ho. “I BELIEVE I CAN FLY. She would […]

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B.C. judge rules multimillion-dollar Inside Passage fuel spill fine should go to Heiltsuk Nation

Credit to Author: David Carrigg| Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2019 05:21:54 +0000

The Nathan E. Stewart – an American articulated tug-barge travelling the Inside Passage from Alaska to Vancouver – ran aground and sank on a reef next to Athlone Island in the Seaforth Channel close to Bella Bella in the early hours of Oct. 13, 2016.

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Beloved baby dugong ‘Mariam’ dies in Thailand with plastic in stomach

Credit to Author: Dennis Maliwanag| Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2019 05:16:00 +0000

Beloved baby dugong ‘Mariam’ dies in Thailand with plastic in stomach

A sick baby dugong whose fight for recovery won hearts in Thailand and cast a spotlight on ocean conservation has died from an infection exacerbated by bits of plastic lining her stomach, officials said Saturday.

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100 meters of Boracay beach cordoned off amid video of tourist burying diapers

Credit to Author: racosta| Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2019 11:35:20 +0000

100 meters of Boracay beach cordoned off amid video of tourist burying diapers

ILOILO CITY –– A 100-meter area of the famed four-kilometer long beach of Boracay Island was cordoned off starting Wednesday morning amid a video showing a tourist burying used baby diapers along the beach. Natividad Bernardino, general manager of the Boracay Interagency Rehabilitation Management Group, said the area at Station 1 at the northern end […]

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