Sharkfest 2022 Is Here & So Is Ocean Plastic Recycling

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2022 18:35:37 +0000

sharks ocean plastic pollutionIt’s always a good time to talk about the ocean plastic problem, especially when the biggest-ever Sharkfest series is unspooling on Disney+ and National Geographic channels this week.

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Ocean Noise Reduction Is An Important Goal

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2022 19:05:50 +0000

I don’t know about you, but it can be a real pain in the butt having neighbors with yappy little dogs. Sometimes at 3 or 4 AM, some drifter will walk through the area, and little yappy dogs down the street go into an absolute fit. When that happens, it can ruin your sleep, which […]

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B.C. Climate News April 4 to April 10: Latest IPCC report offers solutions to limit warming to 1.5 C | Old growth forest activists stage hunger strike | Increase in atmospheric methane set another record during 2021

Credit to Author: Tiffany Crawford| Date: Sat, 09 Apr 2022 19:31:57 +0000

Here’s your weekly roundup of climate change news for the week of April 4 to April 10, 2022.

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Climate scientist in Antarctica speaks to Metro Vancouver officials about 'doomsday' glacier

Credit to Author: Tiffany Crawford| Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2022 22:52:35 +0000

David Holland says they have discovered that the water underneath an ice shelf is 3 C above the freezing point, which has frightening implications for how fast the glacier is melting.

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Last Month in Climate Science: More Injury-Related Deaths, Mass Seabird Die-Off, River Ice Disappearing

Credit to Author: World Resources Institute| Date: Sat, 29 Feb 2020 23:54:43 +0000

Common murres experienced a mass die-off in the North Pacific in 2015-2016. Photo by D. Roseneau/U.S. Fish and Wildlife ServiceEvery month, climate scientists make new discoveries that advance our understanding of climate change’s causes and impacts. The research gives a clearer picture of the threats we already face and explores what’s to come if we don’t reduce emissions at a quicker pace

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Federal government handed out foam orca key chains at Vancouver ocean cleanup conference

Credit to Author: Tiffany Crawford| Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2020 21:21:11 +0000

The Department of Fisheries and Oceans will review its promotional material policy in light of the keychain complaint. Meantime, companies that make the SWAG (stuff we all get) are transitioning away from plastic to more sustainable materials like bamboo and hemp.

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Federal government handed out foam orca keychains at Vancouver ocean cleanup conference

Credit to Author: Tiffany Crawford| Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2020 18:00:09 +0000

The Department of Fisheries and Oceans will review its promotional material policy in light of the keychain complaint. Meantime, companies that make the SWAG (stuff we all get) are transitioning away from plastic to more sustainable materials like bamboo and hemp.

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Acidic Oceans Are Dissolving Crab Shells

Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Sun, 02 Feb 2020 19:30:14 +0000

A new study conducted by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) just discovered that the Pacific Ocean is so acidic that it is literally dissolving the shells off of crab larvae. This was expected, sure, but it is happening much earlier than researchers feared that it would

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