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The growing push to mine the seabed threatens the vast and rich ecosystem between the surface and the seafloor.
Dr. Steven Haddock and Dr. C. Anela Choy discuss the risks that deep sea mining has on the oceans our most important ecosystems. A highly recommended read. This article was part of the August 28th Seven Seas Bulletin. Read the entire bulletin at : https://esteem.app/hive-127788/@portsundries/seven-seas-bulletin-august-28th-2020 Help defend the oceans. Support sustainable fishing and aquaculture/agriculture practices. Don't pollute your local waterways. Donate to your local marine conservation charity. Image courtesy of Pixabay.com Recent studies show there is 12 to 21 million tonnes of microplastics in the Atlantic ocean. Just that ocean. Just one of the five. The Pacific ocean could hold about two Atlantic oceans.
CLEAN UP AFTER YOURSELF. REUSE. RECYCLE. DO NOT USE SINGLE USE PLASTICS. THROW YOUR TRASH AWAY PROPERLY. PICK UP TRASH WHEN YOU SEE IT, EVEN WHEN ITS NOT YOURS. Read more from the BBC : https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-53786555 This article was part of the August 28th Seven Seas Bulletin. Read the entire bulletin at : https://esteem.app/hive-127788/@portsundries/seven-seas-bulletin-august-28th-2020 Help defend the oceans. Support sustainable fishing and aquaculture/agriculture practices. Don't pollute your local waterways. Donate to your local marine conservation charity. Image courtesy of Pixabay.com "The center and its partners will share best practices in forecast- informed reservoir operations, increase research around atmospheric rivers and droughts and develop strategies for mitigating flood risk and increasing water supply reliability."
Read more from Times of San Diego : https://timesofsandiego.com/tech/2020/08/24/san-diego-water-authority-partners-with-scripps-institution-of-oceanography/ This article was part of the August 28th Seven Seas Bulletin. Read the entire bulletin at : https://esteem.app/hive-127788/@portsundries/seven-seas-bulletin-august-28th-2020 Help defend the oceans. Support sustainable fishing and aquaculture/agriculture practices. Don't pollute your local waterways. Donate to your local marine conservation charity. Image courtesy of Pixabay.com Specimens, sensors, probes, and algorithms, oh my! Science Focus explains:
Read more from Science Focus : https://www.sciencefocus.com/planet-earth/the-technology-solving-the-oceans-greatest-mysteries/ This article was part of the August 28th Seven Seas Bulletin. Read the entire bulletin at : https://esteem.app/hive-127788/@portsundries/seven-seas-bulletin-august-28th-2020 Help defend the oceans. Support sustainable fishing and aquaculture/agriculture practices. Don't pollute your local waterways. Donate to your local marine conservation charity. Image courtesy of Pixabay.com If you have heard the word "Mauritius" recently you probably know there has been a recent massive oil spill in the waters of the small island. To add to the disaster, 27 dolphins along with several other species of dead marine animals have been washing ashore. The deaths have not been "officially linked" to the die-offs and the officials are investigating the causes to see if they are linked or not. The two possible causes at this moment are due to the spill and/or the "subsequent sinking of the vessel". Two dolphins have been tested with no traces of oil but both had injuries to their bodies. More information will be available once their autopsy reports are released. At this time of posting, they may have been released. When we have more information will post it.
Read more from CBS News : https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mauritius-oil-spill-27-dolphins-found-dead/ This article was part of the August 28th Seven Seas Bulletin. Read the entire bulletin at : https://esteem.app/hive-127788/@portsundries/seven-seas-bulletin-august-28th-2020 Help defend the oceans. Support sustainable fishing and aquaculture/agriculture practices. Don't pollute your local waterways. Donate to your local marine conservation charity. Image courtesy of Pixabay.com Belize has taken some great steps to protecting their ocean waters and the life within it. The Sapodilla Cayes Marine Reserve will be expanded 700%! and they will be phasing out the use of gillnet fishing by 2022, partly by assisting "fishers transition to more sustainable livelihoods".
Not sure what a gillnet is and how it is a killing sea turtles and other marine life that is both not intended to be caught and are often threatened species? Read this from NOAA : https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/national/bycatch/fishing-gear-gillnets There are plenty of ways to fish, but this is not one of the ways we should be when in certain waters. "The marine reserve expansion has helped Belize meet its international commitment to the Convention on Biological Diversity’s Aichi Target 11, which calls for nations to protect at least 10% of their marine environments by 2020." Read more from Monga Bay: https://news.mongabay.com/2020/08/belize-takes-ocean-action-with-expanded-marine-reserve-and-ban-on-gill-nets/ This article was part of the August 28th Seven Seas Bulletin. Read the entire bulletin at : https://esteem.app/hive-127788/@portsundries/seven-seas-bulletin-august-28th-2020 Help defend the oceans. Support sustainable fishing and aquaculture/agriculture practices. Don't pollute your local waterways. Donate to your local marine conservation charity. Image courtesy of Pixabay.com In today's Seven Seas Bulletin we take a look at how Belize is taking a stronger stance on their marine protection, dead dolphins in Mauritius, mystery solving technology, San Diego County Water Authority and Scripps Institution of Oceanography team up to predict atmospheric rivers, the 12 to 21 million tonnes of microplastics in the Atlantic Ocean, and the dangers that deep sea mining creates for our ocean ecosystems.
- Belize takes ocean action with expanded marine reserve and ban on gill nets https://news.mongabay.com/2020/08/belize-takes-ocean-action-with-expanded-marine-reserve-and-ban-on-gill-nets/ - 27 dolphins found dead after massive oil spill on island of Mauritius https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mauritius-oil-spill-27-dolphins-found-dead/ - The technology solving the ocean’s greatest mysteries https://www.sciencefocus.com/planet-earth/the-technology-solving-the-oceans-greatest-mysteries/ - San Diego Water Authority Partners With Scripps Institution Of Oceanography https://timesofsandiego.com/tech/2020/08/24/san-diego-water-authority-partners-with-scripps-institution-of-oceanography/ - Microplastic in Atlantic Ocean 'could weigh 21 million tonnes' https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-53786555 - Treasure and Turmoil in the Deep Sea The growing push to mine the seabed threatens the vast and rich ecosystem between the surface and the seafloor. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/14/opinion/deep-ocean-mining-pollution.html Help defend the oceans. Support sustainable fishing and aquaculture/agriculture practices. Don't pollute your local waterways. Donate to your local marine conservation charity. Follow @portsundries and read the Seven Seas Bulletin on Hive at : https://esteem.app/hive-127788/@portsundries/seven-seas-bulletin-august-28th-2020 Today's Pirate Joke of a day is ...
Q: What lies at the bottom of the ocean and twitches? A: A nervous wreck. Here is a run down of current marine conservation articles we currently recommend reading.
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