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Ocean Extinction Trend
Click Here to listen to program GELLERMAN: Scientists have long known that our oceans are in deep trouble, but...

Whale Sharks in the Gulf
The world's largest fish has been spotted swimming through crude oil in the Gulf of Mexico. Host Jeff Yo...

Toxic Gulf Oil
As someones hopefully told you, for the last month and a half a 2-foot-wide pipe in the Gulf of Mexico has bee...

Protecting Great White Sharks
There are billions upon billions of creatures in the 7-mile deep oceans. Amongst them live the supremely grace...

Climate-Related Severe Weather Made 2011 Costliest Year on Record: Reports
2011 Disasters Make it Costliest Year on Record Though it would be impossible to calculate the full finan...

The Incredible World of Dolphins
Dolphins are playful, affectionate, curious, intelligent, social, vocal and enjoy sex especially after ...

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Blog Posts

Oceans Face Mass Extinctions, New Report Warns
When 27 marine experts from a half-dozen countries met in England this April for a workshop on the state of th...

Protecting Great White Sharks
There are billions upon billions of creatures in the 7-mile deep oceans. Amongst them live the supremely grac...

Earth Day Message: Then & Now
In 1970 Dave was a student at California Lutheran University and held the position of Religious Activities Com...

Exponentially High Baby Dolphin Deaths in the Gulf
Signs of Horrors to Come? In the latest of repercussions from the BP debacle in the Gulf of Mexico, we got wor...

Earth, We Have a Problem -- Failure Is Not an Option
Dave's 88-year-old father has been involved in the space program most of his career. We have always been inter...

THE GULF OIL SPILL: THE CHALLENGE OF BRINGING HOPE AND HEALING TO COLLECTIVE TRAUMA, GRIEF, AND RAGE.
The Gulf oil spill is now identified as the largest environmental disaster in U.S. history. The crisis has th...

Applying Jacques Cousteau's wisdom
June 11th, marks Jacques-Yves Cousteaus 100thbirthday. The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau television speci...

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News Articles

Study: Ocean Acidity Exceeds Natural Norms
Rapidly rising CO2 emissions change ocean chemistry New research suggests an overload of carbon dioxide in...

New world deep beneath Southern Ocean
A lost world of Antarctic creatures which survive not on sun but hydrogen sulphide has been discovered deep be...

Seattle Bans Plastic Bags, and Sets a Charge for Paper
SEATTLE The City Council here voted unanimously on Monday to ban plastic grocery bags and charge a 5-cent fee...

Climate Talks in Durban Yield Limited Agreement
DURBAN, South Africa After 72 hours of continuous wrangling, the 17th conference of the United Nations Framew...

ANALYSIS-World divided on new plan to combat global warming
Photo: A man carries a fishing rod during sunset along the shoreline in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria, ...

Marshall Islands Declares Worlds Largest Shark Sanctuary
The Marshall Islands is now home to the worlds largest shark sanctuary, an area of the central Pacific Ocean f...

Piracy costs world shipping industry $9B a year
NEW DELHI (AP) Piracy is costing the global shipping trade more than $9 billion a year, according to India...

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The Bay vs. The Bag
Join Save The Bay in standing up to the plastics industry and reducing plastic bag pollution to protect our wa...

Making Waves
Making Waves: A weekly audio program bringing you the latest National Ocean Service news and information....

Marine & Coastal Biodiversity
Iyb Cbd Factsheet Marine En...