Recommendations for a 100% renewable energy future: WWF report

“By 2050, we could get all the energy we need from renewable sources.” – James Leape, Director General, WWF International Here are 10 recommendations for achieving a 100% renewable energy future from the WWF’s study, The Energy Report, published earlier this year. Download the full report and highlights summary at the WWF Canada website. 1. [...]

WWF Canada: Arctic Sea Ice Levels Plunge to Historic Low

(OTTAWA – September 15, 2011) — The extent of Arctic sea ice has hit the lowest levels since monitoring began, according to an analysis by the University of Bremen. This record of 4.24 million square kilometers could be pushed even further. There is a close link between Arctic August air temperatures and sea ice melting. [...]

BC divers call for ban on sales of shark fins in Canada

Green Party of Canada Leader Elizabeth May has called for an end to shark finning at a press conference held yesterday in the Shaw Ocean Discovery Centre, Sidney, BC. “I have been presented with a large collection of petition signatures from Canadians asking the federal government to take action against shark finning and I’m very [...]

Illuminating the deep sea: First light at the ALOHA Cabled Observatory

At 10:23 a.m. on June 6, 2011, the University of Hawaii ALOHA Cabled Observatory (ACO) came to life, extending electric power and the Internet over a retired seafloor telecommunications cable from Makaha to Station ALOHA, located 60 nautical miles north of Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi. Turning on the observatory lights illuminated the three-mile-deep seafloor. A video camera [...]

New Project AWARE Action Plan Galvanizes Scuba Divers for Ocean Protection

AWARE divers poised to protect the ocean planet – one dive at a time Rancho Santa Margarita, California – On World Ocean Day, 8th June 2011, Project AWARE Foundation relaunched its 21-year old organization with new strategies to combine grassroots action with policy change to protect the ocean. In the last two decades scuba divers [...]

Will the Whale Wars escalate in Southern Ocean?

According to a media release issued today, Sea Shepherd’s long-range pursuit vessel, the Bob Barker, is currently in Australia, fully refitted, and ready to depart at a moment’s notice to the Southern Ocean. The flagship Steve Irwin and the Brigitte Bardot are en route to the North Atlantic to defend pilot whales in the Faeroe [...]

Plenty more fish in the sea? Not for much longer: Study

More than 40 species of marine fish currently found in the Mediterranean could disappear in the next few years. According to a study released in April 2011 for the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ on the status of marine fish in the Mediterranean Sea, almost half of the species of sharks and rays (cartilaginous [...]

Scientist selected to lead NOAA’s Ocean Acidification Program

Dr. Elizabeth (Libby) Jewett, a NOAA scientist with diverse science and management experience in ocean acidification and coastal hypoxia (low oxygen) research programs, will be the first director of NOAA’s Ocean Acidification Program. Established by Congress in 2009, the Ocean Acidification Program will plan and oversee a long-term coastal and open ocean monitoring program, lead [...]

From A Bucket Of Seawater, New Understanding Of The Ocean

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey — From a bucket of seawater, scientists have unlocked information that may lead to deeper understanding of organisms as different as coral reefs and human disease. By analyzing genomes of a tiny, single-celled marine animal, they have demonstrated a possible way to address diverse questions such as how diseased cells differ [...]

Sea Shepherd Awarded 4-Star Rating by Charity Navigator

For the third year in a row, Sea Shepherd Conservation Society was awarded a 4-star rating by Charity Navigator (CN), a leading charity evaluator based in the United States. Sea Shepherd is proud to be among the elite 31 percent of charities that receive this exceptional designation. As the non-profit sector continues to grow at [...]

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