Environment

Siphoning the spill

Crude oil in the form of marine spills has always given governments, environmentalists and oil companies more than a dozen reasons to worry. Spilled on the ocean surface, it is known to cause immediate and long-term damage that is likely to

Publication Date: 
01/05/2009
Planet Earth
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Environment, Marine Pollution, Oil Pollution, Marine Ecosystems, Marine Life, Appropriate Technology, India, Global, Statistics, Pollution Control
Environment

Governance and environmental change in the Arctic Ocean

Strategies are being sought that will promote international cooperation and reduce the risks of discord in the Arctic Ocean.

Publication Date: 
17/04/2009
Paul Arthur Berkman, Oran R. Young
Science
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Environment, Arctic Ocean, Canada, Marine Fisheries, Science, Governance, Europe, Norway, Russia, Arctic, Marine Pollution
Wildlife

 Algal bloom kills birds

A chemical released by algae blamed hundreds of wintering seabirds were reportedly found dead on the shores of Monterey bay, usa, towards the end of 2007. Feathers of the birds were coated in a foamy yellow-green substance. A team of researchers traced the substance to an unusually large red tide in the bay caused by the algal species Akashiwo sanguinea. Monterey bay is home to a

Publication Date: 
14/04/2009
Susmita Dey
Down to Earth
Tags:
Marine Pollution, Wildlife, Birds, United States Of America (US)
Water Pollution

Measures to minimize marine pollution in Sri Lanka due to sinking Turkish ship

Sri Lankan Marine officials together with the Navy have taken measures to minimize the environmental damage caused by the Turkish ship that sank 8 kilometers off Foul Point in Trincomalee.

Publication Date: 
09/04/2009
Colombo Page (Sri Lanka)
Tags:
Marine Pollution, Sri Lanka, Colombo
Water Pollution

Land-based pollutants threaten our seas

CHENNAI: People keep blaming oil spill and other marine disasters, but, in reality, 85 per cent of pollutants in maritime areas comes from land-based sources, according to S.P.S. Basra, Commander, Indian Coast Guard, Eastern region.

Publication Date: 
04/04/2009
Hindu (Chennai)
Tags:
Marine Pollution, Environmental Security
Environment

Marine litter: a global challenge

Marine litter is a global concern affecting all the oceans of the world. It poses environmental, economic, health and aesthetic problems that are rooted in poor solid waste management practices, lack of infrastructure, indiscriminate human activities and behaviours and an inadequate understanding on the part of the public of the potential consequences of their actions.

Publication Date: 
01/04/2009
Ljubomir Jeftic, Seba Sheavly, Ellik Adler
UNEP
Tags:
Environment, UNCLOS, Marine Pollution, Marine Ecosystems, Oceans and Seas, Baltic Sea, Black Sea, Caspian Sea, Mediterranean Sea, North Pacific Ocean, South Pacific Ocean, Health Effects, Solid Waste, Waste Management, Global, Basel Convention
Environment

Pacific ocean synthesis: scientific literature review of coastal and ocean threats, impacts, and solutions

The objective of this Pacific Ocean synthesis is to comprehensively and systematically survey the published scientific literature, government publications and other peer-reviewed reports to identify Pacific Ocean and regional threats as well as the environmental and socioeconomic impacts of those threats.

Publication Date: 
01/04/2009
Center for Ocean Solutions
Tags:
Environment, Marine Ecosystems, Marine Research, North Pacific Ocean, South Pacific Ocean, Fisheries, Climate Change, Sea Level Rise, Habitat, Invasive Alien Species, Marine Pollution
Water Pollution

Robot fish to catch pollution

The sea of northern Spain is shortly to be invaded - by robots.

Scientists are building a shoal of robot fish to be let loose in the port of Gijon to check on the quality of the water.

Modelled on carp and costing about

Publication Date: 
20/03/2009
Fiona Harvey
Financial Times (London)
Tags:
Marine Pollution, Fish, Water Treatment Technology, Water Quality, Scientists, Spain
Water Pollution

Another oil spill threatens marine life

Workers try to clean up Australian beaches but it looks like a long haul

BRISBANE: Wildlife workers rescued turtle eggs and captured a few oil-coated pelicans off Australia

Publication Date: 
13/03/2009
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Marine Pollution, Oil Pollution, Australia
Environment

Occurrence and distribution of some enteric bacteria along the southern coast of Kerala

Six major groups of enteric bacteria, viz, Faecal coliforms, E. coli, Shigella spp., Salmonella spp., Vibrio parahaemolyticus and Vibrio cholerae were screened for the present study. The overall percentage occurrence of enteric bacteria in water and sediment was maximum accounted for Vibrio parahaemolyticus (81.7%) and minimum for Salmonella spp.

Publication Date: 
01/03/2009
P. P. Ouseph, V. Prasanthan, P. P. Abhilash & et al
Indian Journal of Marine Sciences
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Tags:
Environment, Marine Ecosystems, Micro Organisms, Kerala, Kochi, Marine Pollution

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