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The Oceans Wikizine is dedicated to information about the Earth's oceans and the life within them. Articles here explore what the ocean means to people, but also what they mean on their own terms. Oceanographic research, marine biology... [more]

The Oceans Wikizine is dedicated to information about the Earth's oceans and the life within them. Articles here explore what the ocean means to people, but also what they mean on their own terms. Oceanographic research, marine biology, ethical seafood and the environmental crisis within the seas are all topics that may be reported upon here. Ocean activism, to deal with issues like overfishing, pollution and the impact of climate change on the oceans, also belong here.

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Thoughts on Ocean Pollution after a Visit to Where the Portuguese Began Their Adventuring

Written by marysoderstrom on
Back from Portugal to find the garden overgrown and mass of news to digest. While in Lisbon I wa5ched far more television than I do here, largely to work on my Portuguese comprehension. Canada made the news a couple of times—a second death due to AH1N1, the Stanley Cup finals (only on BBC sports,) Alice Munro winning the International Man Booker, J’ai tué ma mère running away at Cannes and the CAW making more concessions to GM. Other big stories here didn’t rate a mention there. It’s going to take me a while to digest what’s happened, to say nothing about making sense of ... Read Full Story

Shells Wallpaper

Written by omniswami on
Here's a photo taken near Naples, Florida. There were literally piles of shells washed up on the beach. I thought this photo made for a pretty decent free desktop wallpaper. Click on the image to get the full resolution and save it as your background. Enjoy :)OmniSwami.com - Tomorrow the truth will be revealed... Read Full Story

What do noisy oceans mean for fish?

Written by wilcoxclynn on
Picture this: It's Monday morning, and you wake up groggy to your alarm because the incessant traffic and blaring of truck horns from the local highway kept you from getting a good nights' sleep. You'd go back to sleep, but your spouse is already up watching TV and that annoying anchor for the 6 AM news is peppily rambling about how great his week abroad in Hawaii was - like an image of him in a speedo is what you need in your head first thing. You hop in the shower, if only to drown out the television, and try and remember what exactly ... Read Full Story

How Bad Is Acidification Anyhow?

Written by wilcoxclynn on
If you've been reading the news, people are reacting strongly to a new study which reported ocean acidification due to CO2 output is occurring at a faster rate than expected. But what is the deal with acidification, anyway? The worst part of a change in ocean pH is that it shifts the balance of carbonate ions. As the pH of the oceans drops, it is harder for animals to fix calcium carbonate. Therefore, with oceans acidifying at an alarming rate, the threat to calcified organisms is also rising faster than previously thought - and 2005 estimates were bad enough. Luckily, some calcifying organisms have ... Read Full Story

Lake Baikal is Dying

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EU researchers call for more ambitious CO2 reduction targets for ...
Higher atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) concentrations will accelerate ocean acidification and diminish the effectiveness of marine carbon sink areas, new EU-funded research shows. ... If the oceans take up less, more is staying in the atmosphere, and that would accelerate climate change. So the fear is [that] if the North Atlantic, which is one of the biggest uptakes in the world, is taking up less and less, it would increase climate change...  
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Team members transported the body to the aquarium's Marine Animal Control Center for examination. They later identified the 14-foot whale as a rare True's Beaked Whale. Barnes said a necropsy will be performed at the center on Monday by ...  
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Coming to ABC TV - Thursday 15th Oct 8:30pm Whale Patrol follows the remarkable and perilous journey of close to 17000 Humpback whales as they leave their summer feeding grounds in Antarctica to breeding sites in tropical waters off the ...  
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Electronica Podcast — Episode 5: River'n'Sea « DEEPGOA's ...
One lived many years near the White River, the other one near the Black Sea — that is the main factor why their project was named River'n'Sea. Sasha Khizhnyakov and Dima Yakovlev met each other on one of the hottest parties «Freak Me» ...  
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