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Environment News tagged with ocean

Man-Made Noise Is Blamed for Driving Whales to Their Deaths
Environment  (tags: whales, dolphins, noise, ocean, humans, sonar, ships )

Claudia
- 41 days ago - timesonline.co.uk
Man-made noise is blamed for driving whales to their deaths
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Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch Worries Researchers
Environment  (tags: environment, garbage patch, ocean, habitat, protection, wildlife, nature, destruction, pollution )

Cher
- 84 days ago - mnn.com
Scientists hope to discover the extent of what ingesting plastic does to fish and plankton.
6 comments
Sign Petition: Help Save Our Seas
Environment  (tags: environment, ocean, ecosystems, habitat, nature, protection, globalwarming, climate-change, habitatdestruction, humans, pollution, wildlife, Sustainabililty, politics, government, conservation, oil, drilling, marine, mammals, fisheries )

Tom
- 164 days ago - change.org
Our oceans are in trouble, struggling under the strain of oil drilling, pollution, overfishing, global warming and acidification. Like the Clean Air Act for our air, and the Clean Water Act for our water, we need a Healthy Oceans Act for our oceans.
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Sign Petition: Ask Congress to Protect Our Natural World From Climate Change
Environment  (tags: environment, ocean, acid seas, nature, humans, CO2emissions, arctic, ice, melting, globalwarming, climate-change, ecosystems, scientists, research, investigation, environment, discovery, wildlife, endangered, habitatdestruction, oil, fossil fuels )

Tom
- 166 days ago - change.org
Global warming is threatening wildlife, fish and plants already on the brink of extinction. Melting sea ice, warming ocean and river waters, shifting life cycles and migration are impacting polar bears, lynx, coral, salmon and migratory birds.
20 comments
Sign Petition: Send a Message to Save America's Arctic!
Environment  (tags: environment, wildlife, animals, polar, bears, arctic, refuge, oil, drilling, pollution, globalwarming, habitat, destruction, CO2emissions, climatechange, ecosystems, nature, conservation, government, politics, palin, obama, salazar )

Tom
- 182 days ago - globalwarming.change.org
In the wake of last summer's sky-high oil prices, Big Oil is escalating its campaign to open America's prime Arctic wildlands - including the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, the Western Arctic Reserve and the Polar Bear Seas - to massive oil development.
18 comments
Sign Petition: Ask the EPA to Acknowledge the Truth About Global Warming
Environment  (tags: environment, animals, habitat, species, endangered, climate change, wildlife, ocean, polar bears, whales, humans, global warming, arctic, malaria, disease, floods, drought, wildfires, hurricanes, starvation, pollution )

Tom
- 182 days ago - change.org
Global warming is the single greatest threat to wildlife, not to mention our children's future. At last, the Environmental Protection Agency is taking steps to formally declare that greenhouse gas emissions are a threat to our public health and welfare.
22 comments
Sign Petition: Global Emission and Waste Reform NOW
Environment  (tags: environment, CO2emissions, waste, garbage, ocean, landfills, pollution, recycling, nature, protection, globalwarming, Sustainabililty, wildlife, habitat, conservation, corporations, economy, health, disease, prevention, safety, politics, government )

Tom
- 185 days ago - change.org
Our government's goal is to reduce pollution by 83% by 2050. The health of the people comes before corporations or the economy. We should eliminate endless landfills, trash, and gigantic garbage patches in oceans through planning and recycling by 2020.
24 comments
As Alaska Glaciers Melt, It's Land That's Rising
Environment  (tags: Alaska, ocean, glaciers, globalwarming, climate-change, CO2emissions, ecosystems, environment, humans, nature, conservation, salmon, forest, tectonics )

Tom
- 188 days ago - nytimes.com
Global warming conjures images of rising seas that threaten coastal areas. But in Juneau, as almost nowhere else in the world, climate change is having the opposite effect: As the glaciers here melt, the land is rising, causing the sea to retreat.
5 comments
Sign Petition: Urge the Obama Administration to Actively Support Climate Legislation
Environment  (tags: environment, animals, habitat, species, endangered, climate change, wildlife, ocean, polar bears, whales, humans, global warming, arctic, malaria, disease, floods, drought, wildfires, hurricanes, starvation, pollution )

Tom
- 188 days ago - secure3.convio.net
The Union of Concerned Scientists released the Climate 2030 Blueprint, a peer-reviewed study showing that the United States can dramatically cut global warming pollution while saving American households and businesses billions of dollars in energy costs.
11 comments
Sign Petition: Make Polluters Pay for ALL Carbon Credits
Environment  (tags: environment, animals, habitat, species, endangered, climate change, wildlife, ocean, polar bears, whales, humans, global warming, arctic, malaria, disease, floods, drought, wildfires, hurricanes, starvation, pollution )

Tom
- 188 days ago - act.truemajorityaction.org
Instead of making polluters pay for messing up our climate like the President asked, House Democrats are now proposing to give the biggest polluters in the country free credits to keep fouling our atmosphere. Use this page to tell Congress that's not OK.
11 comments
Sign Petition: Protect Our Oceans, Coastal Communities and Consumers
Environment  (tags: environment, ocean, fish, farming, Bush, NOAA, gulf of mexico, seafood, aquaculture, congress, nature, protection, habitat, humans, ecosystems, conservation, health, risks, humans, food, habitat, pollution, wildlife )

Tom
- 199 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council approved a devastating plan to permit industrial ocean fish farms in U.S. waters. Advertised as a blueprint for ocean waters nationwide, it's now headed to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
41 comments
A Look Into Future Oceans for Shellfish Reasons
Environment  (tags: Ocean, Marine Life, Marine Science, habitat, destruction, endangered, suffering, science, CO2emissions )

Dee
- 212 days ago - online.wsj.com
Known as the rain forests of the sea, coral reefs teem with life. Now, scientists say these important habitats are under threat. WSJ's Science Journal columnist Robert Lee Hotz reports.
2 comments
Tinkering With Climate Could Have Unintended Impact
Environment  (tags: environment, ocean, acid seas, nature, humans, CO2emissions, arctic, ice, melting, globalwarming, climate-change, ecosystems, scientists, research, investigation, environment, discovery, wildlife, endangered, habitat, destruction, oil, fossil fuels )

Tom
- 223 days ago - readingeagle.com
Whether you believe global warming is a fairy tale foisted upon the public by tree-hugging fanatics, or that average global temperatures are indeed rising, the use of so-called climate engineering could have an impact far beyond what was intended.
6 comments
Faced With Global Warming, Can Wilderness Remain Natural?
Environment  (tags: environment, ocean, acid seas, nature, humans, CO2emissions, arctic, ice, melting, globalwarming, climate-change, ecosystems, scientists, research, investigation, environment, discovery, wildlife, endangered, habitatdestruction, oil, fossil fuels )

Tom
- 223 days ago - eurekalert.org
For those who think of nature as a wild, unspoiled Eden that preserves the natural flora and fauna free from human interference, global warming has a nasty surprise in store, according to University of California, Berkeley, biologist Anthony Barnosky.
6 comments
Take Action: Tell Congress to Pass Tough Global Warming Legislation!
Environment  (tags: environment, animals, habitat, species, endangered, climate change, wildlife, ocean, polar bears, whales, humans, global warming, arctic, malaria, disease, floods, drought, wildfires, hurricanes, starvation, pollution )

Tom
- 243 days ago - nrdconline.org
Global warming threatens to trigger the irreversible melting of the Greenland ice sheet, a 20-foot rise in sea levels and the extinction of countless wildlife species, including the polar bear. Tell Congress to avert a global warming catastrophe.
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