Over the next five years, the U.S. Navy plans to conduct a series of training exercises in coastal waters resulting in a "significant impact" on marine life as a result of the use of underwater explosives and sonar. These "war games" are intended to improve military readiness in the event of a real conflict.
Each year on the third Saturday of September volunteers around the world take part in the world's biggest coastal clean-up day, where they head to the beaches to remove debris from shorelines, waterways and oceans.
Considering that we produce about 300 million tons of plastic per year, the bulk of which is not being reused or recycled, reports of disturbingly polluted oceans are bound to only get more shocking in time.
This project aims to identify areas along the coastline of South Africa where adult African Penguins go in order to feed and gain weight before moulting and breeding. These areas will then be compared to fishing areas to determine the degree of overlap with the fishery.
The CSIR (Council for Scientific and Industrial Research), a leading scientific and technology research organisation, are seeking two motivated and enthusiastic Doctoral Students to conduct research about ocean pollution and illegal fishing.
A recent Green Times article focuses on Dr Sylvia Earle, one of the most famous marine biologists in the world who in her lifetime has spent more time underwater than just about anyone else on the planet.
Folk icon and activist Richie Havens has died after suffering a heart attack this morning. He was 72. Havens is best known as one of the standout artists from the original Woodstock festival and film, though his career went far beyond just that career-making performance.
The most feared predator in the ocean received new protections on Wednesday when a California commission decided the great white shark should be studied as a potential endangered species.
Last Thursday, members of the SA Whale Disentanglement Network were called in to help free a 9m humpback whale that was entangled in fishing ropes north of Cape Town. The fact that there even needs to be such a team speaks volumes about the wastefulness of SA fishermen.
The University of KwaZulu-Natal in Durban has a position for a Senior Lecturer (equivalent to Assistant Professor) in Marine Biology at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in Durban.
A new report finds that more than 85 percent of reefs in the Coral Triangle are directly threatened by local human activities, substantially more than the global average of 60 percent.
'The quota this year has been set for 85 000 baby seals that are still nursing from their mothers€™ teats. These are beaten to death with pick handles so that their fur pelts may be sold for US $7.00 A further 6 000 adult bull seals will be shot at point blank range so that their penises can be used to make an ineffective aphrodisiac,€ said Pat Dickens, co-ordinator of Sea Shepherd South Africa, at a protest against seal clubbing in Namibia held at the V&A Waterfront recently.
Oceans cover 70% of the Earth€™s surface, yet less than 1% of these critical systems are under any form of legal protection. The Convention on Biological Diversity€™s (CBD) third edition of Global Biodiversity Outlook (GBO-3) indicates that the world€™s marine ecosystems are in peril.
Anna Breytenbach is one of our country's foremost animal communicators and a teacher in animal communication. She went to Kommetjie during the whale beachings and listened to what they had to say.
