August 5, 2020 By Jackie Snow Hakai Magazine
Scientists have determined a new way to slice and dice marine ecosystems.
The Ocean’s 12 Megaprovinces
Satellites Find New Colonies of Emperor Penguins
August 5, 2020 By Jonathan Amos BBC
Satellite observations have found a raft of new Emperor penguin breeding sites in the Antarctic. The locations were identified from the way the birds’ poo, or guano, had stained large patches of sea-ice.
Maine Lobster Industry to Lose Sustainability Certification Over Its Effect on Right Whales
August 4, 2020 By Bill Trotter Bangor Daily News
More than seven years after Maine’s lobster fishery was certified as sustainable by the Marine Stewardship Council, that certification is being revoked because of the impact the fishery has on critically endangered right whales.
Researchers Warn A Warming Ocean Threatens Giant Kelp Forests
August 4, 2020 By Erik Anderson KPBS
The warming climate is putting environmental pressure on California forests that have towered over the Golden State for thousands of years.
To Oblivion and Back
August 3, 2020 By Greg Rasmussen and Chris Corday CBC News
How sea otters are radically changing the West Coast ecosystem 50 years after their return to B.C.