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06.25: Of Orcas and Men: What Killer Whales Can Teach Us
2015-05-18 22:04:43| Powells Books Events Calendar
The orca, otherwise known as the killer whale, is one of earth's most intelligent animals. Remarkably sophisticated, orcas have languages and cultures and even long-term memories. They are also benign and gentle, which makes the story of the captive-orca industry and the endangerment of their population in Puget Sound that much more damning. In Of Orcas and Men (Overlook), a marvelously compelling mix of cultural history, environmental reporting, and scientific research, David Neiwert explores an extraordinary species and its occasionally fraught relationship with human beings.
Why are so many whales dying on California's shores?
2015-05-16 14:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Last week, scores of local residents made their way to Sharp State Park in Pacifica, California, a 20-minute drive south of San Francisco, to view the body of a humpback whale that came ashore on 4 May. When the 32-foot female humpback whales body came ashore, after days being tossed by waves, it was only the latest in a string of strandings along northern Californias Pacific coast. Moe Flannery, a stranded marine mammal responder and manager of the Department of Ornithology and Mammalogy...
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TransCanada pausing work Quebec export terminal due whales
2014-12-02 22:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: TransCanada Corp, Canada's No.2 pipeline operator, is pausing work on a proposed oil export terminal in Quebec, after a federal committee recommended that Beluga whales in the St. Lawrence river be listed as an 'endangered' species. The Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) said on Monday that the St. Lawrence Estuary Beluga faces increased environmental threats and that without protection, the population was at risk of extinction. "This news yesterday that there's...
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Will Atlantic Ocean Oil Prospecting Silence Endangered Right Whales?
2014-08-11 12:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Geographic: Whales talk. But what makes them stop talking? Scientists have long known that the marine mammals use creaks, groans, growls, and buzzes to communicate with each other-often over long distances-to find food, and even for mothers to keep track of their calves. But what happens when the watery echosphere of their communication is filled with a drumbeat of undersea booms? To the dismay of some who study whales, they may soon find out. The Obama administration this month gave the go-ahead for...
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Whales under threat US approves seismic oil prospecting in Atlantic
2014-07-19 16:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: The Obama administration is reopening the eastern seaboard to offshore oil and gas exploration, approving seismic surveys using sonic cannons that can pinpoint energy deposits deep beneath the ocean floor. Friday's announcement was the first real step towards what could be a transformation in coastal states, creating thousands of jobs to support a new energy infrastructure. But it dismayed environmentalists and people who owe their livelihoods to fisheries and tourism. The cannons create noise...
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