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Conservation Groups, Offshore Wind Developer Agreement to Safeguard Endangered Right Whales
2014-05-07 18:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: This morning, together with our colleagues at National Wildlife Federation and Conservation Law Foundation, Natural Resources Defense Council announced an agreement with Deepwater Wind, a major offshore wind developer, to safeguard North Atlantic right whales during the initial phases of development off southern New England. The agreement provides more protection than the administration has required thus far, and right whales are very much in need of protection. Right whales got their name because...
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As Climate Changes, More Whales Visit the Bearing Strait
2014-02-26 22:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: As the climate changes and the Arctic landscape shifts, more and more whales and a greater number of whale species are being seen in the Bering Strait, according to a new three-year study. Researchers used underwater microphones to track whales by their sounds as they passed through the waters of the Bering Strait, revealing that as Arctic ice melts, the regions is seeing a growing number of whales, as well as ships. "It's not particularly surprising to those of us who work up in the Arctic,"...
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Nuclear Submarines, Whales and Tourists Don't Mix
2014-02-12 21:10:40| Airlines - Topix.net
It looks like the U.S. Navy is playing fast and loose with the new military exercise regulations in areas with a concentration of marine mammals that it has received from the National Marine Fisheries Service.
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How to See Whales and Seals at Point Reyes National Seashore
2014-01-07 07:34:47| IT Services - Topix.net
By Bay City News Service Weekend shuttle bus service is available through March at the Point Reyes National Seashore for visitors who want to witness migrating whales and breeding elephant seals.
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Whales Desert Historic Feeding GroundsIs Climate Change to Blame?
2013-12-09 22:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate News Network: A mystery is unfolding in the waters of the North Atlantic. Every summer and autumn, numbers of North Atlantic right whales gather in the waters between the eastern Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia to feed on massive amounts of zooplankton. But this year the right whales--one of the rarest and most endangered animals on earth--have not turned up in a stretch of water called the Bay of Fundy. In winter right whales usually move 1,000 miles south to breeding grounds off the...
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