Week in Review: Did the Recent LA Sewage Spill Contaminate the Ocean?
1. Los Angeles Sewage Shuts Down Ocean 20 Miles Away Last week, 1.5 million gallons of sewage spewed from a 90 year old pipe that burst in Los Angeles. The cause of the rupture is not known yet and officials estimate that around 100,000 gallons spilled into the Los Angeles river. The spill occurred on […]
Week in Review: World Wildlife Fund Buys Shark Fishing Licence
1. World Wildlife Fund Buys Shark Fishing Licence This week, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) announced that it was seeking funds to cover the cost of the commercial shark fishing licence on the Great Barrier Reef. The group will retire the licence in order to save the sharks that it would otherwise be […]
Week in Review: Are We Saying Goodbye to More Marine Species?
1. Whale and Winged Sharks Move Steps Closer to Extinction The International Union for the Conservation of Natural (IUCN) recently redefined whale and winged sharks as endangered species on the group’s ‘Red List’. The population of whale sharks has halved in the last 75 years! A lot of this is a result of increased human disturbances. […]
Week in Review: Climate Change Threatening Penguins in Antarctica
1. Climate Change Threatening Penguins in Antarctica This week, an article published in the journal Scientific Reports estimated that Adelie penguin colonies could decline by as much as 60 percent by the end of the century. The team from the University of Delaware led by Megan Cimino revealed that the warming climates and melting glaciers are no […]
