Early life on this blue planet evolved more than 500 million years earlier than once thought. Our Earth is just 4.5 billion years old and…
The majestic Giant Bluefin Tuna were once abundant across the world’s oceans Today in some major ocean pastures they are reduced to just 3% of…
In an unimaginable tragedy for third year in a row, seabirds are washing up dead along the coastline in Alaska. This isn’t just one carnary…
When Jan Ingenhouz was not out saving people from smallpox with his revolutionary vaccinations 250 years ago, He worked to unravel the mysteries of plants….
All over the world insects are reported to be disappearing. They aren’t gone completely anywhere yet, but their numbers reveal far more than decimation, 75%…
In the new BBC Blue Planet television series, the melodious host makes mention of the billions of tonnes of copepods that nightly rise to the…
I recently noticed on a friend’s climate change web site he speaks favourably of OIF ‘ocean iron fertilization’. That he is a kindred spirit in…
Today in my NewsBot terrible news was netted on the crisis of fish around the world. The ongoing plight of the Sardines of Portugal was…
The greatest voyages of discovery, exploration of the world’s seven seas began in the port of Lisbon. Today there is a new sort of pioneering…
The Math Is Complete And Its Ocean Carbon Math It Proves A Sixth Mass Extinction Is Nearly Upon Us A new analysis of past mass…
I have recently weathered another skirmish in the Blue Carbon Wars This skirmish resulted when out of the blue I was invited to be a…
Decades of Salmon Enhancement Work Costing Billions Has Resulted In Salmon At The Lowest Numbers In History Canada has had one of the world’s most…
Boffin computer models project fish are expected to shrink in size by 20 to 30 per cent if ocean temperatures continue to climb due to…
Collapse of ocean fish pastures and ocean ‘lean times’ sen as starvation of salmon and steelhead but some fish are worse off than others Endangered…
Alaska shuts down all King Salmon harvest in southeast region due to ‘poor ocean survival conditions’ In Oregon the headline reads, ‘Steelhead struggling home in…
All We Are Is Dust In The Wind The mystery of how animals evolved on Earth has been uncovered by scientists. Dust stored up on…
Steelhead Trout, are a Pacific sister fish to the Atlantic Salmon A recent science publication links their devastating declines not to their fresh water habitat…
The toxic burden in ocean fish is not all the same. It’s not news that some fish are many times more dangerous than other fish….
Salmon fishing groups have called for urgent action as an “unprecedented collapse” of salmon breaks the brave hearts of Argyll. The 2017 catch from the…