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By Anne Larracas
Feb 5, 20175 min read
Real Solutions, Not Failed Techno-Fixes: A Global South Perspective on #APlasticOcean
Fifteen years ago in the Philippines, trying to use your own reusable bags in any major supermarket would have entailed an argument with...
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WDC conservation and research projects
Feb 5, 20171 min read
RIGHTS FOR WHALES AND DOLPHINS
Science now shows us just how intelligent some whales and dolphins are, so we believe they deserve the right to exist free from threats....
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WDC conservation and research projects
Feb 5, 20177 min read
INTRODUCTION TO WDC CONSERVATION AND RESEARCH PROJECTS
WDC believes that science and practical conservation research is a fundamental tool that enables the development of effective policy and...
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ECOWATCH
Oct 29, 20163 min read
Watch Leonardo DiCaprio’s Climate Change Doc Online for Free
By now, you have probably heard that Leonardo DiCaprio has a new documentary about climate change coming out. So how can you watch it?...
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The Climate Reality Project
Oct 29, 20164 min read
7 Solutions to the Climate Crisis
It's no secret—here in the U.S., there's an election coming up. It's soon. It's a big decision for American voters. And it's a big deal....
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newscientist.com
Oct 28, 20162 min read
Dolphins have a language that helps them solve problems together
The dolphins used specific vocalisations as they cooperated to open the canister Brian Skerry/National Geographic By Robin Wylie...
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Matt McGrath Environment correspondent
Oct 28, 20163 min read
Could the smell of the sea help cool a warming planet?
.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment Ah, the summertime sizzle of a shell-strewn beach, the bracing odour of the briny sea. There's...
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By Juliet Rix Antarctica
Oct 28, 20161 min read
Should tourists be banned from Antarctica?
This season around 37,000 tourists are expected to visit Antarctica - home to about 20 million pairs of breeding penguins. But is it...
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By Matt McGrath Environment correspondent
Oct 28, 20161 min read
World's largest marine protected area declared in Antarctica
Delegates from 24 countries and the European Union have agreed that the Ross Sea in Antarctica will become the world's largest marine...
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MICHELLE INNISOCT
Oct 28, 20163 min read
Coast of Antarctica Will Host World’s Largest Marine Reserve
SYDNEY, Australia — The world’s biggest marine reserve, almost as large as Alaska, will be established in the Ross Sea in Antarctica...
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Nicki Philip
Oct 28, 20161 min read
Fur real: Polar bears are said to be among the species at threat
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/earth-entering-new-extinction-phase-5916570?ICID=FB_mirror_main
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Joanna McWilliams
Oct 26, 20161 min read
Turtle Island Calls for Action to Protect Pacific Leatherback Sea Turtles from the California Driftn
Olema, Calif. (Oct. 15, 2016) – Today is Pacific Leatherback Sea Turtle Conservation Day. “Critically endangered” Pacific leatherback sea...
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Chris Butler-Stroud, CEO of WDC
Oct 25, 20163 min read
IS IT TIME TO RE-FRAME THE CONVERSATION?
A recent article published in Oceanography by Dr. Phillip Clapham is entitled Managing Leviathan: Conservation challenges for the great...
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kosgoda seaturtle
Oct 25, 20162 min read
kosgoda seaturtle
Turtles in danger Sea turtles have few natural predators in adulthood although tiger sharks and killer whales have been known to prey on...
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Reese Halter
Oct 18, 20161 min read
Coral reefs dying
Coral reefs dying from oceans supercharged with fossil fuel heat -- In Nature when critters lose their homes, they die #SaveNatureNow
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interesting engineering.
Oct 11, 20161 min read
New Study Says Ocean Pollution is Worse Than We Thought
Dutch conservation group The Ocean Cleanup recently flew over the ‘Great Pacific Garbage Patch.’ This area lies between Hawaii and...
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Daniel Bethencourt
Oct 11, 20161 min read
Tundra, 29-year-old polar bear, dies at Detroit Zoo
A 29-year-old female polar bear named Tundra, who arrived at the Detroit Zoo just a few months ago from Indianapolis, died Monday morning...
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Guardian/Emma Bryce
Oct 4, 20161 min read
Seafood Fraud Impacts Amazon’s Pink River Dolphins
This month, marine conservation NGO Oceana released a major report on seafood fraud, which reviewed more than 200 scientific studies that...
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nationalgeographic
Oct 4, 20162 min read
Marine Pollution
The oceans are so vast and deep that until fairly recently, it was widely assumed that no matter how much trash and chemicals humans...
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