Ocean plastic. Billionaire Kjell Inge Rokke donates high-tech vessel to the scientific community
La nave sarà varata nel 2020 e ospiterà le strumentazioni più all’avanguardia per la ricerca di plastica nel mare. Il progetto realizzato con il Wwf.
Polar sea ice reaches record low
It has been an unusual winter at the Earth’s poles. Sea ice is shrinking at an accelerating rate and its extent has fallen to a new record low.
Sea Shepherd catches Japanese fleet killing whale in sanctuary in Australia
L’organizzazione conservazionista ha intercettato la flotta baleniera giapponese nel santuario delle balene nell’Oceano Antartico, area in cui è vietata la caccia ai cetacei.
Japan wants to resume whaling, again
Il Giappone ha presentato l’ennesimo programma di caccia alle balene per scopi “scientifici” che prevede la soppressione di 314 cetacei per anno, per 12 anni.
What is Grindadráp and why is whaling in the Faroe Islands so controvesial
Long-finned pilot whales have been hunted in the Faroe Islands for centuries, in a yearly event known as Grindadráp. Yet the sustainability and safety of this practice have been called into question.
The monk seal is back in the Mediterranean Sea
L’ultimo avvistamento del raro pinnipede, l’unico presente nel Mediterraneo, sarebbe avvenuto in Campania, nel Golfo di Gaeta.
World Environment Day, the species most threatened by the illegal wildlife trade
On World Environment Day, find out which species’ very survival is threatened by the illegal wildlife trade.
Rivera Herrera, the man fighting against hotel resorts to save turtles
Winner of the Goldman Environmental Prize, Luis Jorge Rivera Herrera tells LifeGate about his battle to protect endangered leatherback turtles and the Puerto Rican coastline.
This beer packaging is edible and helps save marine wildlife
A small craft beer company came up with a brilliant idea and started producing 100% biodegradable and edible six-pack rings. To protect marine animals.
Discovering the whales and dolphins of the Mediterranean Sea
The Mediterranean is home to increasingly rare populations of cetaceans. Here are the eight whale and dolphin species you can discover with Tethys Research Institute in the Ligurian Sea.