Whale freed from shark net
A humpback whale caught in a shark control net off an Australian beach is free after a frantic rescue effort. Source: Reuters
Archive for the ‘Marine Environment’ Category
“Critter Cam” records wildlife first hand
National Geographic came to MIT for the HEMBI (Human Environment Mobile Based Interactions) workshop and showed off their “Critter Cam”. Source: IDG
Glacier melt warning from the Antarctic
A leading member of the U.N. Climate Panel David Vaughan is recording what he says are worrying signs of glacier melt adding to world sea levels. Vaughan, a glaciologist with the British Antarctic Survey, made his remarks to Reuters in an open speedboat crossing a bay on the Antarctic Peninsula which had been blanketed by ice for thousands of years but is now open water. The bay is fed by the small Sheldon Glacier which Vaughan used to illustrate his concerns to Reuters correspondent on the scene Stuart McDill.
Business zone is “ruining environment”
In Cambodia, more than 300 villagers have filed complaints with the Kampot provincial governor to stop a private company from developing a coastal fishing area.
