Hi everyone,
Firstly, a big welcome to the new members of the Baleen pod - lovely to see you all here!
Also, a reminder that today is your last chance to enter our World Ocean Day giveaway. You could win some incredible goodies from Under the Sea Art: an A3 framed humpback whale print, a dreamy whale bottle and a protect our planet tote bag. To enter:
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The winner will be announced tomorrow, 8 June. Good luck!
And, with that said, let’s get straight onto this week’s ocean news…
🐳 Whales
Bubble net: A group of humpback whales bubble-net feeding has been caught on camera (The Conversation)
Whaley small: North Atlantic right whales may be shrinking because of human impacts including fishing gear entanglement (Independent)
Listen up: New techniques use sound for more reliable detections of right whales so ships can avoid them (Earth Sky)
Call me mother: Three previously captive dolphins released back into the wild have now given birth (WDC)
New York, New York… Scientists have discovered the first evidence of humpbacks singing off the New York coast (Independent)
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🦈🐙 Marine animals
Wiped out: A previously unknown mass extinction event may have wiped out 90% of the ocean’ sharks (New Scientist)
Wally the Walrus: continues hist travels and has now been seen in Spain (Wales online)
Ouch! new research may lead to improved treatments for stonefish stings (Guardian)
One small step for… squid? Over 100 baby bobtail squid will be launched into space on Tuesday along with 5,000 microscopic animals (BBC)
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🚯 Pollution & threats
Plastic ocean: Where is all this plastic waste coming from? (Independent)
Microplastics: have been identified as the next threat to California’s coastal environments (Forbes)
Rising C02 levels: have been shown through an analysis of ancient shells (BBC)
On thin ice: Arctic sea ice is thinning twice as quickly as previously thought (Guardian)
💰 Opportunities
Marine biology lecturers: with a track record in marine vertebrate ecology and conservation or fisheries wanted at University of Exeter
🐚🐠 Ecosystems
Rare purple cauliflower coral: may go extinct in the next 10 years (The Conversation)
The tables have turned: table corals can regenerate reefs faster than other types of coral (Phys.org)
Save the Great Barrier Reef: lobby asks the UN’s World Heritage Committee to demand Australia does more to protect the GBR from climate change (Guardian)
Decade on Ecosystem Restoration: UNEP has released a new #GenerationRestoration report on how to prevent, halt and reverse the degradation of ecosystems worldwide (UNEP)
Feeling the heat: a new report examines the fate of nature beyond 1.5°C of global warming (WWF)
🎣 Fisheries
Yellow card: Ghana has been given a second warning from the EU for failing to tackle illegal fishing (Modern Ghana)
Going dark: ‘Hidden’ Chinese vessels are pillaging the waters off Argentina, says Oceana (Guardian)
Hope you enjoyed this week’s roundup folks - see you next week (and, in the meantime, don’t forget to enter the giveaway!)
Melissa
I create Baleen each week completely free to help you keep on top of the latest marine conservation news - if you find it useful, show your appreciation with a coffee (thanks!)