Published by The New York Times Science & Environment There hasn’t been a named storm in the Atlantic Ocean since early October, but about a month remains in the hurricane season. “Don’t raid your hurricane supplies yet,” said one meteorologist. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/29/us/hurricane-storm-season.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Global warming may pose grave dangers around the world, but as one tiny Russian town on the Arctic Ocean shows, it can also be a ticket to prosperity. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/22/world/europe/russia-arctic-climate-change-putin.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A habit that appeared damaging at first glance seems to make oceanic ecosystems more resilient, scientists found. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/14/science/sea-otters-grass-sex.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment While the busy Atlantic season has caused dangerous storms, tropical storms have also formed in the eastern Pacific, including Hurricane Pamela, which made landfall in Mexico. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/13/climate/pacific-storms-risk.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The 23-foot crewless vessel pierced the eyewall of Hurricane Sam and captured stunning images as the storm barreled through the Atlantic Ocean. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/03/us/saildrone-boat-hurricane-video.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Victor, the 20th named storm of the busy 2021 Atlantic hurricane season, was south of the Cape Verde Islands, with maximum sustained winds of 45 miles per hour. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/article/tropical-storm-victor-hurricane.html
Published by Sea Shepherd Conservation Society On the 24th of September, The Associated Press and Univision released “Great Wall of Lights”–a landmark investigation into the Chinese squid fleet–after two journalists spent 18 days on board the Sea Shepherd vessel Ocean Warrior observing thirty notorious fishing vessels in the High Seas, an area outside of any national jurisdiction. Sea Shepherd’s shocking findings will be released […]
Published by Sea Shepherd Conservation Society Sea Shepherd’s scientific and anti-poaching campaigns resume through a new agreement with the Mexican government to protect the world’s most endangered marine mammal. MEXICO CITY – September 23, 2021 – Sea Shepherd has entered into a new agreement with Mexico’s Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources, the Secretariat of the Navy, […]
Published by Sea Shepherd Conservation Society On the 17th of September, the Minister of Fisheries in Gabon, a country in Central Africa, issued an emergency decree suspending the Gabonese shrimp fishery indefinitely after making alarming discoveries while on fisheries patrol with the Sea Shepherd vessel Bob Barker. Almost one month ago, the Gabonese Fisheries Minister, the Honorable Biendi Maganga-Moussavou, […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The 16th named storm of the 2021 season formed in the open ocean, east of the Caribbean. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/article/tropical-storm-peter-hurricane.html
Published by Sea Shepherd Conservation Society On Sunday night, September 12th, a super-pod of 1428 Atlantic White-Sided Dolphins was driven for many hours and for around 45 km by speed boats and jet-skis into the shallow water at Skálabotnur beach in the Danish Faroe Islands, where every single one of them was killed. Photos by Sea […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment North Atlantic right whales had been making a slow recovery, but ocean changes linked to global warming are pushing down their numbers again, scientists say. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/01/climate/whales.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment August through October is the busiest part of the hurricane season. Larry is the fourth storm to form in the past week. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/article/tropical-storm-larry-hurricane.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment North Atlantic right whales had been making a slow recovery, but ocean changes linked to global warming are pushing down their numbers again, scientists say. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/01/climate/northern-right-whales.html
Published by Sea Shepherd Conservation Society New Zealand acknowledges the decline in the number of rare dolphins while also proposing higher fishing levels in their habitat. ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 31, 2021 – Since 2020, Sea Shepherd has been battling in court to save the Māui dolphin from extinction. Endemic to New Zealand, the Māui dolphin population has […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Julian, the 10th named storm of the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season, had spawned no warnings or watches, forecasters said. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/article/tropical-storm-julian-hurricane.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The storm is the 11th named storm of a busy hurricane season. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/article/tropical-storm-kate-hurricane.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Although climate change is a collective problem, its burdens — displacement, homelessness, poverty, sexual violence, disease — weigh more heavily on women and girls. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/24/us/climate-crisis-women-katharine-wilkinson.html
Published by Sea Shepherd Conservation Society Sea Shepherd Legal (SSL) was very pleased to see the August 12, 2021, announcement by the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) identifying China for illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing by its distant water (DWF) fleet. NMFS took this important and historic step in its biennial report to Congress under […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The forecast, from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, comes as almost half of the land area of the lower 48 states is experiencing drought. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/19/climate/western-drought-forecast-noaa.html