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Deep-sea trawling is extremely destructive for fish populations and has little economic benefit ...
https://www.nexusnewsfeed.com/article/cl...c-benefit/
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As US opioid epidemic skyrockets, sea life now testing positive for Big Pharma’s oxycodone
Researching aquatic life has long been used as a barometer for evaluating pollution levels, and according to a recently published study, opioids are now showing up in the bays in and around Seattle’s Puget Sound—serving as yet another reminder that the United States’ opioid crisis has gotten completely out of control....
https://www.nexusnewsfeed.com/article/cl...oxycodone/
Japanese whalers killed 333 minke whales this year, in the name of 'research'
122 of them were pregnant.
Every Christmas, sailors from Japan go out into the Southern Ocean, taking "biological sampling" that aims to investigate "the structure and dynamics of the Antarctic marine ecosystem".
But no, they aren't trying to understand more about climate change, or investigating the mating songs of the ocean. They're out killing hundreds of Antarctic minke whales, and then letting the flesh be sold in markets and restaurants....
https://www.nexusnewsfeed.com/article/cl...-research/
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06-09-2018, 06:02 AM
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Dolphins deliberately killed for use as bait in global fisheries -
Important new research released ahead of World Oceans Day exposes the widespread practice of killing aquatic mammals such as dolphins, sea lions, seals and otters for use as bait in global fisheries. Published in open-access journal Frontiers in Marine Science, the study shines a new light into what researchers say is an issue that has so far received little attention within the scientific and conservation communities.....
https://www.nexusnewsfeed.com/article/cl...fisheries/
Gulf of Mexico 'dead zone' forecasted to exceed the size of Connecticut ....
https://www.nexusnewsfeed.com/article/sc...onnecticut
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07-08-2018, 04:18 PM
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Gulf of Mexico 'dead zone' forecasted to exceed the size of Connecticut ....
https://www.nexusnewsfeed.com/article/sc...onnecticut
Endangered blue whale harpooned and killed by Icelandic whalers, Sea Shepherd says -
This would be the first blue whale deliberately killed in 40 years, according to IUCN .....
https://www.nexusnewsfeed.com/article/cl...pherd-says
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07-24-2018, 07:33 AM
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Climate change isn’t to blame for slower Atlantic circulation -
Global warming isn’t the cause of slowdown in a huge circulation pattern in the Atlantic Ocean, which is, in fact, part of regular, decades-long cycle that will affect temperatures in coming decades, according to a new study .....
https://www.nexusnewsfeed.com/article/sc...rculation/
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