Ocean News Room/Archives of World News
June - October 2009
Fishing puts a third of all oceanic shark species at risk of extinction (Guardian 6/09)
Management Effectiveness of the World's Marine Fisheries (You Tube Video based on PLoS paper)
Students communicate science
Successes at Sea, despite doom-and-gloom stories - by Stuart Sandin - San Diego Union
CMBC Graduate student, Serena Moseman, honored for initiative and leadership
Sharks disappearing as fin chopping rises- Environmental New Network Coral Reefs and What Ruins Them - NY Times
Protecting our Seas by Stuart Sandin - San Diego Union
CMBC Diversity Leaders
Climate Crisis in West Predicted with Increasing Certainty
Professor George Sugihara named McQuown Chair in Natural Sciences
March - May 2009
February 2009
January 2009
- Discover Magazine selects Jeremy Jackson's "Rise in Slime" paper as number four of the top 100 stories of 2008
- Troubled waters: special report on ocean threats (The Economist)
November & December 2008
September & October 2008
July & August 2008
- Sizzle: A global warming comedy by Randy Olson - Premier July 19, 2008
- Former Scripps Director, Dr. Charlie Kennel, recognized as Ambassador for the Planet
Honored for Environmental Stewardship
- Bacteria Feed on Earth's Ocean-Bottom Crust - NSF Report
- Methane Release Could Cause Abrupt, Far-Reaching Climate Change - NSF Report
- Pronatura Noroeste A.C.s proud to present volume 2008, number one of Ciencia y Conservacion.
Ciencia y Conservacion is a scientific-technical publication aimed at the spread of useful information for the conservation of biodiversity in Mexico, particularly in the northwest region of the country. In this volume, a description of the ecological importance and fisheries of one of the most consipicuous groups of fish in the Gulf of California is presented: the Serranids.These species (sea basses and groupers) make up a significant volume of artisanal catch in the region to the benefit of thousands of fishermen and localities along the Baja California Sur, Baja California, Sonora, Sinaloa and Nayarit coasts.
February 2008
- Kiribati: Vast Marine Reserve Created (National Geographic Feb 08)
The tiny island nation of Kiribati, the former Gilbert Islands, declared the world s largest marine protected area, a 164,200-square-mile ocean wilderness that includes pristine reefs and eight coral atolls teeming with fish and birds. The zone, about halfway between Hawaii and Fiji, will conserve one of Earth's last intact oceanic coral archipelago ecosystems.
- A Global Map of Human Impacts on Marine Ecosystems (Science 15 Feb 08)
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