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Wednesday 25 April 2012

Criminal charges laid over Deep Horizon disaster
New Zealand Herald | 25 Apr 2012
A BP engineer intentionally deleted more than 300 text messages saying the company's efforts to control the Gulf of Mexico oil spill were failing, and that the amount of oil leaking was far more than what the company reported, the...

Geophysicists employ novel method to identify sources of global sea level rise
EurekAlert | 25 Apr 2012
As the Earth's climate warms, a melting ice sheet produces a distinct pattern of sea level change known as its sea level fingerprint. Now, a group of geophysicists from the University of Toronto, Harvard and Rutgers Universities have found a way to identify the sea level fingerprint left by a particular ice sheet, and possibly enable a more precise estimate of its impact on global sea levels.

Climate risks to fisheries may hike African hunger
trust.org | 25 Apr 2012
Climate change threatens to reduce catches from fisheries and worsen hunger among some of sub-Saharan Africas poorest people, who rely on fish as a major source of protein and earnings, according to new research from the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED).

Atlantic Ocean | Indian Ocean | Climate Change | Fisheries

Farming the sea: Leading marine ecologists call for national debate over marine management
fishupdate.com | 25 Apr 2012
The majority of UK coastal seas could be given over to the marine equivalent of 'commercial farming'? in order to more fully protect defined areas of ecologically sensitive habitat, say two leading names in the marine sector.

Atlantic Ocean | Fisheries | Marine Management | Marine Protected Area

Industry welcomes the strong position of the Fisheries Committee of the European Parliament
fishupdate.com | 25 Apr 2012
The EU pelagic fishing industry has warmly welcomed the unanimous vote in yesterday's meeting of the European Parliament?s Fisheries Committee on the resolution regarding possible trade sanction measures against countries that refuse to co-operate in their management of fish stocks that are shared with other countries.

Atlantic Ocean | Fisheries | Governance | Marine Management

Fewer storms forecast for 2012 Atlantic hurricane season
Reuters | 25 Apr 2012
MIAMI (Reuters) - The 2012 Atlantic hurricane season is projected to be less active than in recent years with 11 tropical storms, six of which will intensify into hurricanes, U.S. private forecaster Weather Services International said on Wednesday.

Atlantic Ocean | Natural Hazard | Sea Surface Temperature

Ocean driving Antarctic ice loss
BBC | 25 Apr 2012
Most of the ice being lost from Antarctica is going as a result of warm water eating the fringes of the continent, a new study confirms.

Southern Ocean | Climate Change | Polar Region

Geoff Keey: Fact, fantasy and the Ross Sea (opinion)
New Zealand Herald | 25 Apr 2012
Last week Gareth Morgan went Fishing for Facts in the Ross Sea and found mostly fantasy, and this week again misunderstood our proposal (Extreme Green risks Ross Sea own goal). Thus, the Antarctic Ocean Alliance (AOA) finds itself responding to misinformed criticism of our campaign as well as the science that backs it up.

Southern Ocean | Conservation | Fisheries | Polar Region

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