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Commercial Ships Could Be Quieter, but They Aren't
Shipbuilding economics and lack of regulations are getting in the way of a quieter ocean
Lubofsky, Evan
Article
2016
Dissident Voice
As the ocean drowns in sound, the number of studies showing the harmful effects of noise on marine life has surged. And so, too, have the projections for how loud things might soon become.
Connexions Library: Environment Focus
Website
Connexions Information Sharing Serivces
Selected articles, books, websites and other resources on environment, ecology, climate change, pollution, and land use.
Connexions Library: Oceans, Lakes, Rivers, Water Focus
Website
2009
Connexions Information Sharing Services
Selected articles, books, websites and other resources on water, rivers, streams, wetlands, lakes, rivers, oceans, marine life.
Dwindling Fish Catch Could Leave a Billion Hungry
Leahy, Stephen
Article
2009
IPS
Fish catches are expected to decline dramatically in the world's tropical regions because of climate change, but may increase in the north, said a new study published Thursday. This mega-shift in ocea...
EnvironmentSources.com
Website
2017
Sources
Web portal with information about environmental issues and resources, with articles, documents, books, websites, and experts and spokespersons. The home page features a selection of recent and importa...
In search of the unseen: an investigation into plastics in our oceans
Stanic, Ana
Article
2016
The Ecologist
One of the biggest threats facing marine life is the 'microplastic' particles found in ocean ecosystems from bottom to top of food chains. Just back from a voyage of environmental exploration in the t...
Natural environment
Sources Select Resources Encyclopedia
Article
Ocean 'dead zones' are spreading - and that spells disaster for fish
Bryant, Lee
Article
2015
The Ecologist
Oxygen levels in our oceans are falling, producing growing 'dead zones' where only the hardiest organisms can survive. The causes are simple: pollution with nutrient-rich wastes, and global warming. B...
This is Your Ocean on Acid
The Big Picture
Z, Mickey
Article
2014
CounterPunch
More than 40 percent of the world’s oceans are heavily impacted by human activities with few areas — if any — left unaffected by anthropogenic factors. This means we humans (and what we deem civilizat...

Sources Bookshelf

The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea
Dear, I.C.B., Kemp, Peter
Book
1976
This book covers aspects of life on and under the sea: terms, oceanography, shipwrecks, shanties, sailors, explorers, maritime inventors, steam, tidal power, marine wildlife, piracy, the East India Co...
The Tragedy of the Commodity
Oceans, Fisheries, and Aquaculture
Longo, Stefano B; Claussen, Rebecca; Clark, Brett
Book
2015
Although humans have long depended on oceans and aquatic ecosystems for sustenance and trade, only recently has human influence on these resources dramatically increased, transforming and undermining ...

Media

Canadian Wildlife
Environment and wildlife. French-language edition is BiosphŠre.
New Internationalist
New Internationalist reports on issues of world poverty and inequality. We focus attention on the unjust relationship between the powerful and the powerless worldwide in the fight for global justice.

Government Ministries & Agencies

Canadian Coast Guard
As a Special Operating Agency of Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), the CCG owns and operates the federal government's civilian fleet and helps DFO meet its responsibility to ensure safe and accessibl...
Fisheries Resource Conservation Council
Forms a partnership between scientific and academic expertise, and all sectors of the fishing industry. Provides annual advice on total allowable catches and other conservation measures related to Atl...


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