Stinging jellyfish are crashing Florida beach parties. Link here to this breaking Yahoo news article... these jellyfish are an unusual purple species!
More than 800 people stung!
SIREN IS SWIMMING AROUND THE INTERNET - HER BLOG POSTS START BELOW....
5/31/11
5/20/11
GREENPEACE REPORTS ON THE GARBAGE VORTEX !
"The very thing that makes plastic items useful to consumers, their durability and stability, also makes them a problem in marine environments. Around 100 million tonnes of plastic are produced each year of which about 10 percent ends up in the sea. About 20 percent of this is from ships and platforms, the rest from land."
5/14/11
COASTAL CODE : SCIENTIST MAKE TWO MONTH EXPEDITION TO SAVE ENDANGERED FISH
"The future may be getting brighter for a medley of Pacific Ocean creatures long known to be hapless victims of accidental fishing, in particular several species of tuna which may be on the brink of extinction for being caught in nets not meant for them."
Link to the story... and think again about eating that tuna from a can!
Link to the story... and think again about eating that tuna from a can!
5/3/11
RARE DOUBLE WATERSPOUNTS FORM OFF SHORE OF HAWAII
Like the tornados that touched down in the American South last week, there are tornados at sea, called water spouts. Click on the title above to get to a video and report!
"The spouts lasted for about 12 minutes. Waterspouts can become twisters if they reach land, but are usually weak."
"The spouts lasted for about 12 minutes. Waterspouts can become twisters if they reach land, but are usually weak."
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