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Fossil-fuel carbon fingerprint reaches the deep North Atlantic https://phys.org/news/2026-08-fossil-fuel-carbon-fingerprint-deep.html

#NorthAtlantic #environment #fossilfuel #fossilfuels #carbon

Fossil-fuel carbon fingerprint reaches the deep North Atlantic https://phys.org/news/2026-08-fossil-fuel-carbon-fingerprint-deep.html

#NorthAtlantic #environment #fossilfuel #fossilfuels #carbon

Fossil-fuel carbon fingerprint reaches the deep North Atlantic https://phys.org/news/2026-08-fossil-fuel-carbon-fingerprint-deep.html

#NorthAtlantic #environment #fossilfuel #fossilfuels #carbon

Fossil-fuel carbon fingerprint reaches the deep North Atlantic https://phys.org/news/2026-08-fossil-fuel-carbon-fingerprint-deep.html

#NorthAtlantic #environment #fossilfuel #fossilfuels #carbon

Fossil-fuel carbon fingerprint reaches the deep North Atlantic https://phys.org/news/2026-08-fossil-fuel-carbon-fingerprint-deep.html

#NorthAtlantic #environment #fossilfuel #fossilfuels #carbon

Endangered #rightwhales could wait almost a decade for new #US protections
New protections for endangered right #whales in #Atlantic postponed for nearly a decade under a plan that cleared a key hurdle in Washington with support of fishing and lobster industries.
Environmentalists say this could spell end for the vanishing whales, which can drown after getting tangled up in fishing gear or being struck by boats. There are only about 380 #NorthAtlantic right whales left.
https://apnews.com/article/right-whales-fishing-seafood-lobster-f84bc73f061ced0fffbef408caf947d8

#Biden Administration Withdraws Protections for #Endangered #Whales
Proposed rules would have slowed more #ships to prevent collisions with rare #NorthAtlantic #rightwhales
In Aug 2022, #NMFS proposed rules to lower the risk of #whale strikes by expanding existing slow zones and regulating more types of ships. But after bristling public debate over the rules and with just days left in President Biden’s term, the agency canned the suggested change.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/16/us/biden-administration-slow-ships-whales-proposal-withdraw.html
https://archive.ph/VozSC

Scientists add more #underwater #robots to monitor endangered #NorthAtlantic #rightwhales
In the race to protect the #endangered species, researchers are bringing in more underwater robots—unmanned vehicles known as gliders that slowly patrol the Gulf of St. Lawrence, passively listening for #whales.
Gliders can stay at sea for months, move far offshore and work in all types of weather. They’re equipped with underwater microphones that scientists use to track animals.
https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/scientists-add-more-underwater-robots-to-monitor-endangered-north-atlantic-right-whales-1.6946604

For much of his migration, #Bishop swam through waters where the lack of #SpeedLimits makes #vessel strikes more likely.

In 2022, the #Biden admin proposed expanding that area & applying speed limits to smaller #vessels….

The proposed expanded boundaries have been embraced by scientists & advocates, who say it could help save #NorthAtlantic #RightWhales from #extinction. But NOAA Fisheries, the agency behind the proposal, has yet to finalize the rule, which is still being reviewed by the WH.

#Misinformation spreads as more #Atlantic #whales show up dead. Scientists are worried.
Scientists say such confusion and misinformation can hurt evidence-based #conservation efforts. The “right” rabbit hole to save #NorthAtlantic #rightwhales, #MichaelMoore, a #veterinary scientist at #WHOI in Massachusetts said, would be the one that addresses #ship strikes and entanglement with #fishing gear.
https://www.postandcourier.com/environment/misinformation-spreads-as-more-atlantic-whales-show-up-dead-scientists-are-worried/article_c32ca870-9112-11ed-ab30-27e7bbc38c02.html