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Bob Brown Foundation, Sea Shepherd Global say krill super trawlers 'ploughing' through whale pods
1 year, 9 months ago

Bob Brown Foundation, Sea Shepherd Global say krill super trawlers 'ploughing' through whale pods

ABC  

Two environmental groups are calling for krill fishing to be outlawed, saying super trawlers are endangering pods of whales in the Southern Ocean. Key points: The Shen Lan and Fong La ships were filmed by activists near the South Orkney Islands, in the Southern Ocean, off the Antarctic Peninsula An academic says there are concerns about the potential for super …

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Scientists calculate how much plastic whales are eating
2 years, 1 month ago

Scientists calculate how much plastic whales are eating

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “Large filter feeders like baleen whales evolved to process and filter vast amounts of the ocean,” Jeremy Goldbogen, one …

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Blue whales found to swallow 10 million microplastic pieces daily
2 years, 1 month ago

Blue whales found to swallow 10 million microplastic pieces daily

India Today  

As Earth's largest animals, blue whales are mighty big eaters, gulping tons of food each day. Blue whales, according to the study, may swallow roughly 10 million microplastic pieces daily, or up to about 95 pounds of plastic. For fin whales, whose main prey also is krill, the estimated daily tally is about 6 million microplastic pieces, or up to …

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Beneath the ice
2 years, 10 months ago

Beneath the ice

ABC  

Krill are essential to understanding climate change. It's here that Antarctic krill are performing a role that heavy industry and governments across the world are investing billions of dollars trying to mimic — carbon capture and storage. Dr Anna Belcher, an ecological biogeochemist at the British Antarctic Survey, said krill provide a "highway for the transport of carbon deeper in …

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Nature: Biologists determine how whales gulp down food underwater without drowning
2 years, 11 months ago

Nature: Biologists determine how whales gulp down food underwater without drowning

Daily Mail  

Lunge-feeding baleen whales have an 'oral plug' in their mouths that helps them to gulp down food underwater without drowning in the process, a study has found. As the marine mammals thrust though the ocean taking in vast volumes of krill bearing water, this fleshy bulb seals off the airways to stop water entering the lungs. Lunge-feeding baleen whales have …

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