Happy Birthday Earth Day!

Did you know that Earth Day is 40 years old today? This is a day for people around the globe to gather and participate in activities that raise public awareness on a myriad of environmental issues ranging from climate change to water pollution. For more about Earth Day and its history, visit: http://animals.about.com/od/wildlifeconservation/f/earthday.htm

To see a wide range of videos starring our planet, visit: http://www.naturefootage.com/stockfootage/Earth%20day

A 2nd garbage patch: Plastic soup seen in Atlantic

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Researchers are warning of a new blight on the ocean: a swirl of confetti-like plastic debris stretching over thousands of square miles (kilometers) in a remote expanse of the Atlantic Ocean.

The floating garbage — hard to spot from the surface and spun together by a vortex of currents — was documented by two groups of scientists who trawled the sea between scenic Bermuda and Portugal's mid-Atlantic Azores islands.

To read to full article, go to: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jH9cZIhX2TT48DGALmFr2UIVNhDQD9F3DPIO0

To see video of plastic marine debris, visit: http://www.oceanfootage.com/stockfootage/Plastic

http://www.oceanfootage.com/video_clips/JDE01_018

So Long Sardines: America's Last Cannery Closing

For the past 135 years, sardine canneries have been as much a part of Maine's small coastal villages as the thick Down East fog. It's been estimated that more than 400 canneries have come and gone along the state's long, jagged coast.

The lone survivor, the Stinson Seafood plant here in this eastern Maine shoreside town, shuts down this week after a century in operation. It is the last sardine cannery not just in Maine, but in the United States.

To read the full story: go to:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/04/14/national/main6394365.shtml
To see footage of canneries, visit: http://www.naturefootage.com/stockfootage/Cannery

Elephant Shocked By Electric Wire KILLS Circus Worker

April 10, 2010 — A circus elephant in Pennsylvania is reported to have killed it's trainer accidentally after coming into contact with an electric wire. To read full article visit: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/10/elephant-shocked-by-elect_n_533007.html

To see video of Asian and African elephants, visit: http://www.naturefootage.com/stockfootage/Elephant

http://www.naturefootage.com/video_clips/NZ32_092

White Sharks More Endangered than Wild Tigers

A recent article reports great white sharks only number around 3,500 individuals, making them rarer than tigers in the wild.

To see videos of these endangered creatures, visit: http://www.oceanfootage.com/stockfootage/White shark

To read the full article, go to: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1252237/Great-White-Sharks

Surfer gets fundraising assist from Minke whale

DANA POINT, Calif. — A surfer was halfway into a fundraising paddle off the Southern California coast when she says she got a two-hour escort from a 30-foot Minke whale.

Friends and relatives on a support boat took photos and video of the March 28 encounter between Jodie Nelson and the whale she named Larry.

Nelson was making a 40-mile paddle from Santa Catalina to Dana Point when the whale came within a paddle's reach of the surfer. She says the whale would roll over and expose its belly, then go beneath the surface and blow bubbles under her, causing a horrible stench when they reached the surface.

She had hoped to raise $100,000 for Boarding for Breast Cancer and Keep A Breast Foundation. She says publicity from the whale rendezvous helped her top $120,000.

To see more videos of minke whales, visit: http://www.oceanfootage.com/stockfootage/Minke

http://www.oceanfootage.com/video_clips/NZ04_027

To read the full article visit: http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/apr/06/surfer-assist-from-minke-whale/

Oregon Coast Aquarium Sea Lion Dies in Freak Drowning

Published 04/06/2010

(Newport, Oregon) – A freak accidental drowning took the life of a recent addition to Newpor'’s Oregon Coast Aquarium – a female sea lion named Bailey.

Bailey was one of two sea lions playing in their habitat, when the pair somehow loosened a filtration drain cover, the aquarium said. Bailey got caught in the resulting suction from the drain, which kept her from being able to surface and get to air.

To read the full story, go to: http://www.beachconnection.net/news/aqu_sealions.jpg

To see videos of sea lions, visit: http://www.oceanfootage.com/stockfootage/Sealions


http://www.oceanfootage.com/video_clips/RR01_037

How to add RSS into a blog

Here's a quick video tutorial that demonstrates how to add a RSS feed using a blogger gadget.