A female great white shark found tangled in a fish net near Baja, California on Tuesday, May 11th turned out to be a shark the Monterey Bay Aquarium successfully kept on exhibit for 69 days before re-releasing into the wild. She was simply known as Number 5, and she was the fifth juvenile great white to be fostered in the Aquarium's Outer Bay's 1-million gallon tank. She traveled over 500 miles south before being accidentally caught by commercial fishermen.
Number 5's untimely death underscores the importance of the Aquarium's "Must Love Sharks" campaign. The campaign encourages people to share why they love of sharks using social networks like Facebook and Twitter. They also have Podcasts to educate and engage people about the importance of these top predators.
To read the full article, visit: http://www.montereycountyweekly.com/archives/2010/2010-May-13/in-wake-of-white-sharks-death-aquarium-launches-must-love-sharks-campaign/1/@@index
To see videos of the amazing shark, go to: http://www.oceanfootage.com/stockfootage/Shark
Friday, May 14, 2010
Senate Gets a Climate and Energy Bill, Modified by a Gulf Spill That Still Grows
The bill’s overall goal is to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions by 17 percent (compared with 2005 levels) by 2020, and by 83 percent by 2050. The targets match those in a House bill passed last year and in the Obama administration’s announced policy goal. The sponsors rewrote the section on offshore oil drilling in recent days to reflect mounting concern over the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, raising new hurdles for any future drilling off the Atlantic and Pacific coasts while allowing it to proceed off Louisiana, Texas and Alaska.
To read the full article, go to: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/13/science/earth/13climate.html?th&emc=th
To see a wide range of climate-related, professional quality video footage, go to: http://www.naturefootage.com/stock_video/energy_video.htm
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