This petition via the Center for Biological Diversity reminds me of the environmental thriller Storm Warning by Alice Henderson @authorhenderson.bsky.social
https://act.biologicaldiversity.org/uP_iR0BWwkKBNRDIK3EQzg2?gad_campaignid=23351724719
#savethewhales #whales #animalconservation #SavethePlanet #environment #RightWhales #centerforbiologicaldiversity #whalepetition #petition #animalrights
#Whales move nutrients from Alaska to Hawaii in their urine, supporting tropical ecosystems https://phys.org/news/2025-03-whales-nutrients-alaska-hawaii-urine.html
Migrating #BaleenWhales transport high-latitude nutrients to tropical and subtropical ecosystems https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-56123-2
"in oceans across the globe, great whales—including #RightWhales, #GrayWhales, and #humpbacks—transport about 4,000 tons of nitrogen each year to low-nutrient coastal areas in the tropics and subtropics. They also bring more than 45,000 tons of biomass"
Whales are not just big, they're a big deal for healthy oceans. When they poop, whales move tons of nutrients from deep water to the surface. Now new research shows that whales also move tons of nutrients thousands of miles—in their urine.
A federal appeals court reinstated seasonal lobster fishing bans in a 200-nautical-mile area off New England’s coast to protect critically endangered North Atlantic right whales. This decision aims to prevent deadly entanglements in fishing gear, which threatens the fewer than 380 remaining right whales. Environmental groups welcome this ruling as a crucial step toward conservation.
#GoodNews #RightWhales #Conservation #MarineLife #LobsterFishing
https://apnews.com/article/lobster-fishing-right-whales-seafood-court-949dd5ac80a571baf923895b96bde6ad
A federal appeals court is reinstating rules designed to protect a vanishing whale species from entanglement in fishing gear. The ruling is a setback for commercial fishermen hoping for a loosening of fishing regulations during President Donald Trump’s administration. The Boston-based 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a lower court’s decision Thursday to reinstate the protections. The lower court had ruled against a federal law banning lobster fishing in a 200-nautical-mile area off the New England coast from Feb. 1 to April 30 annually. Lethal entanglement in lobster fishing gear is one of the biggest threats to the North Atlantic right whale.
These marine mammals are still feeling the effects of whaling. For most species, it may be another 100 years before there are enough old whales for scientists to confirm their lifespans.
A paper, published in Science Advances, suggests the industrial hunting of great #whales such as #sperm, #blue, #fin & #rightwhales “masked” the ability of these underwater giants to live to great ages.
It has been known since the 1990s that Arctic bowhead whales can reach 200 years old or more, as indicated by tests on their proteins in their eyes, & by old Inuit stone harpoon tips found embedded in bowheads that had survived earlier hunts.
Bowhead whales may not be the only species that can live to 200 years old. Researchers have found that the industrial hunting of great whales has masked the ability of these underwater giants to also live to great ages
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