Marine Mammal facts: this is a group encompassing whales, dolphins, manatees, dugongs, seals, sea lions and walrus, sea otters and polar bears. These are animals like humans, giving birth to live young and relying upon air to breathe, however they spend most or all of their time in the water. These are charismatic species, capturing…
Threats to the ocean.
Some major threats to the Ocean: Having recently crossed the Atlantic Ocean from Europe to the Caribbean on a sailing boat, I saw first hand some of the major threats facing our Oceans today. Plastic pollution; even in the middle of the Atlantic, where we were closer to the International Space Station then any other…