A marine biologist champions an unconventional approach to saving the world’s waters and their inhabitants. Laura Tangley / National Wildlife Federation A DECADE AGO, when I first met Wallace J. Nichols on Mexico’s Baja California peninsula, the marine biologist who goes by “J” was working full time to save sea turtles. He’d estimated that at least 35,000 of the reptiles...
Jennifer S. Holland | National Wildlife Federation | Feb 01, 2020 IN THE DEEP WATERS OF THE GULF OF MEXICO, incessant darkness cloaks a lively seabed. Some 250 species of coral thrive here below 160 feet—some as deep as 10,000 feet—more than double the number found in the sun-drenched shallows. But when the Deepwater Horizon drilling platform exploded in April 2010, 3.19 million...
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An electric eel in Chattanooga, Tenn., is sparking a little holiday cheer. Every time Miguel Wattson the electric eel releases a jolt of electricity, a festively-decorated Christmas tree next to his tank at the Tennessee Aquarium flickers and glows. "There is a sensor directly in his exhibit that picks up when he produces electricity," Aquarist Kimberly Hurt, who cares for the...
The Marshall Islands, a low-lying chain of atolls and key U.S. ally in the central Pacific, has declared a national climate crisis because of the mounting risk of sea-level rise, the nation’s president announced this week. The nation’s parliament, the Nitijela, overwhelmingly supported a measure that calls upon the international community to step up its efforts to mitigate global warming and...
