SAVE THE EARTH FOUNDATION'S FUNDING HELPS GET THE DAVIDSON SEAMOUNT PROTECTED
The Davidson Seamount has recently been added
to the boundaries of the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. There
will now be protection for ancient, spectacular corals as well as newly
discovered rare species ( NOAA has identified 13 species new to science
so far). The recent research that Save The Earth funded has identified a
key regional role that the Davidson Seamount serves to the Central
California ecosystem, and has provided for a strong site
characterization that is the basis of a management plan NOAA is
developing for Davidson Seamount. Save The Earth's sponsorship has
helped generate sound science and national excitement to protect this
area.
When President Bush announced that Davidson
Seamount would be protected under the Sanctuaries Act, and again when
the designation was final, the national media seized upon this topic
that engenders excitement with the public. Save The Earth clearly
recognizes the need for engaging national and international audiences in
important environmental issues. There are more than 30,000 seamounts in
the global oceans, a fraction of one percent have been explored, and
some seamounts have already been obliterated of coral communities by
destructive harvesting. As the only seamount in the National Marine
Sanctuary program, Davidson will serve as a research and education focus
on this unique habitat type. Only through exciting research that can be
interpreted to the public can we effectively influence public policy
and human behavior.
The oceans are in trouble, which means we all are
Posted by James Hrynyshyn on http://scienceblogs.com/islandofdoubt/
As someone with a marine biology degree, I've been asked to help spread the word about the threat to ocean ecosystems from falling pH levels -- what everyone who doesn't have a marine biology degree calls ocean acidification. It's a worthy cause. Read the following letter, review this report and then go to this site and do something about it:
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