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Environmental Problems

International Conservation Photography Awards 2012 Environmental ProblemsSea LionSea of CortezUnderwater LifeUnderwater Photography

International Conservation Photography Awards 2012

Art Wolfe hosts the biennial International Conservation Photography Awards ("ICP Awards"). One of my images was honored in the 2010 edition of the competition, so I decided to try again this year. My photograph of a young California sea lion entangled in monofilament fishing line, taken in the Espiritu Santo…
August 15, 2012
Wildlife Entanglement: Sea Lion and Monofilament, Pelican and Shopping Bag Environmental ProblemsSea LionUnderwater LifeUnderwater Photography

Wildlife Entanglement: Sea Lion and Monofilament, Pelican and Shopping Bag

Photos of Wildlife Entanglement in Plastic Unfortunately, I have had a number of opportunities to photograph wildlife entangled in plastic debris. Plastic Debris. We make it, we use it and then we leave it behind. This stuff is killing animals and causing problems everywhere. I find it dismaying every time…
March 22, 2012
Photos of Boat Strikes of Marine Animals Environmental ProblemsHumpback WhaleMarine LifeOcean Sunfish

Photos of Boat Strikes of Marine Animals

Boat strikes of marine animals are increasingly common, for obvious reasons. It is disappointing to observe a marine animal severely or mortally wounded by a collision with a boat. We have encountered several marine animals bearing unmistakable boat propeller scars: North Pacific humpback whale showing extensive scarring, almost certainly from…
March 8, 2005