Obama To Designate First Marine National Monument In The Atlantic Ocean
Source: NPR
During the Our Ocean conference later this morning in Washington, D.C., President Obama will establish the first national marine monument in the Atlantic Ocean.
The area of the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument is the size of Connecticut and has been called an "underwater Yellowstone" and "a deep sea Serengeti."
Hidden beneath the Atlantic Ocean, off Cape Cod, Mass., is a submerged wonderland of lush forests, canyons deeper than the Grand Canyon, vivid corals and extinct volcanoes — all teeming with wildlife such as endangered sperm whales, sea turtles and exotic species that aren't found anywhere else.
"We're phenomenally excited," says environmental activist Brad Sewall of the Natural Resources Defense Council, who says the underwater wilderness is unexploited by commercial fishing, mining or drilling.
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Read more: http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/09/15/494042979/obama-to-designate-first-marine-national-monument-in-the-atlantic-ocean
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Sperm whales have brains that are 5 times bigger then ours.
Obama the Conservationist
Despite Congress’s opposition, he has put more acreage under protection than any other President.
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