Hat tip to John Lynch, where you can find a lively commentary on this issue. “Australia’s government on Thursday released graphic pictures of Japanese hunters…
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Climate Induced Collapse of Deep-Sea Ecosystems
Beginning with Victorian science and progressing through the onset of modern deep-sea biology, the dominant paradigm was that the deep sea was a stable ecosystem.…
View More Climate Induced Collapse of Deep-Sea EcosystemsPlastic Trash Lines the Pacific
One of our astute readers pointed us to this piece published in today’s The independent titled The world’s rubbish dump: a garbage tip that stretches…
View More Plastic Trash Lines the PacificA Meter Wide Shark Head With 17 Feet of Shark Love To Follow
I have to admit after being down in a sub and spending time looking at video feeds from ROV’s, the crazy animals I see from…
View More A Meter Wide Shark Head With 17 Feet of Shark Love To FollowSharks Scare the @#$% out of Seals
How does fear drive a marine food web? That’s right I said fear, as in blood-curdling-scream-I-think-I-just-wet-my-pants fear. Sharks just swim around and intimidate the hell…
View More Sharks Scare the @#$% out of SealsChildren’s Book Reviews: I’m the Biggest Thing In the Ocean and Way Down Deep In the Deep Sea
As a father of two, I realize the importance of finding good books and toys. My daughter is too young still, but my 27 month…
View More Children’s Book Reviews: I’m the Biggest Thing In the Ocean and Way Down Deep In the Deep SeaChildren's Book Reviews: I'm the Biggest Thing In the Ocean and Way Down Deep In the Deep Sea
As a father of two, I realize the importance of finding good books and toys. My daughter is too young still, but my 27 month…
View More Children's Book Reviews: I'm the Biggest Thing In the Ocean and Way Down Deep In the Deep SeaJudge Lays the Smack Down on Bush
From CNN… The Navy must follow environmental laws placing strict limits on sonar training that opponents argue harms whales, despite President Bush’s decision to exempt…
View More Judge Lays the Smack Down on BushLimpets and Octopods, Civilization, Health Insurance, and the Loss of Common Sense
This is a tale of how a singular event can lead to two simultaneous outcomes, one absurd and one enlightening. Recently, I’ve needed to have…
View More Limpets and Octopods, Civilization, Health Insurance, and the Loss of Common SenseJust One Thing Challenge #2
Now were off with #2: The request: Use no plastic grocery and shopping bags for the next week. Use, and purchase if necessary, reusable bags.…
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