A clam boat in Massachusetts dredged up a not-so-welcome surprise last week – 2 tanks of Mustard Gas. One crew member is reported as getting sick from the exposure, confirmed by diagnosis, blood and urine tests, before they tossed the canisters back into the sea. The Coast Guard is now looking for them. Now, one … . . . → Read More: Fresh Catch of the Day in Boston: Mustard Gas
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By Kevin Zelnio, on  June 14th, 2010  4 comments  Dumping  Dredging, Dumping, Munition, mustard gas bombs, warfare By Kevin Zelnio, on June 12th, 2010 2 comments Books/Media, Conservation & Environment, TGIF: Pictures & Movies Brian Skerry, National Geographic, Photography Awesome TED talk by National Geographic photographer Brian Skerry. Full bio and more links . . . → Read More: The Glory and the Horror of the Ocean
The DSN team wishes Jacques Cousteau a very happy 100th birthday. Andy Revkin has a lovely essay, the Washington Post has a slideshow, and Google has a special logo, among many tributes. But for me, I always think of Cousteau like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ISKd11z16M . . . → Read More: Happy 100th Birthday, Jacques Cousteau!
This just in: the Belgians offered to bring superior cleanup technology to the Gulf, but were ignored by BP and US authorities. From Flanders Today: The Belgian dredgers say that the entire operation could have been executed much more rapidly using the sophisticated vessels that they have. Jan De Nul and DEME proposed … . . . → Read More: Breaking news: BP and US authorities ignored superior Belgian cleanup tech
Where is the oil? Today’s oil spill forecast predicts: Onshore (SE) winds are forecast to continue through Friday at 15 knots or less. Persistent southwesterly winds last week resulted in northward movement of the slick towards the Mississippi/Alabama barrier islands and westward movement along the Florida Panhandle. Models show alongshore currents becoming … . . . → Read More: Oil Spill Update for June 10, 2010
By Kevin Zelnio, on June 9th, 2010 16 comments Conservation & Environment, Industry & Government, Oil Spills Best of Zelnio, fisheries, Gulf of Mexico, Nigeria, Oil Spill, oyster, Puget Sound, Seattle, Stormwater Runoff, Washington When I posted Iglu’s revised Oil Spill Timeline a few days, I didn’t give much thought to visual properties of the data presented in the screenshot I chose to represent. I was focused on the actual numbers. Sean Carroll quickly pointed out that it was a very misleading graphic because the circles were scaled … . . . → Read More: Putting Oilmageddon 2010 in Context
By Kevin Zelnio, on June 8th, 2010 One comment Conservation & Environment, Ecology, New Research conservation, Protected Areas, research blogging, researchblogcast Each week Razib Khan, Dave Munger and I discuss a paper that was recently blogged on in the Researchblogging.org. This week I chose the following article: Andam, K., Ferraro, P., Sims, K., Healy, A., & Holland, M. (2010). Protected areas reduced poverty in Costa Rica and Thailand. Proceedings of the National Academy of … . . . → Read More: ResearchBlogCast #8: Protecting the Environment Reduces Poverty?
By Kevin Zelnio, on June 8th, 2010 7 comments Industry & Government, Oil Spills BP, Colbert Report, Obama, Oil Spill, Tony Hayward The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c Oil’s Well That Never Ends www.colbertnation.com Colbert Report Full Episodes Political Humor Fox News . . . → Read More: Colbert Shows Obama How to Be Angry About the Oil Spill
We here at Deep Sea News tardily wish you a very happy World Oceans Day! (Excuses: Dr M’s off a-conferencing in Iceland, I’m frantically prepping for this summer’s cruise, and we just don’t ask what Kevin’s up to.) In celebration, head off to Carnival of the Blue, hosted at its ancestral home at Blogfish. Or … . . . → Read More: Happy World Oceans Day!
UPDATE June 9: The black circles are misleading, due to an error in their math. See an accurate comparison from David Bradley at Sciencebase. The folks over at Iglu Cruise lines compiled an up to date infographic on the Gulf of Mexico oil leak spill disaster ecological catastrophe. Head over there for the full … . . . → Read More: Oilmageddon Timeline Update
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