Marine scientists recently celebrated the 1,000th dive of one of their twin manned submarines off the coast of Hawaii.Scientists from the University of Hawaii and the Hawaii Undersea Research Laboratory HURL have now spent nearly 9,000 hours underwater around the Hawaiian Islands and U.S. Pacific territories since 1981. Seen below is the Pisces IV. The … . . . → Read More: Hawaii Dive-0! 1,000th Dive of the Pisces Submersbiles
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By para_sight, on  April 7th, 2011  One comment  Nautical Terms and Phrases, Vessels and Equipment, Weird  boat, I'm On A Boat, yacht I want one of these for Christmas or sooner. If some of you all could make that happen for me, that would be super. Just park it next to my dinghy. Thanks. . . . → Read More: I’m on a (solar-powered) boat!
By para_sight, on April 7th, 2011 Leave a comment Archaeology, History, and Art, Books/Media Georgia Aquarium, georgia tech, radio A couple of weeks back I did a radio interview for Georgia Tech’s public station WREK 91.1. With permission from the hosts of Inside the Black Box, Pete Ludovice and Bill Hung, I am posting the interview in parts online. Here’s part one: ITBB1, in which I talk about the history of Aquariums as … . . . → Read More: Science in a fishbowl
Although counterintuitive to some fossil fuels are a killer. “There is no question,” says Joseph Romm, an energy expert at the Center for American Progress in Washington DC. “Nothing is worse than fossil fuels for killing people.” A 2002 review by the IAE put together existing studies to compare fatalities per unit of power produced for … . . . → Read More: Fossil fuels are far deadlier than nuclear power
By Dr. M, on April 6th, 2011 Leave a comment Conservation & Environment, Dumping, Fish, Industry & Government contamination, Fukushima, Japan, meltdown, Nuclear, pollution, Radiation Go back to work there is nothing to see here Japanese authorities said Tuesday they had discovered for the first time fish swimming off the country’s Pacific coast carrying high levels of radioactive materials. The finding, the latest blow from the nuclear crisis, is stoking concerns about environmental damage to local marine life, the safety … . . . → Read More: Japan Finds Radiation in Fish
By Dr. M, on April 6th, 2011 One comment Oil Spills Deepwater Horizon, Gulf of Mexico, Oil Spill, Transocean Two days ago I posted on the fiasco that characterized Transocean’s recent decision to give out bonuses because of their terrific 2010 safety record. This is despite the Deepwater Horizon even that resulted in a loss of 11 lives. Yesterday Transocean announced that Transocean’s senior management team, led by Chief Executive Officer Steven Newman, … . . . → Read More: Umm Thanks?
By para_sight, on April 5th, 2011 4 comments Biodiversity, Fish, New Research, New Species Amazon, Elasmobranchia, taxonomy Stingrays always look so awesome on x-rays. Look at this beauty in a new New Scientist article about a new Zootaxa article on a new genus of stingrays, Heliotrygon. Beautiful aren’t they? . . . → Read More: Speaking of new genera
By para_sight, on April 5th, 2011 4 comments Biodiversity, Critters, New Research, New Species, Uncategorized coral reefs, digenea, parasites, taxonomy Hi, my name’s Al and I’m a parasitologist (Hi Al!) #AA I’ve just read a most remarkable paper by my PhD advisor, Dr. Tom Cribb (University of Queensland), and his close colleague Dr. Rod Bray (NHM London, ret.). In it, they describe patterns in the history of taxonomic effort regarding parasitic flatworms in the group … . . . → Read More: Its the end of the worm as we know it
You are more likely to be killed by a cow than shark Between 2003 and 2008, 108 people died from cattle-induced injuries across the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That’s 27 times the whopping four people killed in shark attacks in the United States during the same time period, … . . . → Read More: When Cows Attack
By Dr. M, on April 4th, 2011 One comment Conservation & Environment, Dumping, Industry & Government earthquake, Fukushima Daiichi, Japan, Nuclear, tsunami And in other disturbing news today Japanese engineers at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant have been forced to release radioactive waste water into the sea…Plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) was forced on Monday to release low-level radioactive seawater that had been used to cool overheated fuel rods after it ran out of storage … . . . → Read More: Japan Releases Radioactive Water Into Sea
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