I’ve been on stealth mode for the past few months, in part because my workload doubled this year and I’ve been serving double duty at my day job. But I’ve also been working on some exciting ocean conservation work in remote locations that I’m not yet at liberty to discuss. But since I’m in . . . → Read More: 30 Meters. 70 Bull Sharks. ‘Nuff Said.
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By RickMac, on  June 16th, 2011  One comment  Conservation & Environment, Ecology, Fish, Megavertebrate  Diving, fiji, MPAs, sharks In preparation for a scientific cruise this summer, I’ve been testing my zooplankton collection and incubation equipment. So I’ve gotten to go out in a small boat off Scripps to tow my net around and collect plankton. The zooplankton has, of course, been extraordinarily adorable and charming, but the megafauna has been awesome too. A . . . → Read More: Charismatic megafauna off La Jolla
By Dr Bik, on June 14th, 2011 One comment Biodiversity, Climate Change, Conservation & Environment, Invertebrate Wars, Microbes, Uncategorized Bacteria, climate change, human impact, jellyfish, Microbes Mufasa was right. We’re all intertwined. Whether we humans like to admit it or not, every action by a living organism on Earth has repercussions. (And yes, you can lump in viruses and prions because I’m not getting into a philosophical debate about what constitutes ‘living’). Run, Harry! You don't want to catch Irukandji syndrome!!! . . . → Read More: The Circle of Life (and how Jellyfish screw it up)
By para_sight, on June 13th, 2011 2 comments Conservation & Environment, Expeditions, Megavertebrate, New Research cetaceans, dolphins, FAU, Georgia Aquarium, HBOI, Health, NOAA This week a really great project is unfolding in the waters of the Indian River Lagoon, Florida. It’s the annual Health and Environmental Risk Assessment for free-ranging bottlenose dolphins, one of the longest standing and most comprehensive health assessments of any marine animal. The project is spearheaded by Dr. Greg Bossart (Senior VP at Georgia Aquarium) . . . → Read More: Studying dolphins as sentinels of oceans and human health
By Kevin Zelnio, on June 10th, 2011 One comment Art, Conservation & Environment, Plastic Plastic, Portland, Washed Ashore Recently, my friend Michael Barton went to check out the Washed Ashore Exhibit, currently at Portland Community College, and was gracious enough to share some his images of it on flickr for us! It is all made from washed up beach debris and arranged to create stories of how plastic and trash in the . . . → Read More: Washed Ashore
By para_sight, on June 10th, 2011 One comment Environmental Sciences, Expeditions, Life At Sea, Natural Disaster, New Research, Vessels and Equipment Fukushima, Japan, pollution, Radiation, Research There’s a research cruise underway right now to study the impacts of radiation release from the Fukushima disaster in Japan, using the UNOLS/U. Hawaii ship R/V Kaimikai-O-Kanaloa. You can read the overview here and follow the at sea blog of the 17 researchers here. The cruise features scientists from Woods Hole Oceanographic, U. Tokyo, U. . . . → Read More: Follow along with Fukushima researchers
H/t to NPR Laurynn, it turns out, often spends her winter evenings diving into the ocean, not too far from Harbor Avenue in downtown West Seattle. A couple of years ago, not far from the shore, she discovered a giant Pacific octopus doing exactly what I described — having babies…In the video, you can . . . → Read More: TGIF: 8-Legged Mom Has 50,000 Babies: 2-Legged Woman Watches
By para_sight, on June 9th, 2011 2 comments Climate Change, Conservation & Environment, Environmental Sciences, New Research, Weather amoc, Atlantic, global conveyor belt, global thermohaline circulation, global warming, Gulf Stream, oceanography, RB Editor's Selection, South Atlantic I’ve been in Brazil for the past week for some research coordination meetings. This has involved a number of different folks in several forums, but the whole process was pervaded by a patent anxiety on the part of many people I spoke to with regards to climate change. This is not new of course, but . . . → Read More: The Indian Ocean’s cup runeth over
By Kevin Zelnio, on June 8th, 2011 One comment Conservation & Environment Scientific American, World Ocean Day I hope everyone is having a great World Ocean Day today, reflecting on an ocean that needs us just as much as we need it. I wrote a piece for the Scientific American Guest Blog today reflecting on our need to better understand the mind-ocean connection: The ocean is such a ubiquitous part of our . . . → Read More: A World Ocean
By Dr. M, on June 8th, 2011 4 comments Expeditions, Life At Sea, Microbes, Scientist! Beth Orcutt, Scientist In Residence, World Ocean Day Beth is an U.S. postdoc scientist at the Center for Geomicrobiology in Denmark studying tiny microbes that live at the bottom of the ocean and their role in global processes. You can check out her website to learn more about her work. Hello My Name is Beth Orcutt I’ve recently been spending an obsessive amount . . . → Read More: Scientist In Residence: Beth Orcutt Introduces Herself
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