Dead pelicans on the beach in Peru. Img: The Guardian As many as 900 dolphins and over 4,000 pelicans have washed up dead on the beaches of northern Peru in the last couple of months, (see news coverage here, here and here), leading to a flurry of activity as various authorities and other interested parties . . . → Read More: What is Peru’s dolphin and pelican die-off telling us?
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By para_sight, on  May 9th, 2012  One comment  Climate Change, Conservation & Environment, Environmental Sciences, Megavertebrate, Opinion, Weather  dolphins, Pelicans, Peru, UME By para_sight, on April 5th, 2012 2 comments Adaptations, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Conservation & Environment, Invertebrate Wars, New Research algae, competition, coral reefs, georgia tech, seaweed Battle lines are drawn and chemical warfare commences between alga (left) and coral (right). Img: Jennifer Smith I was lucky enough to attend an all-day workshop today, just down the road at Georgia Tech, where Prof. Mark Hay organised the Teasley Symposium on the interactions between corals and seaweeds on reefs. Like many, I was . . . → Read More: Turf wars
By Kevin Zelnio, on March 10th, 2012 5 comments Climate Change, Conservation & Environment climate change, global warming, James Hansen Hat tip to Climate Adaption, a wonderful source fo climate change related news and thoughts on Tumblr. Broadcast Spawn!Tweet#call_to_action h4{padding:0px 5px;}Hat tip to Climate Adaption, a wonderful source fo climate change related news and thoughts on Tumblr. Broadcast Spawn!Tweet By para_sight, on February 8th, 2012 6 comments Biodiversity, Climate Change, Conferences, Conservation & Environment, Coral Coral Restoration Foundation, Georgia Aquarium, PERC I think it’s fair to say that when most folks think about conservation, or biology in general, money is not the first thing that pops into their heads. Indeed, many people I know in those fields consider money, commerce and economics to be somewhat foreign, a necessary evil perhaps, to keep society going and keep . . . → Read More: For sale?: one reef, well-loved
By Dr Bik, on January 12th, 2012 5 comments Climate Change, Scientist! climate change, global warming, Jane Lubchenco, NOAA, ocean, Public, Science Communication, UC Davis My second week at UC Davis, and I’ve already met Jane Lubchenco. Last night the NOAA administrator gave a public lecture to a packed auditorium here on campus. Although her talk wasn’t particularly beefy, I captured a few interesting tidbits: It was refreshing to hear a government official state her steadfast optimism, and urge scientists . . . → Read More: Jane Lubchenco’s message to scientists
By Dr. M, on December 21st, 2011 16 comments Adaptations, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Ecology, Environmental Sciences, New Research, Uncategorized beta diversity, Carbon, deep sea, diversity, flux, marine snow Oh the dark deep sea is frightful,
But the food not so delightful,
But since we’ve got no place to go,
Let It Marine Snow! Let It Marine Snow! Let It Marine Snow! The deep-sea floor is a patch mosaic of habitats In the late 1960’s, two marine biologists, Howard Sanders and Robert . . . → Read More: Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow
By Kevin Zelnio, on December 15th, 2011 Leave a comment Climate Change Gulf Stream, oceanography, WHOI, Wood's Hole From Wood’s Hole Oceanographic Institute YouTube Channel. Broadcast Spawn!Tweet#call_to_action h4{padding:0px 5px;}From Wood’s Hole Oceanographic Institute YouTube Channel. Broadcast Spawn!Tweet By RickMac, on December 1st, 2011 6 comments Bringin' It, Climate Change, Conservation & Environment, Environmental Sciences, Natural Disaster, Ramblings, Uncategorized, Weather National Climate Service, NOAA Some of these things are not like the other. Can you spot the Zombie worms? What’s the difference between a collection of Osedax “Zombie worms” and the 112th United States Congress? One is a population of spineless, sedentary, opportunistic life forms that thrive in darkness while devouring the bones of the dead. The other are . . . → Read More: When Far-Sighted Vision Meets Near-Sighted Politics or Zombie Worms For Congress!
By Kevin Zelnio, on November 6th, 2011 10 comments Climate Change Antarctica, climate change, Climate Contrarianism, glacier, global warming, graphs, ice sheet, IceBridge, Independent Media Centre Australia, NASA, Pine Island Glacier A new addition to my Confronting Climate Contrarianism series, much too long in waiting. Found this interesting animated gif on Andre Nantel’s G+ stream. He found it with no attribution on Reddit (UPDATE: graph from an excellent post on Skeptical Science). Gernot commented on that stream with a link to a Sydney Morning Herald piece . . . → Read More: Confronting Climate Contrarianism III: Data Realism and the Rabbit Hole
By Dr. M, on October 9th, 2011 Leave a comment Biodiversity, Climate Change, Conservation & Environment, Fishing A study released Thursday found that the spineless creatures are becoming the dominant predator in areas where fish species are being reduced by overfishing and habitat destruction.Its not just that reduced competition is giving the jellyfish more room. The jellyfish themselves are evolving into bigger specimens by increasing the water content in their gels, the . . . → Read More: Bigger jellyfish inheriting the ocean
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