From NOAA Visualizations on YouTube: The 2011 Atlantic hurricane season officially ends on Nov. 30 and produced a total of 19 tropical storms of which seven became hurricanes, including three major hurricanes. This level of activity matched NOAA’s predictions and continues the trend of active hurricane seasons that began in 1995. From Arlene to . . . → Read More: The 2011 Hurricane Season in 4.5 minutes
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By Kevin Zelnio, on  November 29th, 2011  One comment  Natural Disaster, Weather  Atlantic, GOES, Hurricane, NOAA, satellite, Tropical Storm, Weather 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 Miriam Goldstein, on April 21st, 2011 16 comments Reviews Atlantic, Book Review, Carl Safina, Lazy Point, Long Island, Transcendentalism If I ever write a popular environmental book, I am going to call it “I Hate Thoreau’s Bastard Children: Why Modern Environmental Writing Sucks.” The pernicious influence of Transcendentalism lingers like a poison oak rash every time someone gets an urge to write about nature. I’ve occasionally thought of making a drinking game as the . . . → Read More: Book Review: Carl Safina’s The View from Lazy Point
By Archie Teuthis, on April 19th, 2011 3 comments Conservation & Environment, Ecology, Expeditions, Fish, Fishing, Mating & Reproduction Atlantic, Belize, Caribbean, Eric Heupel, Field Work, fish, Invasion, Invasive Species, Lionfish, Scientist In Residence Eric Heupel is a graduate student at University of Connecticut in Oceanography. He keeps a personal blog at Eclectic Echoes and Larval Images, and used to part of The Other 95% team along with me before we closed shop. You can find Eric tweeting as @eclecticechoes. —————————————————- Hey folks, Kevin asked me to do . . . → Read More: Scientist in Residence: My ‘Seascape of Fear’
By Dr. M, on January 17th, 2010 Leave a comment Industry & Government, New Research, Scientist! Atlantic, Azores, oceanography, Portugal, research center …or Center depending on where you live. Although in the US we feel the need to discard oceanography Portugal is a little more forward thinking. Portugal’s Minister for Science and Universities, Mariano Gago, has announced plans to set up a cutting-edge research centre in the Azores Islands to study the deep Atlantic. Minister Gago unveiled . . . → Read More: New Deep-Sea Research Centre
By Dr. M, on December 21st, 2009 Leave a comment Expeditions, Gadgets & Gear, Scientist!, Vessels and Equipment Atlantic, AUV, Rutgers, Scarlet Knight, submersible She was at sea for 221 days. She was alone, often in dangerous places, and usually out of touch. Her predecessor had disappeared on a similar trip, probably killed by a shark. Yet she was always able to do what was asked, to head in a different direction on a moment’s notice and report back . . . → Read More: First Atlantic Cross by a Submersible Robot
By Kevin Zelnio, on October 20th, 2009 One comment Coral, Organisms, Seamount Atlantic, Corner Rise, Eric Heupel, New England, NOAA, Seamount And it only gets worse if our nation’s children, those that will grow up to be future policy-makers and voters when we are all in depends or 6 feet underground, don’t have an appreciation for the ocean and its myriad of issues! Donate NOW to Oceans in the Classrooms! Reject a future of barren . . . → Read More: This is Your Seamounts… On Fishing
By Dr. M, on June 8th, 2009 5 comments Vessels and Equipment Air France 447, airline disaster, Atlantic, black box, homer, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, Nautile, Paris France, Rio De Janiero, underwater moutain chain, Victor 6000 [googlemap lat="2.5479878714713706" lng="-32.87109375" width="500px" height="500px" zoom="4" type="G_SATELLITE_MAP"]2.547988,-32.871094[/googlemap]Normally, I wouldn’t discuss an airline disaster here and before I go on let me say my heart goes out to those who lost loved ones in this tragedy. I post this here because I have fielded several questions from friends and family lately about the seafloor, equipment used, . . . → Read More: Air France 447
By Kevin Zelnio, on April 28th, 2009 Leave a comment Conservation & Environment, Environmental Sciences, Industry & Government Antarctica, Arctic, Atlantic, BBC, carbon dioxide, Funding, ocean acidification, United Kingdom Way to go brits! The BBC reports: “The UK government has launched an £11m ($16m) five-year research programme into ocean acidification… The study will focus on the Atlantic, Antarctic and Arctic oceans and assess how marine ecosystems are affected. The programme, co-funded by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and the Natural . . . → Read More: UK Launches Bold Ocean Acidification Research Program
By Dr. M, on February 16th, 2009 8 comments Vessels and Equipment Atlantic, Collision, France, HMS Vanguard, Le Triomphant, Nuclear, submarine, UK Photograph: Chris Bacon/PA. The Vangaurd before the insurance claim. Do they get a rental submarine under collision insurance? From the Gaurdian… A Royal Navy nuclear submarine and a French vessel have been damaged in a collision deep below the surface of the Atlantic Ocean. HMS Vanguard and Le Triomphant, which were both said to have . . . → Read More: Holy Flying Fish Captain, That’s A Submarine!
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