New Innovative Estimate of Total Marine Species
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By , on August 30th, 2011 One comment   Conservation & Environment, New Research, Organisms   , , , , , , , , , , , ,  

Mark Gibson is a divemaster, social scientist, and independent writer living in Washington, DC. He can be found blogging at Breaching the Blue. You can find Mark on twitter @breachingblue. The following post is cross-posted at his blog here. —————————————— How many marine species are there? It is a question that stumped even the . . . → Read More: New Innovative Estimate of Total Marine Species

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Oceans Past: What Do We Know About Them
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By , on February 9th, 2011 One comment   Conservation & Environment, Ecology, Fishing, Scientist!   , , ,  

Poul Holm describes why understanding history is important in marine ecology. Holm is currently chair of the global History of Marine Animal Populations project (HMAP) which is a 10-year Census of Marine Life project aimed at understanding human impacts on ocean ecology. . . . → Read More: Oceans Past: What Do We Know About Them

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Deep Sea 101: Lessons from the Census of Marine Life
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By , on February 6th, 2011 7 comments   Uncategorized   , , , , , , , , , , ,  

←Previous lesson: Introduction and What Is the Deep Sea? Click image to go to Census of Marine Life! Last week we kicked off our online class with an introduction to the deep sea environment. Before we continue on to spend a bit of time talking about the history of deep-sea exploration, I want to discuss . . . → Read More: Deep Sea 101: Lessons from the Census of Marine Life

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Census of Marine Life Inspires Song
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By , on October 11th, 2010 Leave a comment   Music   , ,  

From CoML’s YouTube page: Original song inspired by the Census of Marine Life (www.coml.org). Written and produced by singer/composer Maryann Camilleri, musician Jerry Harrison (formerly of the Talking Heads), and engineer David Dennison (responsible for numerous recordings of Jerry Garcia), the song also features an accompanying video produced by National Geographic Television/Digital Studio. The . . . → Read More: Census of Marine Life Inspires Song

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A Symphony of Species in the Deep
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By , on August 9th, 2010 Leave a comment   Organisms   , ,  

Love this new video put out by Census of Marine Life. “Featured in a new “roll call” of life from 25 key ocean regions, marine oddities oscillate, swim, and skitter to an ocean “chorus.” The animals are all on the Census of Marine Life’s newly released species inventory of 25 key areas of the world’s . . . → Read More: A Symphony of Species in the Deep

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Cataloging Life On the Deep-Sea Floor
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By , on November 23rd, 2009 2 comments   Conservation & Environment, Expeditions, New Research, Open Access, Organisms, Scientist!, Seamount, Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls   , , , ,  

Over ten years ago Fred Grassle, a marine biologist with deep-sea tendencies, and Jesse Ausubel, program director for Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, started conversing on an initiative to document the biodiversity of the oceans. That program, the Census of Marine Life, started in 2000 with the goal “to advance a major new international observational program . . . → Read More: Cataloging Life On the Deep-Sea Floor

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Darwin and the Adventure – The Workshop
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By , on October 1st, 2009 2 comments   Conferences, Expeditions, Organisms   , , , , , , , , , , , , ,  

Monday, Sept. 21, was a big day as it was the workshop that we had been preparing for. The goal of the workshop as stated on The Beagle Project’s website was to “… join scientists from South America, UK and USA to identify key opportunities for using sailing vessels for modern research with a focus . . . → Read More: Darwin and the Adventure – The Workshop

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Join DSN and the Beagle Project in Brazil
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By , on September 15th, 2009 3 comments   Expeditions, Scientist!, Social Sciences   , , , , , , , , , , , ,  

The fabulous Karen James and I will blogging and tweeting the “party in Paraty” starting this Thursday! There is an exciting line up of events which will include: A celebration of Darwin and to put his work in context with the work of international collaborations like Census of Marine Life and Consortium for the Barcoding . . . → Read More: Join DSN and the Beagle Project in Brazil

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Ocean Census
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By , on February 1st, 2009 One comment   Expeditions, Organisms, Vessels and Equipment   , , ,  

Wow, it actually pretty informative without being sensationalistic and loud. This captures my interest much more than say a loudmouth in the sub freaking out at sharks.