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
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By Kevin Zelnio, on  June 8th, 2011  One comment  Conservation & Environment  Scientific American, World Ocean Day 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
By Dr. M, on June 8th, 2011 4 comments Biodiversity, Bringin' It, Cephalopods!, Climate Change, Conservation & Environment, Editor's Desk, Fishing, Industry & Government acidification, Architeuthis, climate change, conservation, Giant Squid, Overfishing, World Ocean Day How many of you see a panda and automatically think of conservation and the World Wildlife Fund? The well-known panda logo was designed by the famous conservationist Sir Peter Scott. one of the founding members of WWF. The idea originated from a panda named Chi Chi transferred into the London Zoo in the same year . . . → Read More: From the Editor’s Desk: The Giant Squid Can Be A Panda For The Ocean
By Kevin Zelnio, on June 8th, 2009 8 comments Conservation & Environment, Plastic plastic bags, World Ocean Day "Plastic Bag Nightmare" by Flickr User Zainub. I am absolutely horrible about remembering to bring in my cloth sacks to the grocery store. It is quite shameful too considering my background and years of training in marine science, ecology and conservation. They are always in the back of my car. I just walk out of . . . → Read More: My World Ocean Day Wish – Kevin Z
By Dr. M, on June 8th, 2009 3 comments Conservation & Environment Coral Reef Alliance, World Ocean Day I wish everyone would donate $10 to their favorite marine conservation organization. NGO’s rely on small donations, not large donations, to keep their organizations running on a daily basis (this comes from my wife who as worked years in nonprofit fund raising). Your $10 combines with other Hamilton’s to grow into Benjamin’s, which hopefully . . . → Read More: My Wish for World Ocean Day
By Peter Etnoyer, on June 8th, 2009 14 comments Opinion Bob Breen, California, Farallones National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council, Fish and Game Commission, North Central Coast Regional Stakeholders Group, World Ocean Day To celebrate World Ocean Day, Deep Sea News is publishing an unsolicited letter from a reader, Bob Breen. We’re thankful that our community is the kind of people willing to share their opinion about respect for the oceans, and we’re pleased to publish your letters. Giant black sea bass, protected in CA since 1982 . . . → Read More: World Ocean Day Message from Bob Breen
By Peter Etnoyer, on June 4th, 2009 Leave a comment Expeditions, Scientist!, Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls, Vessels and Equipment Canada, deep-sea coral, Harte Research Institute, Michael Reuscher, World Ocean Day I’d like to introduce my friend and colleague Michael Reuscher, he’s a first year PhD student in the Biodiversity and Conservation Laboratory of Dr. Tom Shirley here at Harte Research Institute at Texas A&M University- Corpus Christi. Michael is a freshly minted Deep Worker submersible pilot, as is Tom. Michael’s specialty is deep-sea polychaetes from . . . → Read More: Meet the new DSN field correspondent
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