Things are bad on the high seas. Fisheries are expanding wherever they’re not collapsing. The global appetite for seafood is growing. Polar bears and penguins are starving. Pollution is pervasive. But as a scientist, you have to consider both sides of every story, even the grim ones.
View More Our Ocean Future: The Glass Half FullMonth: June 2007
Most Polluted River
Not exactly deep-sea or even marine but worth posting. Below is a picture of man picking through the rubbish in the Citarum, the most polluted…
View More Most Polluted RiverWorld Ocean Day Link
Tomorrow is World Ocean Day, and to celebrate, The Nature Conservancy is featuring an article on a haven for sea turtle and shark breeding on…
View More World Ocean Day LinkApparently There is a New Squid Species
If you live anywhere near the Southern California coast, you are aware they are being invaded by the Humboldt squid. In Ventura County they are…
View More Apparently There is a New Squid SpeciesYou Missed Your Chance to Buy an Oceanographic Institute
Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute (HBOI) will be switching hands. HBOI was found by Seward Johnson, heir to the Johnson & Johnson fortune, in the mid…
View More You Missed Your Chance to Buy an Oceanographic InstituteProtection for the Supernatural Being Looking Outward
The Haida Indian nation and the Canadian government have signed an agreement to set up BC’s Quenn Charlotte Islands as a marine protected area (MPA). …
View More Protection for the Supernatural Being Looking OutwardAfrican Penguins in dire straits
Penguins populations on South Africa’s Robben Island are feeling the pinch as climate change redistributes sardine and anchovy populations away from their nesting grounds. New…
View More African Penguins in dire straitsThe Bush Admistration’s Stance on Global Warming
The Bush Admistration's Stance on Global Warming
A To-Do List For Reducing Plastic.
This Friday is World Ocean Day and to get the week going I thought I would start with a practical “what can I do post”.…
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