Worried about plastic in the ocean? Then get off your rumpus this weekend and do something about it! It’s International Coastal Cleanup Day this Saturday,…
View More Go forth and plunder some trash for International Coastal Cleanup Day this SaturdayAuthor: Dr. Martini
To El Niño or not to El Niño, that is the question
UPDATE Jan 2015: Turns out, the great El Niño of 2014 may never actually materialize. And if it does, it’s probably going to be wimpy.…
View More To El Niño or not to El Niño, that is the questionThe official anthology of Rick Ross rapping about crustaceans
I generally bow to Dr. M and Alex when it comes to rap music knowledge, but I’m just going to add this little factlet to the…
View More The official anthology of Rick Ross rapping about crustaceansA little unexpected Monday Morning Zen with a Portuguese Man-of-War
It’s monday morning and I’m dragging a little. You might be too. But this gorgeous video of Portuguese Man-o-War by Aaron Ansarov (via National Geographic) reminded me of…
View More A little unexpected Monday Morning Zen with a Portuguese Man-of-WarThrowback Thursday: France's Lab Buoy
I recently received an email from a colleague asking for a copy of a recent paper. In return, they sent me a plot of inertial current…
View More Throwback Thursday: France's Lab BuoyTracking the cold wake of a super typhoon
I’ve been absolutely fascinated by 2 things recently: amazing images of typhoons and animated gifs. In regards to the former, check out this amazing 3D movie…
View More Tracking the cold wake of a super typhoonThe Ocean Cleanup responds to our technical review
Starts at 59:20. Love, Mrs. Martini and Mrs. Goldstein “not-engineers” P.S. The technical review can be found here.
View More The Ocean Cleanup responds to our technical reviewThe Ocean Cleanup, Part 2: Technical review of the feasibility study
INTRODUCTION This is the second of a two-part post. In the first installment, Kim presented alternatives to this project. This installment is a collaboration between…
View More The Ocean Cleanup, Part 2: Technical review of the feasibility studyThe Ocean Cleanup, Part 1: Alternatives to reduce ocean plastic
This is the first of two-part post. This installment is written by Kim, who will present alternatives to the Ocean Cleanup project to help curb the…
View More The Ocean Cleanup, Part 1: Alternatives to reduce ocean plasticA Research Cruise in 12 Animated Gifs
Hey everyone I went out on a research cruise in the Bering Sea! We threw a lot of expensive shit in the ocean. Starting with this…
View More A Research Cruise in 12 Animated Gifs