President Barack Obama signed the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 into law yesterday, authorizing sustained funding for ocean exploration, mapping, coastal and ocean…
View More Can we get excited now?Author: Peter Etnoyer
PhD candidate at Texas A&M University- Corpus Christi and doctoral fellow Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies.
Trophy fish, back in the day
What better way to get at the question of recreational fishing impacts to ocean wildlife than to study historical pictures of the day’s catch on…
View More Trophy fish, back in the dayClickable maps: Google vs Microsoft
A sense of place. It’s essential to deep-sea exploration. We’re far from land, on a flat horizon, hovering over echosounder output from the seafloor below.…
View More Clickable maps: Google vs MicrosoftOne step closer to stimulus
Sheril Kirshenbaum of the new Intersection blog at Discover alerts us that the House passed HR 146 yesterday, so the big ocean bill is one…
View More One step closer to stimulusDeep-corals are world’s oldest animal
It hasn’t been too long since Brendan Roark first reported that deep-sea corals off Hawaii are clocking in as the world’s oldest animal. At four…
View More Deep-corals are world’s oldest animalSystem to blame in British sub deaths
Oxygen candles and CO2 scrubbers are the lifeline of a submarine dwelling 200 feet under Arctic ice, but faulty units are to blame for the…
View More System to blame in British sub deathsEarth Hour goes darkly this Saturday night
The WWF sponsored Earth Hour event calls on you to shut the lights for an hour this Saturday at 8:30 pm local time. This is…
View More Earth Hour goes darkly this Saturday nightLubchenco confirmed
Jane Lubchenco, the marine scientist named by President Obama to head the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, finally took her new job today, after she…
View More Lubchenco confirmedPicks from Sony Photography Awards
New Scientist is showing some of their favorite picks in natural history category of the Sony World Photography Awards. This one is a favorite, entitled…
View More Picks from Sony Photography AwardsTGIF: El Niño on YouTube
It’s Friday, learn something. Concentrate on the soothing voice of the narrator. Relax. Breathe deeply. You are floating on a thermocline. Southern Fried Science has…
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