On December 26th 2004, a 9.0 earthquake struck off northern Sumatra in Indonesia. This triggered a massive tsunami that affected Indonesia, India, Malaysia, Maldives, Sri…
View More From the Editor’s Desk: The Environmental Impacts of TsunamisCategory: Fishing
Did Outsider Pressure Speed The End Of Japan’s Antarctic Whaling—Or Prolong It? | Carl Safina
But I wonder: If Westerners had ignored Japan’s whaling, would its whaling have died sooner, of its own internal economic problems? via Did Outsider Pressure…
View More Did Outsider Pressure Speed The End Of Japan’s Antarctic Whaling—Or Prolong It? | Carl SafinaGuest Post: On wild oysters, the headlines that came 100 years too late, and turning poop-water into salty Evian
When the media got all kerfluffled about the functional extinction of wild oysters about a month ago, I asked Chris Len to write a guest…
View More Guest Post: On wild oysters, the headlines that came 100 years too late, and turning poop-water into salty Evian16.1 Million Square Miles of Deep Seafloor Protected in North Pacific
Super congrats to our friends at Oceana, who report on their blog The Beacon today that negotiations to protect over 16 million square miles of…
View More 16.1 Million Square Miles of Deep Seafloor Protected in North PacificWild Oysters Functionally Extinct?
Add this to your growing list of Earth going to hell Enjoy your shucking while it lasts. Wild oysters are now “functionally extinct” in many…
View More Wild Oysters Functionally Extinct?Scientist In Residence Jarrett Brynes: How Are Extinctions and Invasions Shaping Food Webs?
February’s Scientist In Residence that I am way behind on introducing is Jarrett Byrnes, a postdoctoral fellow at the National Center for Ecological Analysis and…
View More Scientist In Residence Jarrett Brynes: How Are Extinctions and Invasions Shaping Food Webs?Oceans Past: What Do We Know About Them
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)…
View More Oceans Past: What Do We Know About Them100% Guaranteed, Guilt-Free, Sustainable Sushi?
Fellow science blogger, friend, and colleague Jennifer Jacquet recently invited me to contribute to a special all-ocean-themed issue of the journal Solutions that she, Nancy…
View More 100% Guaranteed, Guilt-Free, Sustainable Sushi?The science behind Legal Sea Foods’ “blacklisted” dinner
Legal Sea Foods’ “blacklisted” seafood dinner took place last night. From the Boston Globe: An e-mail invitation to the sold-out event, sponsored by Legal Sea…
View More The science behind Legal Sea Foods’ “blacklisted” dinnerFrom the Editor’s Desk: The Grand Challenge of Ocean Acidification and Fisheries
Anthropogenic climate change has been hypothesized for centuries (discussed in Le Treut 2007) before the careful measurements of scientists in the mid-20th century. From 1833…
View More From the Editor’s Desk: The Grand Challenge of Ocean Acidification and Fisheries