Dr. Mark Westneat is a Curator of Zoology at the Field Museum and the director of the Biodiversity Synthesis Center. A fantastic biologist who has…
View More Marine Biologists in Support of ObamaCategory: Industry & Government
Wave Snakes
2100 tons of steel were put in the ocean 3 miles off Portugal yesterday. Don’t worry this is a good thing. Three steel snakes, each…
View More Wave SnakesScienceDebate08: Obama Takes Up the Challenge!
Sheril reports that Barack Obama has taken up the challenge and answered the 14 questions posed by the ScienceDebate08 coalition. These 14 issues run the…
View More ScienceDebate08: Obama Takes Up the Challenge!Mediterranean Sea is Full of Dangerous Species
Click on image to embiggen and go to source website. Hat tip to Eric via Dinochick.
View More Mediterranean Sea is Full of Dangerous SpeciesUS Governors launch West Coast Ocean Action Plan
West Coast politics are hot. Senator Ted Stevens of the four seas of Alaska (Chukchi, Bering, Beaufort, and the Pacific) was indicted for false statements…
View More US Governors launch West Coast Ocean Action PlanA Response to Russ of Planktos
Russ comments in our previous post Au contrair. The record shows that Planktos was long advocating and involved in ecorestoration not merely recently. The Way…
View More A Response to Russ of PlanktosRising Fuel Costs Hurt Marine Research
Nature News reports: “Many of the research projects launched as part of the International Polar Year (IPY), which runs from March 2007 to March 2009,…
View More Rising Fuel Costs Hurt Marine ResearchNo-Take Reserves Work
Who would of thunk it? Like Mark Powell recently stated: “In the “duh” category, fish are thriving in a no-fishing zone in Australia. After looking…
View More No-Take Reserves WorkThe Deep Sea Is Finally A Factor In A Presidential Election
Unfortunately not in the way I hoped. You may already know this but it is worth reiterating because it seems to keep coming back to…
View More The Deep Sea Is Finally A Factor In A Presidential ElectionAn Earth Systems Science Agency
“The United States faces unprecedented environmental and economic challenges in the decades ahead. Foremost among them will be climate change, sea-level rise, altered weather patterns,…
View More An Earth Systems Science Agency