Interesting news coming out of Nature Geosciences this weekend. Kato et al (2011) are reporting a veritable treasure trove buried in deep-sea Pacific sediments: rare-earth…
View More Deep Sea mud as precious as diamonds?Category: Conservation & Environment
Reforming “17th Century Ideas of Marine Exploitation”
Recently discovered a fabulous new marine tweep, the British Oceanographic Data Centre {follow @BODC on twitter} (a national facility for preserving and distributing oceanographic and…
View More Reforming “17th Century Ideas of Marine Exploitation”Deepwater Horizon: Resources and Restoration
I have to say, I’m pretty impressed with NOAA. If you’ve been to their homepage lately, you’ll notice that the key Deepwater Horizon links have…
View More Deepwater Horizon: Resources and Restoration30 Meters. 70 Bull Sharks. ‘Nuff Said.
I’ve been on stealth mode for the past few months, in part because my workload doubled this year and I’ve been serving double duty at…
View More 30 Meters. 70 Bull Sharks. ‘Nuff Said.The Circle of Life (and how Jellyfish screw it up)
Mufasa was right. We’re all intertwined. Whether we humans like to admit it or not, every action by a living organism on Earth has repercussions. …
View More The Circle of Life (and how Jellyfish screw it up)Studying dolphins as sentinels of oceans and human health
This week a really great project is unfolding in the waters of the Indian River Lagoon, Florida. It’s the annual Health and Environmental Risk Assessment…
View More Studying dolphins as sentinels of oceans and human healthWashed Ashore
Recently, my friend Michael Barton went to check out the Washed Ashore Exhibit, currently at Portland Community College, and was gracious enough to share some…
View More Washed AshoreThe Indian Ocean’s cup runeth over
I’ve been in Brazil for the past week for some research coordination meetings. This has involved a number of different folks in several forums, but…
View More The Indian Ocean’s cup runeth overA World Ocean
I hope everyone is having a great World Ocean Day today, reflecting on an ocean that needs us just as much as we need it.…
View More A World OceanFrom the Editor’s Desk: The Giant Squid Can Be A Panda For The Ocean
How many of you see a panda and automatically think of conservation and the World Wildlife Fund? The well-known panda logo was designed by the…
View More From the Editor’s Desk: The Giant Squid Can Be A Panda For The Ocean