This is a Congresswoman that gets it. Make sure you check out further analysis of a NOAA budget cut at Casandra’s Tears.
View More Congresswoman Edwards Speaks on Importance of NOAACategory: Conservation & Environment
From the Editor’s Desk: The Environmental Impacts of Tsunamis
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 TsunamisShip Grounding and Oil Spill at Tristan da Cuhna
View Larger Map Tristan da Cuhna defines the statement “middle of nowhere” at 1500 miles from African and South American continents. A remote island group…
View More Ship Grounding and Oil Spill at Tristan da CuhnaClimate Change and the Deep Sea
Over at Uncharted Atolls there is nice primer on the biodiversity of the deep and climate change. Add it to you “to do” list for…
View More Climate Change and the Deep SeaLive from the 5th International Marine Debris Conference
This week I’m at the 5th International Marine Debris Conference in Honolulu, HI. (Oh, the things I do for science!) As you might know, I…
View More Live from the 5th International Marine Debris ConferenceDid 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 SafinaDeep-Sea Mining is Coming
In an interview with Yale Environment 360, Van Dover compared the deep sea to America’s Wild West and cautioned that wildlife losses could be similar…
View More Deep-Sea Mining is ComingGuest 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 EvianDead sardines in California had eaten toxic algae
About 5 days ago, a huge school of sardines found their way into King Harbor in Redondo Beach, CA (near Los Angeles), used up all…
View More Dead sardines in California had eaten toxic algaeSeriously, BP?
I just wanted to remind everyone that BP is still running ads like this on TV. When this came on, my mouth literally dropped and…
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