For centuries, mariners sought the Northwest Passage, a route through the Canadian ice that connected the North Atlantic and North Pacific oceans. Today, the Arctic…
View More How microscopic plankton explain the opening of the Northwest PassageCategory: Conservation & Environment
Sea Turtle Shot in Neck As It Surfaces for Air
From The LAist: “X-rays revealed four pellets lodged in the muscle of Bruce’s throat, however there was no damage to arteries or major organs so…
View More Sea Turtle Shot in Neck As It Surfaces for AirTony Hayward to lead new oil company?
Well this sounds like a good idea. Mr Hayward, who resigned as chief executive at the energy giant following the Gulf of Mexico oil spill…
View More Tony Hayward to lead new oil company?BP Joins Gulf of Mexico Marine Well Containment Company
BP announced today that it has joined Chevron, ConocoPhillips ExxonMobil and Shell as a member of the Marine Well Containment Company LLC (MWCC), a non-profit…
View More BP Joins Gulf of Mexico Marine Well Containment CompanyThe oil industry’s ‘Culture of Complacency’
Last week, Dr. M and I attended a captivating lecture at Duke university, delivered by none other than the honorable William K. Reilly (co-chair of…
View More The oil industry’s ‘Culture of Complacency’Climate Ninjas Wanted
During the Science Online conference, Chris Mooney said that the response to Climategate should be to train and pay “deadly ninjas of science communication.” If…
View More Climate Ninjas WantedNo S*&%t Sherlock, dispersants DON’T degrade quickly
Another disturbing paper about the BP oil spill was published this week. The new study from Wood’s Hole researchers shows lingering traces of dispersant in…
View More No S*&%t Sherlock, dispersants DON’T degrade quicklyThe 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” dinnerWhat’s Eating You?
Feed a fish a fish, it eats for a day; Teach a fish to fish, it eats forever. That basically seems to be the crux…
View More What’s Eating You?From 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