An occasional series where we briefly report 3 new studies and tell you why they are cool! A new report from Lambert et al. reports…
View More The Tide Pool: Super Sperm Whales, Extinction Debts, and Vent ConservationCategory: Conservation & Environment
On Our Radar: Deep-Sea Mining
Deep-sea mining as been our radar for awhile. Now it’s on NYT’s Green Blog. Put it on yours. The Chinese government announces plans for deep-sea mining;…
View More On Our Radar: Deep-Sea MiningOil Spill Update: July 1st 2010
72 days… Will crowdsourcing and money create a solution? X-Prize Announces $10m prize for oil spill solution Is there an inherent risk for accidents in complex…
View More Oil Spill Update: July 1st 2010Hell-on-Earth Flyover of the Gulf of Mexico
While the commentary actually makes this sound appropriately apocalyptic, please ignore the cheesy last minute sound bite. hccreekkeeper writes on his youtube page for this…
View More Hell-on-Earth Flyover of the Gulf of MexicoOil In Gulf’s Food Web
From Harlan Kirgan, Mississippi Press… Oil droplets have been found beneath the shells of tiny post-larval blue crabs drifting into Mississippi coastal marshes from offshore…
View More Oil In Gulf’s Food WebThe Complex Science of Predicting Oil Plumes
Blowouts and the subsequent dispersion of oil and gas in deep and shallow water differ immensely. In shallower waters, expelled gas will contribute to the…
View More The Complex Science of Predicting Oil PlumesCrimes Against Marine Life Exhibit Now Open at National Museum of Crime & Punishment
This summer, the National Museum of Crime and Punishment (NMCP) is taking a deeper look at injustices happening in our seas. In cooperation with the…
View More Crimes Against Marine Life Exhibit Now Open at National Museum of Crime & PunishmentClean Up the Gulf Win a Few Million Dollars
From gCaptain… Just yesterday, speaking at the TedxOilSpill Conference in Washington, D.C., Francis Beland, VP, Prize Development at the X Prize Foundation, announced it’s plans to…
View More Clean Up the Gulf Win a Few Million DollarsInvisible But Not Forgotten
I’m sure you’ve noticed by now how much the media loves tug-on-the-heartstrings images of oiled birds, dead fish and mile-wide slicks. But have you heard…
View More Invisible But Not ForgottenSometimes I Love My Job (Part II)
[cross-posted at the SEAPLEX blog] The romance of the sea, at least in my mind, is tied to the Age of Sail. This might be…
View More Sometimes I Love My Job (Part II)