Embedded video from <a href=”http://www.cnn.com/video” mce_href=”http://www.cnn.com/video”>CNN Video</a> Somalian pirates received payback for their hostilities on Easter Sunday. Members of the U.S. Navy shot and killed…
View More Go Navy! Captain rescued from Somali piratesCategory: Conservation & Environment
Let The Whales Die
No matter what meaning I intend with the title, it has more than likely made you uncomfortable. It makes me uncomfortable to write it. I…
View More Let The Whales DieWorld’s oldest animal captured alive, on video
Deep Sea News has been following the story of the world’s oldest living animals, the deep-sea Leiopathes black corals and Gerardia gold corals from 300m…
View More World’s oldest animal captured alive, on videoLubchenco’s 1st Day at NOAA
Was marked by a guest appearance… [From The Washington Post] “She has a fine corner office at 15th and Constitution — nothing fancy, but excellent…
View More Lubchenco’s 1st Day at NOAACan we get excited now?
President Barack Obama signed the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 into law yesterday, authorizing sustained funding for ocean exploration, mapping, coastal and ocean…
View More Can we get excited now?Trophy fish, back in the day
What better way to get at the question of recreational fishing impacts to ocean wildlife than to study historical pictures of the day’s catch on…
View More Trophy fish, back in the dayClickable maps: Google vs Microsoft
A sense of place. It’s essential to deep-sea exploration. We’re far from land, on a flat horizon, hovering over echosounder output from the seafloor below.…
View More Clickable maps: Google vs MicrosoftOffshore Luxury Condos
Thousands of offshore oil rigs dot the ocean with nearly 4,000 in the Gulf of Mexico ready to be decommissioned. What do we with all…
View More Offshore Luxury CondosOne step closer to stimulus
Sheril Kirshenbaum of the new Intersection blog at Discover alerts us that the House passed HR 146 yesterday, so the big ocean bill is one…
View More One step closer to stimulusIron Fertilization Will Not Help Global Warming
BERLIN (AFP) — Indian and German scientists have said that a controversial experiment has “dampened hopes” that dumping hundreds of tonnes of dissolved iron in…
View More Iron Fertilization Will Not Help Global Warming