Unlike other marine environments, the threats to the deep sea and it species are relatively new. Only recently has it been both economically and technologically…
View More ARCHIVE: 25 Things You Should Know About the Deep Sea: #6 The Deep Sea is Under Threat and Needs ProtectionCategory: Conservation & Environment
Magnuson-Stevens Act (MSA)
Joshua Rosenau over at Thoughts from Kansas reminded me about the recent reauthorizing and updating of the MSA. What’s this mean for the deep sea?
View More Magnuson-Stevens Act (MSA)Iceland Can't Get a Break
American supermarket chain Whole Foods Market has decided to stop marketing Icelandic products because of Iceland resuming commercial whaling.
View More Iceland Can't Get a BreakIceland Can’t Get a Break
American supermarket chain Whole Foods Market has decided to stop marketing Icelandic products because of Iceland resuming commercial whaling.
View More Iceland Can’t Get a BreakUltradeep Oil Boom in the Gulf of Mexico
Jack Well, Great White, Thunder Horse, Tobago, and Silvertip. These are the names of the next frontier in oil exploration. Petroleum engineers call them “ultradeep discoveries”, and they are happening here and now in the Gulf of Mexico. “Every 17 seconds another airgun goes off [in the Gulf]. Do you realize the power of those airguns?…” says Dr. Tom Shirley, Endowed Chair of Biodiversity at Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico studies.
View More Ultradeep Oil Boom in the Gulf of MexicoIran 1, Iceland 0
What country as an American would you prefer to take residence in, Iran or Iceland? Sure you said Iceland…with high literacy rates and polar hotties…
View More Iran 1, Iceland 0Something for Your Coffee Table
The World Conservation Union as released Ecosystems and Biodiversity in Deep Waters and High Seas and you can download your own copy! Excellent information and…
View More Something for Your Coffee TableA Map From the Murky Depths of Hell
I like maps…a lot. I get excited about GIS and the monthly map insert in National Geographic. A great map awakens the explorer in me.…
View More A Map From the Murky Depths of HellBad News From India
India has developed devices to search the depths of the ocean – to as deep as over 5,000 meters (5 km) Yeah!… for economic exploration,…
View More Bad News From IndiaOne More Reason Not to Eat Deep -Sea Fish
Sure there is the destruction of marine habitats issue. Or maybe you prefer not to eat fish from the deep because they are oily, nasty,…
View More One More Reason Not to Eat Deep -Sea Fish