While I might not be a surfer, I sure do love waves. And I am loving this footage of the incredible waves at Banzai pipeline…
View More The Bodacious and the Beautiful: the aerial view of Banzai's massive wavesCategory: Environmental Sciences
First results from crowdfunded study shows radioactive seawater from Fukushima has NOT reached the US coast
Just two weeks ago, Ken Buesseler at WHOI launched a brilliant crowdfunded campaign “Our Radioactive Ocean” to measure radiation off the West Coast of the US.…
View More First results from crowdfunded study shows radioactive seawater from Fukushima has NOT reached the US coast
Worst-case scenario thinking and Fukushima radiation
This isn’t a map of radiation, it’s a map of wave estimated hight after the Tohuku Tsunami. So why is there so much outrage and…
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No, but in all seriousness…
There have been a number of posts at Deep Sea News lately that have attracted intense commentary and a lot of back-channel communication, some of…
View More No, but in all seriousness…All The Best, Scientifically Verified, Information on Fukushima Impacts
With all the misinformation around the internet here are links to articles that we trust. The following provide credible information about what is actually occurring…
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Is the sea floor littered with dead animals due to radiation? No.
Recently we at Deep-Sea News have tried to combat misinformation about the presence of high levels of Fukushima radiation and its impact on marine organisms…
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Three Reasons Why Fukushima Radiation Has Nothing to Do with Starfish Wasting Syndrome
This invited post is authored by Chris Mah, a Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History researcher. Chris is one of the world’s leading experts…
View More Three Reasons Why Fukushima Radiation Has Nothing to Do with Starfish Wasting SyndromeTrue facts about Ocean Radiation and the Fukushima Disaster
On March 11th, 2011 the Tōhoku earthquake and resulting tsunami wreaked havoc on Japan. It also resulted in the largest nuclear disaster since Chernobyl when the tsunami…
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Feel the zen of the ocean with this coastal current map
I am SO excited that someone finally did this! From the code that brought you this amazing wind map comes this map of surface currents. Look…
View More Feel the zen of the ocean with this coastal current mapIs Super Typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda one for the record books?
As I was writing this, initial damage reports from the Philippines were still coming in. It looks like the damage from the storm is really bad, many…
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