Kim Bosco Mo has a piece in Huff Po Canada today on whether banning shark fin soup is an equitable way to protect sharks. I…
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We Need an Ocean NASA Now Pt.3
For too long ocean exploration has suffered from chronic underfunding and the lack of an independent agency with a dedicated mission. Here, Al Dove and…
View More We Need an Ocean NASA Now Pt.3We Need an Ocean NASA Now Pt.1
For too long ocean exploration has suffered from chronic underfunding and the lack of an independent agency with a dedicated mission. Here, Al Dove and…
View More We Need an Ocean NASA Now Pt.1Guest Post: Crude oil insults in the Caribbean
This is a guest post from Dr. Kristen Marhaver. Kristen is a Postdoctoral Scholar at the University of California at Merced, who lives full-time and studies…
View More Guest Post: Crude oil insults in the CaribbeanWhale shark ecotourism: the good, the bad and the ugly
Practically nothing was known about the biology of whale sharks up until about 15 years ago. Since that time there has been a veritable explosion…
View More Whale shark ecotourism: the good, the bad and the uglyThree Ways of Looking at the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
O thin men of Haddam, Why do you imagine golden birds? Do you not see how the blackbird Walks around the feet Of the women…
View More Three Ways of Looking at the Great Pacific Garbage PatchEncomium: Lonesome George
I just read that Lonesome George, the presumed sole-remaining member of the Pinta Island giant tortoise species of the Galápagos, has died. Lonesome George was…
View More Encomium: Lonesome GeorgeHooper Drives The Boat, Chief
Picture this: Cape Cod, June 20, 1975. Gerald Ford is President, gas is .53 cents a gallon, and a carefree, 11 year-old–yet already ocean-nerd, future…
View More Hooper Drives The Boat, ChiefWhat is Peru’s dolphin and pelican die-off telling us?
As many as 900 dolphins and over 4,000 pelicans have washed up dead on the beaches of northern Peru in the last couple of months,…
View More What is Peru’s dolphin and pelican die-off telling us?10 Reasons Why We Should Explore The Deep
This post is co-authored by Craig McClain and Al Dove Among both scientists and non-scientists there is skepticism about James Cameron’s “Deep Sea Challenge” dive…
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