Fishing For Answers: Connecting Ocean and Human Health
Walking home from an early appointment this morning, I considered what to write about for today’s blog post. An article about marine ecosystems and fisheries caught my eye yesterday. While intrigued, I...
View ArticleRiches Beyond Your Wildest Dreams: More on the Census of Marine life
I had planned to write a cool post about tides today, followed by one or more about tide pools, the intertidal zone, and other (possibly) related topics. I’d even thought of a clever title (which I...
View ArticleComing soon to a beach near you – the jellyfish blob
Giant Nomura, Sea of Japan. These jellies can grow to 450 lbs. and be the size of a refrigerator. The meek shall inherit the Earth – at least the wet parts of it. The lowly jiggly jellyfish, those...
View ArticleBrave Blue Word’s End of the Year Ocean Round-up 2010
2010 was a hard year for the oceans. The biggest disaster was, of course, the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill, which raged on for a mind-boggling, stomach-curdling three months. While BP and the Feds...
View ArticleScience and the Media, or How Science Advanced at AAAS 2011: Part I
Most science conferences are like little in-group parties, where people who know each other’s work intimately get together to discuss their latest results, and query each other about what to do next....
View ArticleClear and Present Danger: Overwhelming Ourselves into Apathy
After covering a AAAS session on science and the media in my blog post last week, I’d planned to focus on another titled “Adapting to a Clear and Present Danger: Climate Change and Ocean Ecosystems.”...
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