Sea Monster

Author: John Bruno

  • Julia Whitty on the 2011 Arctic report card

    From Deep Blue Home and NOAA’s 2011 Arctic report card: NOAA released its 2011 Arctic report card. Atmosphere: F Sea Ice & Ocean: F Hydrology & Terrestrial Cryosphere: F Marine Ecosystems : C Terrestrial Ecosystems: C The report doesn’t say ‘tipping point.’ But in fact it might well have been a tipping point. Here’s what this tippinglike…

  • Behind the Mediterranean bluefin tuna trade

    [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5wfUOfSd7M[/youtube]

  • Fishy labels for seafood

    Living on earth covers this important topic in marine conservation. Excerpts from the online transcript are below. Listen to the program here.  Also see more of our coverage of this topic here and read about a recent publication that found evidence of mislabeled fish with the MSC label here.  Today we launch a new series: Go…

  • Dancing Belugas!

    In celebration of the defeat of the dark lord of Alaska, we bring back the dancing white whales: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZS_6-IwMPjM&[/youtube]

  • We are approaching climate change denial season!

    from Brian McFadden

  • Great white shark seen off North Carolina coast!

    That ain’t no bull shark!  Both the video and commentary are awesome! (although, warning to parents: video contains some “fisherman language”) Some of my favorites: “That’s a big [Fing] bull shark…holy shit, holy shit!”.   ” I think hes gotta be at least 18 feet, he’s [Fing]  big …Wanna try to hook em?” [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8f9Pkf75yX0&[/youtube]

  • Mangrove loss on the Diane Rehm show

    Yesterday, the popular NPR program The Diane Rehm Show covered mangrove loss by interviewing biologist Kennedy Warne about his new book Let them eat shrimp: the tragic disappearance of the rainforests of the sea.   Listen here

  • Canada’s failure to protect polar bears challenged

    The Center for Biological Diversity, a U.S. conservation group, filed a formal challenge today over Canada’s failure to protect polar bears under its Species At Risk Act. The challenge was filed with the Commission for Environmental Cooperation, an entity established by the North American Free Trade Agreement, or NAFTA, to monitor the three signatory countries’…

  • The mass extinction of scientists who study species

    A great article in Wired by Dr. Craig McClain of Deep Sea News fame.  Craig is the Assistant Director of Science for the National Evolutionary Synthesis Center, a deep sea ecologist and widely regarded as the first (and most successful) ocean blogger.   We are currently in a biodiversity crisis. A quarter of all mammals face extinction,…

  • What do polar bears eat?

    [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ss89X0GrqvM[/youtube]