Author: John Bruno
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Waking from the Gluttony
There is a great post from the Science Progress Fish on Fridays series excerpted below (go here to read in full). Many fisheries scientists were sure there was no way humans could make a dent in the seemingly endless abundance of fish in the ocean as late as the middle of the 20th century. But…
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Where is all of that extra energy going?
The greenhouse gases we are emitting into the atmosphere trap heat from the sun that would otherwise be reflected off the surface of the earth. This is the greenhouse effect that is causing global warming / Anthropogenic Climate Change (ACC). Most people, including many scientists, think of the warming of the land and lower atmosphere when they…
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Belize fisherman foresaw the collapse of the reef ecosystem 40 years ago
Belizean fisherman Villamar Godfrey. Photo by Clare Fieseler. Clare Fieseler is currently in Belize interviewing fishers as part of a lab study we have been working on for several years, investigating the effectiveness of fisheries management along the Mesoamerican Reef. A chance encounter with fisherman Villamar Godfrey eventually led to the revelation that he had appeared in…
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Destructive Fishing Practices
Dynamite fishing, as depicted in the picture above, is pretty much what it sounds like: toss an explosive devise overboard (hopefully away from the boat), cover your ears and scoop up all the stunned and dead fish. Easy right? Problem is, this isn’t exactly sustainable since the act of fishing destroys the habitat fish need…
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These girls can REALLY surf
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/21603768[/vimeo]
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Dueling videos: the battle over the Malibu lagoon restoration project
When I was an MS student at CSUN in Los Angeles, I used to take undergrad classes on field trips to Malibu Lagoon to see and sample the marsh and lagoon habitats there. They are pathetically small and are just about all that remains of Southern California’s coastal wetlands. But there isn’t much else…
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Freedivers Are Testing the Bounds of Human Endurance
Photo credit: DeeDee Flores By Tammy Kennon from the NYT here Bahamas — Shouts of “Breathe! Breathe! Breathe!” pierced the tropical air and echoed off the limestone precipice around Dean’s Blue Hole, a vertical cavern plunging 660 feet, a cobalt blue pool of seawater surrounded by crystal-clear shallows and white sand. Bathing-suit clad spectators stand in…
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The Coral Triangle
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/17419531[/vimeo] By James Morgan
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Diving with humback whales
I love this photo by Marco Queral from the south Pacific Ocean. From a ClimateShifts post by Jez where you can see other similar photos.
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All about eddies for G-man
Interested in ocean eddies? Gavin is! What are ocean eddies? No, not that ocean eddie. Ocean eddies are swirling currents that spun off of a main surface current. In the NOAA image below, you can see two eddies that have broken away from the Gulf Stream in the waters off of New Jersey and Massachusetts. …