Category: Blog
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Send your artwork to the bottom of the ocean!
Haven’t you always dreamed of sending your art 5,000 meters down to the bottom of the ocean? Okay, maybe not, but if you think that sounds pretty awesome: now’s your chance! In late September, the ocean drilling research vessel JOIDES Resolution will head to the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Scientists on board from the Center for Dark…
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Government scientist who reported dead polar bears is suspended
Remember all the hoopla about polar bears facing a grim future as Arctic warming eliminates the pack ice that the bears live on? Polar bears went viral and became the poster children for the impending loss of biodiversity in the face of climate change. It all started when biologist Charles Monnett, employee of what was…
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January Jones is scared for sharks
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/4891090[/vimeo]
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How leaders in the real world are dealing with climate change
We hear a lot of hot air, if you’ll pardon the pun, about whether the climate is changing or not. But this is not a game — climate change is already affecting people throughout the world. And those who have something real to lose, as opposed to political support of the tea party and coal…
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Crochet Wunderkammer
I am in love with Jessica Polka’s collection of strange creatures, each rendered in soft and colorful yarns. Much of her inspiration seems to come from the ocean – from squids to narwhals to coral, and even single-celled plankton. I never thought I’d find myself calling an anglerfish “cute,” but by golly… check out this…
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Blue Haiku
Ocean. Haiku. Two great tastes that taste great together. By Elliott Kurtz from the new blog Panthalassa Rising: Blue-tinged planet spins Ocean rise, again to fall ’till the end of all [Hat tip to Dr. M]
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Turtle deaths linked to shrimpers in Gulf
First the sharks, now this. Sea turtles have been washing up on the shores of the Gulf of Mexico in alarming numbers in recent months. Another casualty of the massive BP oil spill? Not directly, although there may well be a connection. It appears that the culprit is at least in part a surreptitious…
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Decapitated ecosystems come back to haunt us
What happens when you cut off something’s head? In the case of an ecosystem, it doesn’t die, but transforms into something very different — and sometimes scary. A zombie, if you like. Decapitation is essentially what humans are doing to food webs throughout the world’s islands, continents, and oceans. Meaning that we’re cutting off the…
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World’s longest yacht race starts in T-minus 7 days
At the starting gun on July 31st, 10 clippers will set sail from Southampton, UK, on a 40,000-mile circumnavigation. The Clipper Round the World race is not only the longest yacht race, but also the only to provide identical stripped-down, 68-foot boats to each team, ensuring that budget or vessel gives no one an unfair…
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Photos from a rarely seen paradise
In the wake of John Bruno’s report from the Galapagos, I bring you happier news from the Equatorial Pacific, nearly five thousand miles farther west: there are still wildernesses on Earth. I was lucky enough to spend May and June in the engine room of a sailboat heading south from Honolulu, as crew with the…