Category: Ocean Science
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The climate show covers the oceans
The Climate Show 16: Keith Hunter on oceans, acids and the carbon cycle [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SJvHakMbvw[/youtube]
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Giant ice island breaking off Greenland glacier
More bad news about arctic warming and ice loss (and the sea level rise it is going to cause). Our sister outlet MSNBC is reporting that a second humungous (a scientific term) block of ice is about to break free: New photographs taken of a vast glacier in northern Greenland have revealed the astonishing rate…
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Catch Shares
Michael Conathan of the CAP has a nice article on catch shares out here and another on some of the reaction in the US congress to it here. Catch shares is a way of regulating commercial fishing (and managing fisheries) that NOAA has been implementing for roughly the last two years that is based on a…
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Hydrogen-powered hydrothermal vent critters
Scientists have discovered a third source of energy used by animals in the deep sea. Hydrothermal vents aren’t for the feint hearted. It’s very dark and unbelievably hot down there, not to mention the pressure – we’re talking many miles beneath the waves, here – and all those zingy chemicals, gushing out from cracks in…
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All the things in the sea (and on land too)
Number of species alive today = 8.7 million. About a quarter of them live in the sea. That’s the news from a study just out that examines what we don’t know about life on earth. It means that should aliens come down and ask one…
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Coral mass spawning: the hows and whys
One of my favourite shows from the first season of Naked Oceans, was our Valentine’s Day special. We had fun investigating the love lives of various marine critters and top of the list of spectacular mating habits are the mass spawning events of coral reefs. What better way to have sex when you’re stuck firmly…
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Live and let die
A new paper in PLoS One (Maina et al. 2011) presents a new map of threats to the world’s coral reefs (Fig. 1). The map is based in part on data – spatial patterns – of past stressors such as ocean warming. For example, Maina used the Coral Reef Temperature Anomal Database (CorTAD) my lab…
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Ocean warming, still happening – still a big problem
There is a nice article on SkepticalScience by Rob Painting about new science that the oceans are indeed still warming (despite what you may have heard). Read it all here.
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Naked Oceans bloopers reel
To celebrate Naked Oceans’ first birthday, we’ve made a one hour special edition of the podcast featuring highlights from the first season. Along with all our best-bits (do you remember the seahorse surgery?) we’re offering an exclusive sneak peak into the making of the show… [mp3j track=”Naked Oceans bloopers reel@http://nakeddiscovery.com/downloads/split_individual/11.08.11/Naked_Oceans_11.08.11_8841.mp3″]
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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…