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Fish love GoPros
Marine ecologists have discovered the value of GoPro underwater cameras. In this video, Michael Gil’s GoPro is attacked by a hungry triggerfish (Pseudobalistes flavimarginatus). Read Michael’s description of the event below from his blog. HT to Adrian Stier and thanks to Michael. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m42HmBuNuAE&[/youtube] To pick up where I left off, after the Great Vermetid Surveys of 2012…
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A new study forecasts sea level rise based on 2C of warming and the picture isn’t pretty
Sea levels around the world can be expected to rise by several metres in coming centuries, if global warming carries on. Even if global warming is limited to 2 degrees Celsius, global-mean sea level could continue to rise, reaching between 1.5 and 4 metres above present-day levels by the year 2300, with the best estimate…
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The NC sea level rise saga: the lowdown
Below is a list of links and resources regarding the infamous North Carolina sea level rise saga. I will continue to update and will give this resource a permanent home in our sidebar. Please feel free to email me suggestions (jb@theseamonster.net) or leave them as comments below. Start here by reading Scott Huler’s piece “NC…
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Cape Hatteras, NC marks the southern edge of a just revealed sea level rise hot spot
A new paper published today in Nature Climate Change (Sallenger et al 2012) describes the discovery of a global hot spot of sea level rise. The team used a tide gauge database to examine how sea level has changed in the US over the last 70 years. Although globally, average sea level is widely known…
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NC sea level rise saga: update 2
Last week, the NC house of representatives voted 144 to 0 against the already watered down bill (in a good way) the Senate came up with “outlawing” accelerated sea level rise. This is a radical change of heart by a house that only the week before had voted in favor an even more anti-science bill.…
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French supermarkets told deep sea fish are NOT sustainable
One of France’s biggest supermarket chains has been claiming the deep sea fish species it sells are sustainable even though they’re caught by enormously destructive bottom trawlers. A landmark ruling today bans the chain from making any further claims along these lines. It’s hoped that the decision will help put an end to practice of…
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Impacts of climate change on the oceans: the feature film!
For the NC Climate Change Fellows: Ove Hoegh-Guldberg NCSE talk from John Bruno on Vimeo.
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Kristen Bell talking about shark tagging with the Hammerschlagies on Leno
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/22565878[/vimeo] Go here for more info about shark expert Dr. Neil Hammerschlag’s shark tagging program.
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North Carolina sea level rise assessment report
The North Carolina Sea-Level Rise Assessment Report prepared by the N.C. Coastal Resources Commission’s Science Panel on Coastal Hazards was published in March 2010. The report immediately attracted the attention of real estate investors and coastal development lobbying groups like “NC 20” that responded with anti-science propaganda like this (PDF). These groups successfully lobbied the state legislature to declare that coastal communities should…
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Blue carbon with Jim Toomey
A nice video about Blue Carbon from Sherman’s Lagoon cartoonist Jim Toomey: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fNW8spFS_o&[/youtube] And another from non-cartoonist John Bruno: [vimeo]http://vimeo.com/25581949[/vimeo]
Got any book recommendations?