SeaMonster blog
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Ode to a sea cucumber (Dear Helen)
A friend who knows me well recently sent me this poem. Dear Helen, by Charles Simic There’s a thing in the world Called a sea cucumber. I know nothing about it. It just sounds cold and salty. I think a salad of such cukes Would be fine today. I would have to dive for it,…
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Happy Galapagos Sea Lion
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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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Don’t go whale watching
Don’t go whale watching is what my kiteboarding instructors Brandon and Trevor told me when I first learned. The idea is that when you head out offshore, you are supposed to turn around and tack back in and not “whale watch”, ie, don’t go too far out! Well late this afternoon I went for a…
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Never tattoo a fish
I’m a huge fan of Demetri Martin. Here’s one of his puppet blogs with an aquatic theme… [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLg6g12phSc[/youtube]
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Kitesurfing Tres Cruces
I’m in Peru, kitesurfing with the crew from REAL watersports. What an amazing place. We are staying on the beach in Mancora at the superplush Samana Shakra yoga resort and venturing south into the frontier everyday for wind and waves. Our guide “Pulpo” (or “Octopus”, a large former military guy of some sort that travels with…
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Bluefin tuna spawn ‘naturally’ in captivity
For the first time, captive bluefin tuna have produced millions of eggs without a chemical nudge from a dose of artificial hormones. Is this really a step forwards for the species? Or are they doomed to become domesticated shadows of their former, wild cousins who will still be caught, still be made into sushi, and…
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Crabes et Crevettes (1929) – Part II
Second part of Jean Painlevé’s classic, crustacean-inspired movie. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z95FeTkQcmI&feature=related[/youtube]
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