SeaMonster blog
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Japanese whaling towns destroyed by tsunami
Japan’s tsunami seems to have succeeded — where years of boycotts, protests and high-seas chases by Western environmentalists had failed — in knocking out a pillar of the nation’s whaling industry. Ayukawahama was one of only four communities in Japan that defiantly carried on whaling and eating whales as a part of the local culture,…
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Climate Change Impacts on Ocean Ecosystems: the movie!
A talk by Dr. Ove Hoegh-Guldberg from a session on climate change impacts on ocean ecosystems at the NCSE Our Changing Oceans. You can download some of the papers Ove referrs to here. [vimeo]http://vimeo.com/18924324[/vimeo]
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Shades of Green
A great new kite movie by the crew at Ben Wilson Surf: [vimeo]http://vimeo.com/7462419[/vimeo]
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Census of Marine Life
Culminating a 10-year exploration, 2,700 scientists from 80 nations report first Census of Marine Life, revealing what, where, and how much lives and hides in global oceans. After a decade of joint work and scientific adventure, marine explorers from more than 80 countries today delivered a historic first global Census of Marine Life. In one of…
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The Glide
For my first post on SeaMonster I wanted to chose something from CoastalWatch, an amazing Aussie surfing website that includes some of the most incredible ocean photography on the web (in addition to surf reports, contest news, notes from the field, etc). Luckily, todays home page features just the kind of piece I want to…
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