First do no harm – oceans in the ER
The following is an article published in the LA Times by Larry Crowder, director of the Duke University Center for Marine Conservation at the Nicholas [...]
Should we interact with wildlife at aquariums?
Twice recently, stories have appeared in the news about humans being bitten by animals at human/animal interaction exhibits. In one instance, almost a dozen people [...]
Shark Week
It's that time again. Shark Week on Discovery Channel. I haven't been tuning in for the past few years because I'm always disappointed that they don't [...]
Reaching the Boiling Point
Global Warming - Boiling Point by Gelbspan David recently posted in the Plankton Forums about this book — I haven't read it yet, but am [...]
Coral reefs: the good news and the bad
The good news? A survey of how well the world's coral reefs are being protected was conducted. The bad news? Less than 2% of the [...]
Can I make a difference? The power of one.
I just ordered a copy of David Helvarg's "50 Ways to Save the Ocean." The concept of the book got me thinking — what can I [...]
Great book on coral reefs and their conservation
In keeping with my recent coral reefs theme, I'm reading "The Enchanted Braid: Coming to Term with Nature on the Coral Reef" by Osha Gray [...]
Biodiversity loss and the need for an Intervention
Grist, a favorite publication of ours, recently posted a story on biodiversity loss titled "That Extincts" describing scientists' fear that a mass extinction is imminent [...]
Excess CO2 Threatens Marine Life
By Rosanne Skirble, Washington, D.C. The chemistry of the world’s oceans is changing with increasing levels of carbon dioxide in the [...]
Global Warming – What You Need to Know
Global Warming – What You Need to Know, a 2 hour documentary on Discovery Channel last night, made me [...]
Endangered species still being sold for food
Why do endangered species tend to attract a higher demand in some markets? The higher the demand, the higher the price [...]
Global warming on the rise?
Global warming surpassed natural cycles in fueling 2005 hurricane season, NCAR scientists conclude BOULDER– Global warming accounted for around half of [...]
What’s really being done?
So I spent some time this morning browsing through the UN Atlas of the Oceans — a solid hour of browsing — and I can't [...]
World’s coral reefs left vulnerable by paper parks
This is extremely troubling. What good are policies and plans if they’re written—then ignored or implemented but poorly monitored? What can [...]
Is The World Ready?
For the oceans to recover from more than 50 years of daily abuse worldwide from overfishing and pollution from a million [...]