Environment:
AP stock photo. Rex Dalton reports in the latest issue of Nature: "Humpback whale numbers in the northern Pacific Ocean have ballooned to nearly 20,000, the largest population seen since the majestic mammals were hunted nearly to extinction half a...
Posted on May 22, 2008 10:17 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Did you ever look at Google's digital Earth model and notice something missing? Like 70% of Earth's topography, for instance? Google's "ocean" is a blended product of Landsat imagery and state-of-the-art satellite-derived bathymetry model that is, well, sooo last century. The seafloor is shown in a kind of "shadow topography". Fortunately, everything with a digital elevation less than zero is about to get some new emotion.
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Posted on May 22, 2008 3:46 AM • 8 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Nature News reports in the latest issue: The chief of the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has called for the creation of a National Climate Service to manage and disseminate information about global warming. Like the National Weather...
Posted on May 21, 2008 5:44 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
National Geographic Explorer and oceanographer Robert Ballard makes a case for serious exploration and mapping. Video is 18 min. long and recorded in February 2008 in Monterey, California. Dr. Ballard has been criticized on a few points (like favoring archeology...
Posted on May 21, 2008 5:47 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Deep coral biologists like myself are continually looking to shallow reefs for applicable paradigms. A new online seminar on coral reef futures sponsored by the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies provides about 100 examples in a set...
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Posted on May 20, 2008 8:09 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Hang in there, baby...ESA is coming...
Posted on May 16, 2008 4:39 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
It feels strange to rejoice the listing of polar bears to the Endangered Species Act, because its nothing to be happy about, really. They are now officially in danger of extinction. I would be more ecstatic if they were being...
Posted on May 15, 2008 12:45 PM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Do you support the proposal to create a Marine Monument in the northern islands? Do you enjoy the slogan "You'll love how deep we go" as much as us? Do you find it absolute and utter bull-honkey that the CNMI...
Posted on May 15, 2008 11:48 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
They're at it again. Conservation group Greenpeace is accusing the crew of japanese whaling ships of "embezzling" whale meat from the whale "research". CNN reports: The environmental group said "large-scale embezzlement" was allowed as an "open secret" by the Institute...
Posted on May 15, 2008 11:34 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
This week I have found that my cup runneth over with work. Several things around the web have caught my eye which deserve substantial commentary. That's what you pay for, right? Unfortunately, today they get a link. First, here is...
Posted on May 8, 2008 9:56 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks