A six-week drift to Hawaii will call attention to plastics in the sea Yesterday Dr. Marcus Eriksen, his expedition partner Joel Paschal, and their land-based support coordinator (and fiancee of Dr. Eriksen) Anna Cummins took the newly built "Junk Raft"...
Posted on May 19, 2008 4:41 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Check it out! A researcher at the New England Aquarium was the first human known to witness a right whale birth. Read all about her experience and some of the conservation efforts to save this endangered species here....
Posted on May 9, 2008 3:43 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Where would shifting baselines be without Daniel Pauly? It'd be something altogether different, since he is the one who coined the term back in 1995. Today he turned 62 and we here at the Fisheries Centre celebrated. And yes, Rick,...
Posted on May 2, 2008 4:00 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
It took mammals and reptiles over two weeks on a raft of floating vegetation and a stroke of luck before they reached the Galapagos Islands. For Homo sapiens, it requires ~$400 (from Quito) and a few hours before arriving at...
Posted on April 3, 2008 6:18 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
A chain of undersea volcanoes Rumbled and then rose Erupted on the equator And thousands of years later We call the islands Galapagos. Birds flew in and built their nests On shores sea lions came to rest Reptiles by way...
Posted on March 28, 2008 9:38 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks