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Monthly Archives: June 2009
The End of the Line
I just got back from watching “The End of the Line”, a new documentary about overfishing which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival this winter and is currently in limited release. If you have the chance to see it, I … Continue reading
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Tagged abundance, bluefin tuna, Boris Worm, Charles Clover, documentary, ecology, food, Jeff Hutchings, overfishing, Ray Hilborn, Steve Palumbi, The End of the Line
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NOAA Predicts Large Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone This Summer
NOAA announced yesterday that the “dead zone” at the outlet of the Mississippi River will likely be larger than usual this summer, due to a combination of a rainy spring with increased stream flows and an increased fertilizer load from … Continue reading
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Tagged dead zone, ecology, fertilizer, fish kill, Gulf of Mexico, harmful algal bloom, hypoxia, Mississippi River, phytoplankton
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E. O. Wilson, Lord of the Ants
Ed Wilson, is, without exaggeration, the reason I decided to become a scientist instead of something else (well, he and Richard Feynman). Towards the end of my senior year in high school, I read his book Consilience, which opened my … Continue reading
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Tagged ants, consilience, E. O. Wilson, NOVA, Richard P. Feynman
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Deep-Sea Prickly Shark Briefly Displayed at Monterey Bay Aquarium
The Monterey Bay Aquarium briefly displayed a 189-lb prickly shark yesterday. As reported by the Monterey County Herald, Moss Landing Marine Labs captured the shark in the Monterey Canyon Tuesday night. It was on display for just a few hours … Continue reading
Holy $#!*, that’s a big jellyfish
This crazy-ass photo has been making the rounds on the internet after the publication a few days ago of a paper in the journal Trends in Ecology and Evolution on the increasing abundance of jellyfish around the world. It is … Continue reading
NY Times on Seafood Ethics
The New York Times the other day published two pieces, one in print and one online, about the practical and ethical questions facing seafood eaters in the present day and age (thanks, Alyssa!). The first, by the great Mark Bittman, … Continue reading
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Tagged abundance, Add new tag, ethics, fisheries, food, sustainability
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Wicked Cool Phylogenetic Tree
Just found this picture on Reddit…click for full size. I understand it is biased towards the charismatic megafauna (that is, anything bigger than a few hundred microns), but I still think it’s pretty cool.
Sea Grapes Sub on Chopping Block
The two Johnson Sea-Link submersibles and their mother ship, the R/V Seward Johnson II, are slated to be sold by their owner, the Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution in Florida due to a lack of funds. These subs have a long … Continue reading
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Tagged deep sea, Florida, Gromia sphaerica, HBOI, Johnson Sea-Link, subs
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