Sixty two moons orbit Saturn. The sixth largest of these at just 300 miles in diameter is Enceladus named after one of the giant children,…
View More The Ocean Moon of SaturnMonth: June 2011
Marine Science For The Win!
Well this brings a smile to my face. St. Thomas Aquinas defensive end Jelani Hamilton (6-foot-5, 250 pounds) committed to the University of Miami on…
View More Marine Science For The Win!Giant Squid Found off Florida
Robert Benz and his buddies were fishing Sunday about 12 miles offshore from Port Salerno when they spotted something floating in the water. It turned out…
View More Giant Squid Found off FloridaReforming “17th Century Ideas of Marine Exploitation”
Recently discovered a fabulous new marine tweep, the British Oceanographic Data Centre {follow @BODC on twitter} (a national facility for preserving and distributing oceanographic and…
View More Reforming “17th Century Ideas of Marine Exploitation”Deepwater Horizon: Resources and Restoration
I have to say, I’m pretty impressed with NOAA. If you’ve been to their homepage lately, you’ll notice that the key Deepwater Horizon links have…
View More Deepwater Horizon: Resources and RestorationMinorities in Ocean Sciences: The LGBT Pride Weekend Edition
Happy Pride Weekend to everyone! Here in San Francisco, I’m hunkered down in the office prepping for field work in Mexico, but through my open…
View More Minorities in Ocean Sciences: The LGBT Pride Weekend EditionWhat Makes a Good Shanty?
I’ve always chalked it up to a lifetime of experience battling the confines of the sea and the ports, plenty of grog and good company.…
View More What Makes a Good Shanty?Salmonstock
PLEASE! Someone send me to cover Salmonstock! This sounds great! From the Press Release they sent me: Salmonstock is a celebration of Alaskan salmon and…
View More SalmonstockAround the Ocean (Blogs)
“If you can’t beat them, eat them!” Enrique Gili discusses at Miller-McCune how our best offensive against the spread of invasive lionfish might be the…
View More Around the Ocean (Blogs)TGIF: Anchors are just as fun!
From the ever-entertaining comic Married to the Sea.
View More TGIF: Anchors are just as fun!