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Finally, Sharks are getting some positive attention
We always hear about depressing news, it's nice to know that some good things are happening. This is great news about Sharks.
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NASA is great but give me a break!
Consider that the federal budget for space exploration is 600 times the federal budget for ocean exploration and conservation. Forgive me, but we don't need to know if there is life on Mars to be able to survive. We do need sustainable oceans to live.
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Thank you, Tony ... it certainly will get hot in here and we need to do something ... NOW!
Well, Britain has done it again. They have taken a stand on the future and it is bold and appropriate. Indeed, it makes the rhetoric coming from our federal leadership ...
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Pulling the Rug Out From Under Antarctic Ecosystems
Every eco-system exists within a fragile and intricate web of life that ensures the survival of all the members of that community. In the Antarctic, small shrimp-like organisms called krill, each one weighing no more than a paper clip, play a critical role in the food chain of the Southern Ocean.
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Breaking News- US Support for Sustainable Fisheries
I am ecstatic to see the US taking a leadership role to protect sustainable fisheries and to safeguard their use by calling for an end to destructive fishing practices such as unregulated bottom trawling on the high seas.
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An Acidic Ocean??
Since the industrial revolution, carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere has been playing havoc on the pH balance of the ocean with dire consequences for all the creatures that live there.
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What do we know anyway?
A few weeks ago, the appearance of a little rat in Laos (southeastern Asia) made it clear that we don't know nearly as much about the world as we think we do.
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Lost Boys
Boys running barefoot in the mud, playing soccer with a coconut. A ramshackle village, lacking electricity and running water. . .
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Carnival of the Green #27
In honor of Mother's Day, we are happy to pay tribute to Mother Earth by passing along these submissions on everything from rust to Whole Foods to infertility.
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Paradise Lost . . . to plastic
Back in the 1980s, Madonna wrote "La Isla Bonita" about Ambergris Caye off the coast of Belize. It was a hit . . .