More from the Mission Blue Voyage, this time with Brian Skerry’s unique perspective after years of underwater photo journalism. He shows us a “cascade of death” in bycatch, highlights the shark finning industry, and marine debris. Above all, I’m enchanted with his photos of my beloved “urban” right whales.
Things have been more than distracting this summer so for those of you still checking in, forgive the lapse in posts. However, since I’m still on hiatus while I roam the wilds of Florida with my camp students, feast your brain on this very interesting essay published by Orion: A Mind In the Water. It [...]
Long ago I posted on mercury contamination in beluga whales. New research shows us the problem with toxic chemical accumulation in our apex ocean predators extends to sperm whales with habitat ranges far larger than the Arctic Ocean belugas call home. Over a thousand whales were sampled over a five year period, revealing levels of [...]
Jeremy Jackson covers some of the most pressing issues in marine habitat conservation – not just coral reefs – and I especially like his thoughts on biological pollution. This is definitely one TED talk worth listening too all the way to the very end, where he offers up some food for thought on our [...]
It’s a well known fact that cigarette butts are some of the most common litter items found in the United States in any area. They especially contaminate some of the heavily used access points along the Lagoon. While I usually pick up a few dozen at each cleanup, I decided today to focus only on [...]
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