The North Pacific gyre is home to the aptly named Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Although conservation and marine science has known about the existence of this strange amalgamation of human plastic waste for several years, not much is know about its true size, the structure of the debris it contains, or the impact on marine [...]
Color me green. Super green, even, with absolute envy. I heard via Herbie Hippocampus yesterday that there was a new resident over at Monterey Bay Aquarium: a female juvenile white shark.
I was lucky to see a white on display at the Aquarium several years ago. If you are even remotely [...]
Ever seen loggerhead turtles hatch and race for the ocean? No? Well here’s your chance. A turtlecam has been approved by USFWS and installed on a loggerhead turtle nest on Big Pine Key in the Florida Keys. The nest is due to hatch during any of the nighttime hours in the [...]
Coral spawning events are thought to be triggered by lunar and tidal cycles but they’re also vastly influenced by the temperature of the water. High sea surface temperatures (or SSTs for you acronymaniacs) stress out corals and stressed animals aren’t generally in the mood for love and reproduction. The Baums Laboratory at Penn [...]
The summer rush of camp season is officially over here in Florida. The kids return to school, in most counties, this coming Monday. I’m taking the weekend to think back on the last three months of life. Environmental education doesn’t get much of a spotlight throughout the usual school year curriculum – part [...]
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