WaterNotes

One Ton Landed got a nice bump in the weight totals today with an additional 40 pounds added to the tally. (Unfortunately it was probably more weight than this, but I forgot the scale on my way to the site. )  We returned to the site of our Earth Day cleanup, two extra volunteers/teachers/nerds on [...]

Oceana’s 2nd Ocean Heroes Contest is in full swing and the nominees are accruing votes as we speak. This year you can also make a very simple pledge to help protect the oceans and help fundraise for Oceana at the same time. For each pledge collected, an anonymous donor will match it with a $1 [...]

Sylvia Earle’s Mission Blue project continues to gather steam after the successful trip out to the Galapagos just last week. With several celebrities in tow (some of the few people who could afford the huge fundraising-level ticket price of $20,000), Dr. Earle and a few dozen scientists met up onboard to discuss the future of [...]

Or mermaids.  A hat tip to Emily of Oceana for reminding me that the 2nd annual Ocean Heroes contest is underway! Entries are due by April 18th!  Send your nominations (you can even nominate yourself) through the official page and be sure to note whether they belong to the Junior (under 18) or Adult categories, [...]

SeaWorld released a great short video on their recent rescue of a juvenile female calf from a culvert near Satellite Beach, FL last week. The subadult was rescued for cold stress.  You can see some of the white shading, almost chalk-like, across the skin of her flipper that occurs during cold stress. What I really [...]

Surfrider Foundation went extreme with their newest PSA video on marine debris for their new Rise Above Plastic campaign. The animation might seem outlandish with its sea of plastics so large it supports the weight of a sperm whale like a swimming pool raft.. but, given all the trash I’ve been cleaning up for One [...]