WaterNotes

And yes, dear friends, I’m calling it my Lagoon.  Many of my fellow ‘bloggers are taking the chance at the beginning of the year to round out some new resolutions in their ocean blogging, their personal lives, or in greening their lifestyles.  I’m going to attempt to all three at once by recommitting myself to [...]

Clearwater Marine Aquarium’s rescued superstar bottlenose dolphin Winter now has her own children’s book. Winter’s Tail: How One Little Dolphin Learned to Swim Again launched today, written by the Hatkoff’s who brought us the adorable Owen & Mzee story I’ve used in several zoo classroom environments.
Winter was brought in by Hubbs-SeaWorld Research [...]

In my three years of Lagoon exploration I can count on one hand the number of times I have seen white pelicans. Actually, I can count it on just two fingers.
While scouting locations for a field trip program late last year I happened upon an enormous flock of white pelicans and cormorants treading [...]

MotherJones posted this video with short interviews from the Project Kaisei crowd. The samples of plastic they brought back are on deck and in view in several shots. Just further proof of the reality few of us get to view firsthand but nevertheless exists.

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 [...]