Other News
This section covers all other topics ranging from important marine scientists to offshore energy developments.
Here’s a roundup of other stories worth reading this weekend, including the famous albino humpback, angry Shark Week viewers and water-powered jet packs.
Today’s highlights include concern for estuaries across the United States and a new emergency at the Fukushima nuclear powerplant.
Today’s highlights include an ancient whale fossil, a possible return to ancient ocean conditions, and how scientists are using menus to track fish populations.
What happens when humans and sharks meet and what can we do to reduce the likelihood of those meetings?
Today’s highlights include the impact of sea-ice melt on life in the Arctic, infectious diseases in coral reef ecosystems, and feeding starfish.
Shark Week returns to the Discovery Channel this weekend. Is the week designed to scare people or to educate them?
Military sonar isn’t the only noise in the ocean that negatively affects marine life and marine mammals aren’t the only creatures bothered by noise.
Lately, there have been many studies involving the effects of sea-level rise, including the uncertainty of predictions and possibilities for how to lessen the impact.
I spent the afternoon at Miami Seaquarium speaking with protestors who lined up around the park entrance to show their support for the anti-captivity movement.
Miami Seaquarium statement: The July 27 “Empty the Tanks Day” is a publicity stunt by anti-marine park and aquarium protestors designed to discredit marine mammal facilities. The campaign paints a distorted picture of what our park offers and ignores the value of the high quality educational programs and conservation efforts of accredited institutions and the […]
