Emily Tripp Senior Writer The ‘breakfast breakout session’ titled “Shark Attack: ‘Human Kind at Its Worst’” at the SEJ Conference on Saturday was composed of a group of four people, passionate about sharks. The session title came from impressive words from Jean-Michel Cousteau who once said that “shark finning is humankind at its worst”. It covered topics from shark [...]
Emily Tripp Marine Science Today Senior Writer Jean-Michel Cousteau made an appearance at the Society of Environmental Journalists Conference in Miami this year. He, along with his family, spoke at the opening night about his legendary father Jacques-Yves Cousteau, and the legacy that their family continues today. I had the privilege of speaking with Jean-Michel [...]
By Henry Workman Marine Science Today Writer Between 245 and 90 million years ago a large, fish-like reptile called the ichthyosaur dominated the Mesozoic ocean at the top of the food chain. It’s unlikely that the ichthyosaur had any predators of its own, which makes a paleontological site in Nevada containing fossil remains of [...]
Editor’s note– This story was provided by Monica Woelfel, administrator of the Banana Slug String Band. The band provides educational entertainment about the environment, natural history and science through CDs, songbooks, activity guides, concerts and much more. Below, Monica introduces their latest CD. ——————– This January, the Ocean Literacy Campaign released an innovative learning tool: a children’s music [...]
Editor’s Note– Michael Bear is the Science Diving columnist for California Diver Magazine. He is also an AAUS (American Academy of Underwater Sciences) Science Diver with 1000 cold-water dives in California. While not a professional shark researcher, Bear is in the beginning stages of a baseline population study of Sevengill sharks and he runs the [...]
Jim Abernethy owns a dive business called Jim Abernathy’s Scuba Adventures Inc., based in West Palm Beach, Florida. On Wednesday, he was bitten below the elbow during a dive excursion near the Bahamas. He is recuperating at St. Mary’s Medical Center in West Palm Beach and is doing well. This incident is raising discussion about [...]
The “Scarlet Knight,” a Rutgers-Slocum autonomous underwater glider, has successfully completed its crossing of the Atlantic Ocean.
Scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego have been awarded a total of nearly $2.5 million to develop a new breed of ocean-probing instruments and design and develop the systems necessary to control the movement of those autonomous underwater explorers (AUEs). These “Miniature Robotic Ocean Explorers” are intended to plug gaps of knowledge about key ocean processes and trace fine details of fundamental oceanographic mechanisms that are vital to tiny marine inhabitants.
Mary Crowley, co-funder of Project Kasei and one of the members of the team that studies the Great Pacific Garbage Patch and sailed along the SEAPLEX expedition – see our report about the expedition – last August, is dreaming of converting the little pieces of plastic, that are being ingested by marine life, into fuel or building materials while cleaning the ocean.
The Queensland Government remains committed to the shark control program despite calls for an end to the shark nets that protect Queensland beaches and indiscriminately catches marine life.
Fisheries Minister Tim Mulherin said a recent incident re-enforced that there are still dangerous sharks off the Queensland coast and still a need for the shark control program.
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