The Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia
I know you won’t believe me that families of human beings arrived on tiny Easter Island before any such …
Category Archives: Oceans
The Ocean is Breaking – and That’s Not A Good Thing
The changes to the world’s oceans from warming, acidification and the resultant hypoxia are far greater in magnitude than previously …
Geo Engineering Takes a Hit
If you’ve been paying attention to the climate change field of play you’ll have noticed an odd bunch of geeks, …
Junk Across the Pacific
Way out in the Pacific, a trillion gallons from nowhere, floats the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, […roughly the size of …
Species Invasion
“- A maroon-striped marauder with venomous spikes is rapidly multiplying in the Caribbean’s warm waters, swallowing native species, stinging divers …
O2 Starvation
“Many coastal areas of the world’s oceans are being starved of oxygen at an alarming rate, with vast stretches along …
A ‘Dead Zone’ in The Gulf of Mexico
Scientists Say Area That Cannot Support Some Marine Life Is Near Record Size The “dead zone” in the Gulf of …
China Algae Bloom
Quite aside from the Olympics, this cannot be good news about China’s environment. It might be good for C02 draw-down, …
Ocean Acidification: One Tiny Good Sign
There’s not much good to report on these days and truth be told this story isn’t all that good, but …
Sea Level Rise Threatens
This is the kind of climate change impact statement we haven’t seen enough of.[And the article in the NY Times …
World’s Oceans: 4% Undamaged
“Fishing, fertilizer runoff, pollution, shipping, climate change—these are just a few of the ways that human activities influence the oceans …
Sewage Still Stinking
“Contamination levels of Richardson Bay waters near the spill site are above the state safety standard, according to preliminary test …