Entries for date "August 2010"

SeaWeb: Diving into BLUE

Showing Our Love of the Now Noisy, More Acidic, Marine Plastiscapes Conservationist J. Nichols launched the BLUE Ocean Film Festival with his talk on Blue Mind: Oceanophilia, the neuroscience of emotion and the ocean. Although given how we tend to treat the ocean, how much we love this precious resource…

CNN: Up All Night Saving Turtls

Puerto Vallarta, Mexico (CNN) -- A lifelong nature lover, Oscar Aranda studied biology in college and knew he wanted to work somehow with animals at sea. But he didn't find his calling until years later, when he was summoned to a beach and saw a gruesome scene that would change…

NPR: Ocean Voices

Concerns For The Sea Mix With Music In ‘Ocean Voices’ LISTEN NOW (at 41:30) By ANDREA SHEA The Gulf oil spill has led many people to reflect on the fragility of our oceans and waterways. But long before the disaster happened, a Massachusetts sound artist dove into an experiment that…

CNN: Staying Up All Night to Save Sea Turtles

Puerto Vallarta, Mexico (CNN) -- A lifelong nature lover, Oscar Aranda studied biology in college and knew he wanted to work somehow with animals at sea. But he didn't find his calling until years later, when he was summoned to a beach and saw a gruesome scene that would change…