BLUE HILL, Maine, July 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --To break up crude oil unleashed by the Deepwater Horizon rig, BP has injected nearly two million gallons of Corexit chemical dispersants into the Gulf of Mexico. The massive volume of dispersants and the way they have been applied -- both on the surface…
Gulf turtle evacuees could get lost at sea by Sujata Gupta Turtles are being relocated from the US Gulf coast to save them from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill – but this may scramble their navigating skills, marine biologists warn. As a result, the animals could lose their way to…
June 8, 2010, Greencastle, Ind. — "What happens when you bring together an artist, a marine biologist, and two futurists for an interactive art installation?," aks Fast Company. "The answer, on display this week at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco, is Plastic Century, an installation created for…
What is the most pressing issue facing oceans today? The way we feel about the ocean and the complexity of ways we depend on the ocean for our survival isn't reflected in the ways we live and treat it. Some of this is due to ignorance, and some due to…
By Laine Bergeson (@LaineBergeson) Marine biologist Wallace J. Nichols, PhD, is a scientist, educator, author and conservationist, but he describes his occupation in straightforward terms: “I work for the ocean.” Since 2003, the 42-year-old has been a research associate at the California Academy of Sciences and codirector of Ocean Revolution,…
