 We found Hari Srinivas in an effort to contact someone from the Global Development Research Center (GRDC) just in time for World Oceans Day on June 8. The Center had already made every effort to promote ocean conservation and appeal to the United Nations in order to make World Oceans Day an official day of recognition. See here. We got... | Monday, 29 June 2009
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 Being a blog moderator, you strike up some rather interesting conversations with the people who contribute to your blog. One such nano reef keeper, Josh Day of Josh Day's The Aquatic Hobbyist wrote me an interesting e-mail about what's been going on with his tank and some ideas he had...and I had to post it. Maybe it will help someone else. Here's Josh: ... Josh Day | Saturday, 27 June 2009
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 Here's how to make a successful book. Take two climate change advocates--one climate modeller, one photographer, mix them together, add some beautiful pictures, and a pinch of some of the best climate information around and Voila! You get Climate Change: Picturing The Science, the popular book by Gavin Schmidt and Josh Wolfe, which shows the impact of climate change through... | Thursday, 25 June 2009
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 Don't know about the Finding Coral expedition? Well you do now! After all, it IS the first of its kind. You'll see what I mean.The Finding Coral expedition took off on June 8th to search for deep sea corals in Hecate Strait and the Queen Charlotte Basin. What the group calls a "blue ribbon" science team of 17 technicians, biologists,... | Wednesday, 24 June 2009
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 The International Marine Conservation Congress (IMCC) was held on May 19 – 24 at George Mason University in Washington, DC. The meeting was attended by over 1200 people, and addressed themes such as climate change; the land-sea interface; ecosystem-based management; and poverty and globalization. Cross-cutting issues included marine protected areas (MPAs); education; outreach and capacity building; governance arrangements; fisheries and... Claire | Sunday, 21 June 2009
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 Thanks to Lina Hansson for some updates on some interesting experiments the EPOCA has been conducting to study and combat ocean acidification...The European Project on Ocean Acidification (EPOCA) just completed its first large-scale field experiment in Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard. Fifteen EPOCA scientists from the UK, Germany, the Netherlands and France participated in the campaign - aimed at investigating the response of... Lina | Thursday, 18 June 2009
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 There isn't a shadow of a doiubt that James Hrynyshyn is someone to watch.Or at least someone to read for that matter. This marine biology degree holder is also a science journalist who has covered everything from marine mammals to the Arctic Ocean. Now based in North Carolina, he continues to be involved with an international marine conservation organization and... | Tuesday, 16 June 2009
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 He's a water king? He can do anything?Ok, maybe there's no need for the Jim Morrison reference (Morrison referred to himself as The Lizard King instead). Michael Campana, after all, is no water king. But he does like to refer to himself as an inveterate, unrepentant, water wonk. You can also call him a hydrogeologist, Professor of Geosciences at Oregon... | Wednesday, 10 June 2009
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