“Who Will Speak for the Fish?” Some years ago, a great salmon scientist lay dying. He had given his entire long life to understanding the…
The 2013 Alaska salmon boom wasn’t a mystery—it was a message. When ocean pastures are restored, they unleash vast phytoplankton blooms that capture hundreds of millions of tonnes of CO₂, drive deep ocean sequestration, and even cool the planet through clouds and albedo. The salmon are not the product—they are the proof.
What is needed now is the sustained commitment to answer — not when a volcano happens to erupt, not when an Asian dust storm happens to cross the Pacific at the right moment in the right season — but deliberately, continuously, season after season, until the rivers from the Klamath to the Kenai run dark with life again.
Long before forests covered the continents, long before animals walked the land, long before humans appeared, these tiny organisms were already transforming the planet, lovingly preparing it for all.
Ocean pasture restoration flips the old “drop in the ocean” metaphor on its head. By restoring missing mineral dust with nature-based techniques, we revive marine ecosystems, combat acidification, and cool the climate—proving every single drop and mote of dust can be made to truly count.
Each Ocean Pasture To Deliver Over a Gigatonne of CO₂e Mitigation Annually Our planet’s oceans cover approximately 71% of Earth’s surface and are home to…
Don’t Forget Your Mother Nature I’ve spent more than 50 years working in the service of nature—restoring forests, reviving lost ocean pastures, and trying to…
Do the right thing, and do it now. Your reward will be as if you have dipped yourself in holy waters and your soul will…
12+++ Steps To Remember About Why You Should Cherish A Healthy Ocean Our oceans, 71% of our Blue Planet make 90% of our oxygen and…
“Give me a half a shipload of iron and I’ll give you a replenished and restored Blue Planet.” Introduction For centuries, scientists have puzzled over…
In the late 1980s, oceanographer John Martin quipped, “Give me half a tanker of iron, and I’ll give you an ice age.” Martin’s meticulous 20…
Russia’s largest catch of salmon in history is happening now, this 300-400 million salmon miracle is explained Last spring Mother Nature sent towering clouds of…
Sometimes a single picture is all that is needed to confirm a scientific fact. In searching for the root of the Alaska Salmon miracle of…
My Hypotheses Is Mother Nature Rules This Planets Climate With Her Plankton Blooms Her ocean pastures where the phytoplankton blooms consume and use more energy…
Think humanity’s greenhouse gases are most important for global warming and climate change, think again. Zooplankton, tiny animals that perform synchronous swimming in countless multitudes…
Reports of Madrid COP25 Climate Conference ‘Failure’ It was not! The delegates at COP25 proved to be faithful to the Paris Accord. So why all…
Climate Change Is The Biggest Issue For Most Earthlings For many whose lives depend on the natural health and abundance of the oceans, restoring their…
30 Years Ago Late Great Oceanographer John Martin Reported Ocean Plankton Have Always Controlled Our Climate If Martin’s ‘Geritol Hypothesis’ was correct, the cure for…
Ocean Pastures Are Tended By Tiny Zooplankton Farmers Every night these tiny creatures are in the surface pastures tending and feeding their plankton blooms By…