In this fantastic view of dust and other aerosols on the planet we can see the link between land and sea. Just as rain must…
A method of simple eco triage is presented here. Remember the reason we need eco triage is that we recognize that we DO NOT have…
Carbon fixation by phytoplankton in the open ocean plays a key role in the global carbon cycle though that role is not fully understood. Until…
As the worlds ocean face cataclysmic collapse due to our treating them as merely transit routes, hunting grounds for wild things, dumping grounds for our…
Rapid Climate Change and the Role of the Southern Ocean Apr. 8, 2013 — Scientists from Cardiff University and the University of Barcelona have discovered new…
More grass growing means less dust blowing. There is a yin and yang to the life of plants on this planet. Our planet has two…
Just a couple of years ago common wisdom was that there might be 30,000 species of plankton in the surface ocean. The expedition described in…
I wrote this piece as part of correspondence with a London thinker and speaker on the politics of climate issues. Dear John, If I may be excused…
The series of satellite images below shows the plankton abundance during the month of August in our study region over the past 6 years. Note…
There are some people who walk apart from the madding crowds of the dull and boring. One such in the world of ocean science was…
Icelandic Volcano with the difficult name, Eyjafjallajökull’s iron-rich ash fertilized North Atlantic Ocean In about a third of the global ocean, the abundance of life…
Greenland adds vital nutrient to ocean Reuters March 11, 2013 A melt of Greenland’s ice is washing large amounts of the nutrient iron into the…
Royal Society Describes Clone Of Haida Salmon Project
Ocean fertilization: R.S Lampitt, et al Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A 13 November 2008 vol. 366no. 1882 3919-3945 Abstract: The oceans sequester carbon from the atmosphere partly as a…