Ocean, is a new social networking application designed for Scuba Divers to interact with each other. The iOS/Android app allows you to share dive logs with Facebook friends and to see where your other fellow divers have dived throughout the…
Many of the Earth’s longest-living animals are in the ocean
If you ever were wondering just how long the expected lifespan of things were, then this chart is for you. When comparing what the longest-living animals on earth are, Discovery News found the Ocean Quahog, a bivalve mollusc living on…
How much are the oceans worth? At least $24 trillion
The world’s oceans are worth at least $24 trillion according to a recent report by the published by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). On the flip side, the overall economic value is threatened by pollution, climate change and…
Giant fish sculpture rising from beach made from recycled plastic bottles
Last week’s Rio+20 event for the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development an enormous beach installation was created uses discarded plastic bottles to remind people to reduce the amount of plastic bottles they use and to properly dispose of them when done.…
Get an underwater view of the ocean floor, even if you don’t live on a yellow submarine
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_4NkUpot_s&feature=player_embedded#at=148[/youtube] Ever wanted to go play submariner and get a drive-by view of the ocean floor? Well thanks to the ever-evolving team at Google Earth you can get a new beneath the sea version of Google Earth with an up…
Clownfish, staghorn coral among species on climate change “flagship” list
Clownfish and staghorn coral are among 10 species identified as those hardest hit from climate change due to increased CO2 emissions and ocean acidification by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) at the UN Climate…
Ocean Climate Forum launched on Oceans Day in Copenhagen
The Ocean Climate Forum is a new website debuting today tackling some of the issues linked to climate change in the ocean and ocean acidification. The Ocean Climate Forum website is proposing a litany of options for responding to these…
Petition targets 83 coral species for U.S. endangered species list protection
The Center for Biological Diversity recently prepared and filed a scientific petition to have 83 coral species listed as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act. The petition, filed on October 20, 2009, looks to use the powers of…
Sylvia Earle makes a TED wish to save the oceans
To say that Sylvia Earle is the American analogue of Jacque Cousteau would be an understatement. “Her Deepness” has been a marine scientist since about 1953 when she first learned to dive with SCUBA and she has since held the…
Ocean: An Illustrated Atlas from National Geographic
If you were one of the poor fools (myself included) that was suckered into watching Planet Earth and drooling repeatedly then you might want to take a look at the Illustrated Atlas to Oceans. Your nose will be glued to…
