By Jonathan Amos Science correspondent, BBC News, Salt Lake City Marine biologists are starting to get a good idea now of how squid hear and how they react to sounds in the ocean. It is only recently that scientists have come to accept that cephalopods have any auditory capability at all. But new experiments […]
ScienceDaily (Feb. 26, 2012) — Not all that glitters is gold. Sometimes it is just bacteria trying to get ahead in life. Many sea creatures glow with a biologically produced light. This phenomenon, known as bioluminescence, is observed, among others, in some marine bacteria which emit a steady light once they have reached a certain […]
Every SCUBA diver knows that urge to get wet again… you just feel it. That urge hits some sooner than others and I can say that it tends to hit my wife sooner than I. I can safely say that it’s time to start planning your next dive trip when your wife starts finding seahorses […]
Senate Bill 724, Domestic Wastewater Discharged Through Ocean Outfalls We need your help, please forward this action alert DEJA VU ALL OVER AGAIN This years attempt by the Florida legislature to never let a good deed go unpunished is a renewed attack on the 2008 ocean outfall bill that outlaws the archaic practice of dumping […]
Thanks to Yoga Energy Studio for the money they raised at their monthly Yoga in Park Salutations to the Sea on Feb 14th. Their donation will go toward Reef Relief programs such as Coral Camp, and the Key West Marine Park. Thanks for helping to preserve and protect our coral reef ecosystems! See our page […]
Tune in the 4th Wednesday of every month at 2-3pm for Reef Relief’s radio show, On Deck with Reef Relief, hosted by Reef Relief’s Executive Program Director Mill McCleary and Director of Marine Projects Rudy Bonn. Go to www.konknet.com to watch or listen to the live stream.
Target: The United Nations Sponsored by: The Marine Conservation Institute and Chantecaille Beaute Corals create spectacular undersea ecosystems that are home to thousands of plant and animal species. The integrity of these “rainforests of the sea” is threatened by human activities including illegal and unsustainable fishing, global warming and pollution. Less than 1.2% of the […]
AP. TREENA SHAPIRO 02/17/2012 9:17 am (AP) — A proposal to collect fees from customers who choose disposable paper and plastic shopping bags is gaining support as it works its way through Hawaii’s Legislature. If lawmakers pass the House Bill 2260 this session, Hawaii would become the first state to enact this kind of […]