Category:Ocean
see also Marine Mammals and
Ocean Research UCSC resources
Contents
Articles
Excellent article on plastic in the Pacific Gyre
Sharks off Santa Cruz City on a Hill
Dolphin Attack from City on a Hill
Stormwater pollution in SF Bay (good overview)
Websites
Environmental Defense Fund research
Marine Mammal Rescue Center Here is info on rescue volunteering.
Audio
Sylvia Earle discusses this and other topics in her book The World is Blue: How Our Fate and the Ocean's Are One.
Earle on Google Earth 5 mapping the oceans. Interview here's a sample
Video
The Cove is a documentary about the annual slaughter of dolphins in Japan. audio and videoText and audio. trailer. Short overview in Scientific American.
Jean Michel Cousteau "Call of the Killer Whale" 2009
Octopuses have been discovered tip-toeing with coconut-shell halves suctioned to their undersides, then reassembling the halves and disappearing inside for protection or deception, a new study says. Not only are they incredibly smart, the can control the color and even texture of their skins and "morph." Another example. This once can open a glass jar
Sylvia Earle is an American oceanographer. She was chief scientist for the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration from 1990-1992. She is a National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence, sometimes called "Her Deepness" or "The Sturgeon General." video TEDtalk Prize
The End of the Line documentary on fishing.
Graham Hawkes takes us aboard his graceful, winged submarines to the depths of planet Ocean (a.k.a. "Earth"). It's a deep blue world we landlubbers rarely see in 3D. TEDtalk video
Ocean Animal Emergency Features UCSC folks. You can volunteer to help at Marine Mammal Center (see volunteer page).
David Gallo shows jaw-dropping footage of amazing sea creatures, including a color-shifting cuttlefish, a perfectly camouflaged octopus, and a Times Square's worth of neon light displays from fish who live in the blackest depths of the ocean. See also longer video TEDtalk
Capt. Charles Moore of the Algalita Marine Research Foundation first discovered the Great Pacific Garbage Patch -- an endless floating waste of plastic trash.
Marine biologist Tierney Thys (Monterey Bay Aquarium) tags the Mola mola, or giant ocean sunfish.
Robert Ballard on ocean exploration. Crittercam is a videocamera attached to ocean animals to observe their behavior. UCSC alum will showed this work April 5th at UCSC. See Costa and Fowler below. 60 Minutes profile part II 11/09
Video overview on ocean health (beware greenwash ad at end).
Dolphins playing with bubbles
Audio
Dwindling Stocks of Wild Fish Put Fish Farms on the Table San Diego promoters say an open-ocean fish farm could satisfy our demand for seafood and help protect dwindling species. A small pilot version could be operating in a couple of years. But skeptics say the proposed farm would cause more harm than good.
An amazing whale story (Realplayer required)***
'Journey of the Pink Dolphins: An Amazon Quest' by Sy Montgomery (several chapters on audio)
Books
The human, the orchid, and the octopus : exploring and conserving our natural world Cousteau, Jacques Yves New York : Bloomsbury S&E Stacks - GC30.C68 A3 2007
Sea Slugs
List of UCSC departments involved in researching the ocean.
UCSC Alumni
Teresa Ish helps comsumers find sustainable fish.
Brock Dolman (College Eight '92, Environmental Studies/Biology), Director of The WATER Institute Ecologist Permaculture Program
John Francis, vice president of research, conservation, and exploration for the National Geographic Society works with Crittercam
Current Students
Melinda Fowler tags very large elephant seals
Hoyt Peckham studies endangered turtles
Allison Luengenstudies toxins in the ocean
Engineering students develop a coral reef monitoring system.
Faculty
Rachel Barnett-Johnson, a fisheries biologist, investigates salmon population.
Dan Costa and his students are tagging marine life to send back realtime information never before available. You can follow activities at TOPP and see Video from KQED's Quest
Global Warming research is being done by Christina Ravelo, a professor of ocean sciences and James Zachos, professor of Earth and planetary sciences.
Subcategories
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Articles in category "Ocean"
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