Wading into a thicket of informed speculation here; the distinction between the ship-strikes and cuts are likely due to how the various animals dwell in their respective habitats, and how they respond to threats.
Whale-Ship strikes expanded
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August’s Oceanic Symphony: Harmonizing Positive Conservation News
In the realm of conservation, we struggle with terms like ‘eco-anxiety’ and ‘environmental existential dread,’ acknowledging their impact on us. Amid the backdrop of climate calamity, it’s crucial that we don’t succumb to hopelessness, for action finds its wings in…
“The Most Dangerous Man in America” takes flight.
Regardless of how close or distant, we are all lucky that Daniel and Patricia Ellsberg have been in our lives. I was so fortunate to have intersected their circles by way of a couple of orbits – one through Patricia’s…
World Ocean Day 2023 – Empowering Youth
Ahoy OCR Community, The third week of May, we embarked on a thrilling odyssey through the San Francisco Bay as part of our ongoing hands-on Citizen Science Program. In honor of World Ocean Day, I am sharing both my personal experience…
OCR Facelift and Relaunch
Fifteen years ago I found myself sitting in a dive bar within stumbling distance of my country home – one of those places where you’d find a handful of livers draped across the barstools…
The Humble Annelid Worms
On this Thanksgiving, I express my deep gratitude to the annelid worms – who turn out to be much smarter than you might think!
A thick week in DC – September 2022
It was nice seeing the Capitol Building free of banners, beards, and bombs – although January 6 did leave a lot of scars…
Making the ocean even smarter! (1)
Deep dive into Ocean Day
The bio-physics of deep diving mammals – that withstand pressures in excess of 4000lb.sq.in. And who else they find down in the abyss…
Offshore wind and habitat changes
As we start installing these many offshore wind projects over the next 30 years, we will be rapidly transforming habitats that marine life has been adapting to since the beginning of biological time.