The seemingly inexorable push of the hydrocarbon industry into ever deeper waters and more challenging environments is advancing some pretty interesting – as well as unusual takes on technology. A recent article from Marine Technology Reporter introduces a new class…
Hands Across the Sand in support of non-fossil fuel.
Saturday June 25 is International “Hands Across the Sand” day – a show of hands (and bodies) in opposition to offshore oil and gas extraction, and in support of renewable energy systems. It can be stated unequivocally that fossil fuel…
A little sound on Ocean(s) Week
This week is Oceans Week in Washington DC, where national ocean stakeholders can focus on ocean policy and related events. There are some regional events as well. Tonight (Thursday) in the San Francisco Bay area you can go to an…
BlueMind conference at Cal Academy
Ocean Champion J. Nichols has coordinated an event on June 1 and 2 at the California Academy of Science that explores neuroscience and the ocean. While the reception on June 1 and the daytime conference on June 2 are both…
OCR Correspondence in Nature Journal
About a month ago Nature Journal published a sobering article about the risks of pushing oil production into the arctic. “A Frozen Hell” by Jeffrey Short and Susan Murray examines the disaster potentials in attempting to extract oil in the…
Ocean Bioacoustics is becoming “mainstream.”
Ocean Hero Richard Charter sent me a fabulous article today from the New York Times about the soundscapes of the spring sea below the arctic ice. Written by Kate Stafford of from University of Washington Applied Physics Lab, the article…
KWMR Interview Monday May16, 5 pm PST
This afternoon I will be speaking with Jennifer Stock with NOAA/Cordell Banks National Marine Sanctuary on a special edition of her “Ocean Currents” program on West Marin Radio’s KWMR. The program will be streamed live on the internet, but if…
National Geographic article on Seismic Survey impacts on Squid
Following a published study by Michel André we reported on earlier this year about the impacts of Seismic Airgun Survey on the mortality giant squid, last week what might have been considered an obscure topic just a few years ago…
Houston Pilgrimage
I’ve just returned from my second annual visit to the Offshore Technologies Conference (OTC) in Houston, Texas, a trade show for the offshore “hydrocarbon” industry. As I indicated in my 2010 report, “Bigger than Texas” this event is gargantuan. They…