6/30/11
6/27/11
SMITHSONIAN MAGAZINE SWIMMING WITH WHALE SHARKS JUNE 2011
"The biggest fish in the sea is a polka dotted gentle giant." Link to the article from Smithsonian Magazine (one of our favorites) now! Juliet Eilperin is the writer and photographs (wow!) are by Brian Skerry.
"The biggest fish in the sea, a whale shark can weigh many tons and grow to more than 45 feet in length. It’s named not only for its great size but its diet; like some whale species, the whale shark feeds on plankton. A filtering apparatus in its mouth allows it to capture tiny marine life from the vast amount of water it swallows. But it is a shark—a kind of fish with cartilage rather than bone for a skeleton—a slow-moving, polka-dotted, deep-diving shark."
"The biggest fish in the sea, a whale shark can weigh many tons and grow to more than 45 feet in length. It’s named not only for its great size but its diet; like some whale species, the whale shark feeds on plankton. A filtering apparatus in its mouth allows it to capture tiny marine life from the vast amount of water it swallows. But it is a shark—a kind of fish with cartilage rather than bone for a skeleton—a slow-moving, polka-dotted, deep-diving shark."
6/25/11
6/24/11
GIANT 45 Foot long and 4.5 tons of DECAYED SEA MONSTER UP ON SHORE IN CHINA
Live Science brings you this one..... ooooooh..... YUCK! 4.5 tons and 45 feet long....
6/22/11
SCIENCE NEWS : ANTARCTICA ICEBERGS FERTILIZE NEW LIFE WITH IRON
"Icebergs calving off of Antarctica are shedding substantial iron — the equivalent of a growth-boosting vitamin — into waters starved of the mineral, a new set of studies demonstrates. This iron is fertilizing the growth of microscopic plants and algae, transforming the waters adjacent to ice floes into teeming communities of everything from tiny shrimplike krill to fish, birds and sometimes mammals.Icebergs calving off of Antarctica are shedding substantial iron — the equivalent of a growth-boosting vitamin — into waters starved of the mineral, a new set of studies demonstrates. This iron is fertilizing the growth of microscopic plants and algae, transforming the waters adjacent to ice floes into teeming communities of everything from tiny shrimplike krill to fish, birds and sometimes mammals."
Linking to the Science News
6/18/11
RICHARD BRANSON
"Billionaire adventurer Richard Branson on Tuesday unveiled a new single-person submarine that he said will be used to set new world records by exploring the five deepest parts of the world's oceans.
Branson said that over the next two years, the solo craft will go to the bottom of the Mariana Trench in the Pacific Ocean, the Atlantic's Puerto Rico Trench and South Sandwich Trench, the Diamantina Trench in the Indian Ocean and the Molloy Deep in the Arctic Ocean."
Link to the full article above!
Branson said that over the next two years, the solo craft will go to the bottom of the Mariana Trench in the Pacific Ocean, the Atlantic's Puerto Rico Trench and South Sandwich Trench, the Diamantina Trench in the Indian Ocean and the Molloy Deep in the Arctic Ocean."
Link to the full article above!
6/13/11
6/11/11
ANTARTIC MELT WARMING ATLANTIC : FIRST TIME IN 2000 YEARS
Water flowing into the Atlantic is two degrees warmer than it has been for 2000 years, so Nature News brings this report on the effects of what might be global warming on our oceans.
6/8/11
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC BRIMMING POOL JUNE 2011
Link now to the National Geographic all about tidepool life!
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