MORE THAN 200 SHIPS MAKE UP AMERICA's LARGEST GHOST FLEET and THE MALLOWS BAY - POTOMAC NATURE PRESERVE - BIOBLITZ SEPTEMBER 9th

DAILY MAIL : SUNKEN GHOST FLEET 

In 2019, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration designated the area a national marine sanctuary.  All but one of the ships were built of wood.  Most were used in World War I.  As sediment built up, some of the sunken ships became places where trees and bushes took root.  A fresh water environment, both marine life and birds find a place called home.

Sept 9th - coming up, Mallows Bay is hosting a BioBlitz, so the public can volunteer to help identify the species that call Mallows Bay home.  Research on the ecology of the area is ongoing.

INFORMATION ON THE BIOBLITZ for Citizen Scientists

KELP FORESTS : PARTNERSHIP FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES OF COASTAL OCEANS (PISCO) FOUR CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITIES INVOLVED IN LONG TERM RESEARCH

 PISCO; KELP FORESTS

Excerpts: Much of the extraordinary production of kelp falls to the ocean floor, like leaf litter in terrestrial forests.  There, it either remains to support productive and species rich detritus-based forest food webs, or is exported by currents to adjacent ecosystems where it fuels food webs on sandy beaches, deep rocky reefs or submarine canyons.  Among the many species that inhabit kelp forests are a wide variety of economically important species such as sea urchins, abalone, lobster, sea cucumbers, rockfishes and other finishes, as well as s endangered species including abalone and southern sea otters.  The kept itself is harvested to feed abalone in aquaculture facilities and for use in a number of human products.  The forests also support economically important eco-tourism, including kayaking, bird and marine mammal watching and scuba diving.

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PISCO was established in 1999  by scientists from four core campuses,  Oregon State University, Stanford University Hopkins Marine Station, University of California, Santa Cruz, University of Clarify Santa Barbara.

JUNIOR BROWN RECENT PERFORMANCE : SURF MUSIC ; MEDLEY

MIAMI SEA AQUARIUM's ORCA TOKITAE DEAD : THEY THOUGHT TO RETURN HER TO THE OCEAN BUT SHE DIED BEFORE SHE COULD GO BACK TO THE PACIFIC AND SEATTLE

THE GUARDIAN : ORCA DEAD After half a century in captivity, Tokitae the performing orca could finally go home   WELL SHE DIED BEFORE THEY COULD THROW HER BACK IN THE OCEAN....

SEATTLE TIMES : TOKITAE DEAD  See her performing in the photo.

She was one of very many whales that were captured with the desire to make them into performers.  Many of them died in the capture.... 

GRAVITY HOLE IN THE INDIAN OCEAN?

THE WEEK : ENVIRONMENT: INDIAN OCEAN GRAVITY HOLE 

Excerpt:  The Earth s basically a lumpy potato and not a sphere, study co-author Attreyeee Ghosh told CNN. Therefore, gravity is distributed unevenly around the planet.  "If you pour water on the surface of the Earth, the level that the water takes is called a geoid." determined by density differences under the surface o the Earth.  The "gravity hole" in the Indian Ocean is the "biggest low" in the geoid, Ghosh continued.

(Will the gravity hole disappear?"

MERMAID PAPER DOLL : CUT OUT and THEN FASHION YOUR OWN CLOTHING DESIGNS FOR THE DOLL!

CAN YOU CREATE YOUR OWN CLOTHING FOR THIS MERMAID?

SEA SNAKE

 

AMERICAN OCEAN'S GUIDE TO SEA SNAKES

AMERICAN OCEANS : SEA SNAKES GUIDE 

The American Oceans Campaign is dedicated primarily to the RESTORATION, PROTECTION, and PRESERVATION of the health ad vitality of coastal waters, estuaries, bays, wetlands, and oceans.

This site is like a mini encyclopedia of sea snakes~

SEA SNAKES OF THE GREAT BARRIER REEF : JONATHAN BIRD'S BLUE WORLD

Sea Snakes venom is potent, stronger than land snake venom.  62 species of sea snakes live in the Pacific in warm water.  They are almost no threat to people.  They use the venom to stun their prey.

SEA GULLS

 

WAIKIKI AQUARIUM ! GIANT CLAMS CORAL FARMS : OCEAN AQUACULTURE THE PACIFIC SIX FINGERED THREAD FIN

WAIKIKI AQUARIUM ORG : EXPERIENCE

In all the years that I've been blogging I have never heard the term OCEAN AQUACULTURE!

Check out the exhibit for the PACIFIC SIX FINGERED THREAD FIN. (Locally called Moi which was once bread exclusively for Hawaiian Royalty.)

LEAVE TIDE POOLS ALONE and TAKE THAT TRASH WITH YOU

Visiting a tide pool recently, I was so upset to see a mother directing her two children to pick sea creatures from between the rocks and put them in plastic buckets.  Even if they have some sort of home aquarium set up, these people were ignorant that a TIDE POOL NEEDS TO BE LEFT ALONE.  It is an ECOSYSTEM and by removing any creature, they are upsetting that ecosystem.

PLEASE TAKE PHOTOS ONLY when you go to a tide pool!