HEALTH TO THE OCEAN MEANS ... QUOTATION FROM SYLVIA EARLE

"HEALTH TO THE OCEANS MEANS HEALTH FOR US" 

- Sylvia Earle

Sylvia is a Marine Biologist who was named Time magazine's first Hero for the Planet in 1998

WHAT CAN YOU DO TO BE AN OCEAN ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVIST?

It's my hope that when a reader finds SIRENS LINK TO SEA, that person will find something - or everything interesting.  My blog is an opportunity for you to gain knowledge about our ocean environment - still so full of mysteries - and to think about what you may be able to do in order to show respect for our beaches, waters, and all the creatures who live in the ocean environment.  

To me, this is far more important than going to Mars. We must take good care of this planet we live on.  We are part of the life and death of it.

Perhaps for you it's as simple as being part of a beach cleanup or to do more to recycle or ending your use of plastic bottled water. Or perhaps you'll join a group of activists who rally for the marine animals who face extinction or study to become an oceanographer or marine biologist.  You may take part of a whale count during migration times or talk in front of a class about tides and sea shells.  Maybe you'll become a deep sea diver or go on to study Antarctica. 

If SIRENS LINK TO SEA INSPIRES YOU IN ANY WAY, PLEASE LEAVE ME A COMMENT!

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OCEANOGRAPHY NEWS

SCIENCE DAILY - RESEARCH NEWS OCEANOGRAPHY

Hidden Threat: Global Underground Infrastructure Vulnerable to Sea-Level Rise

Apr. 15, 2024 — As sea levels rise, coastal groundwater is lifted closer to the ground surface while also becoming saltier and more corrosive. A recent study compiled research from experts worldwide showing that in ...

HOLD FAST ART INSTALLATION : BIRCH AQUARIUM - UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT SAN DIEGO - SCRIPPS INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY

AQUARIUM UCSD - SCRIPPS 

EXCERPT:  On February 8, 2024, Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego is opening Hold Fast, an immersive art installation that explores our local kelp forests and climate change through the lens of three local artists and scientists who are using their unique skills and talents to take climate action. 

Guests will weave through a labyrinth of cyanotype-printed giant kelp by photo-based artist and marine scientist Oriana Poindexter, dive into the details of local species via gyotaku prints by artist Dwight Hwang and witness up-to-the-minute kelp forest mapping by Scripps Oceanography PhD student Mohammad Sedarat. 

“Warming waters and giant kelp don’t mix. We have to be realistic about the outsized impact that climate change has on our local Giant Kelp forests,” said Megan Dickerson, Birch Aquarium’s Director of Exhibits and co-curator of the installation. “But at the same time, local people are doing beautiful things. This Hold Fast installation posits that the actions of local artists and scientists can give us hope that together, as a community, we can make collective change as we also acknowledge climate trauma.”

TED TALKS : OCEAN WONDERS : A WHOLE LOT OF MARINE BIOLOGIST TED TALKS ABOUT THE AMAZING OCEAN

 I LOVE TED TALKS and finding this collection was thrilling.  So many marine biologists, oceanographers, photographers....  pros!

Would you like to listen to A CORAL REEF LOVE STORY, or perhaps HOOKED BY AN OCTOPUS? or Underwater Astonishments?

TED TALKS : PLAYLIST OCEAN WONDERS

Maybe these will help you decide which ocean or sea life career you want to pursue!

OCEAN CONSERVATION - THE OCEAN - DEPENDENT PEOPLE MUST BE HEARD : UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI

MIAMI EDU : RESIDENTS MUST HAVE A VOICE IN OCEAN CONSERVATION   

Excerpt: The tropics are a biodiversity storehouse, and the majority of people who are directly ocean-dependent live there," sad Daniel Suman, a professor of environmental science and policy at the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science.  "Those residents can be described as the 'tropical majority,' Yet, the laws and policies that affect the oceans and waterways in their countries are often made by international organizations, international financial institutions like the World Bank, and global environmental groups in richer countries located in temperate zones."   ...  

Suman and Rosenstiel School biological oceanographer Claire B. Paris-Limouzy are two of 25 authors - 80 percent of whom call the tropics home ad three of whom are University of Miami alumni - who recently published a paper in the journal Ocean Sustainability that calls on policymakers to address inequities in ocean science and governance.

CORONAVIRUS-19 : SEA NOISE POLLUTION PLUMMETS : GIVES SEA LIFE RESPITE

DAILY MAIL SCIENCE : UNDERWATER NOISE POLLUTION : SEA LIFE RESPITE

EXCERPT:
'We are facing a moment of truth,' marine acoustician Michelle Fournet of Cornell University - who studies humpback whales off of Alaska - told the Guardian.

'We have an opportunity to listen - and that opportunity to listen will not appear again in our lifetime.'

The last time that the oceans fell quiet was in the wake of the terrorist attacks of 9/11, when a reduction in shipping allowed experts to determine that ship noise is connected to chronic stress in baleen whales.

INTRICATE PLANTS CALLED VESCICLES ARE LIKE A MARINE MEALS ON WHEELS

NAMONITOR : MARINE MEALS ON WHEELS  full article!

Marine scientists at the National Science Foundation’s Center for Microbial Oceanography have discovered that marine cyanobacteria create tiny “vesicles” of carbon and nutrients that act as a food source for ocean life. This is in addition to themselves being the tiny plant life that forms the very foundations of the oceanic food chain. They are very busy little bees, only they are plants, and not bees.

Vesicles themselves are not news, having been observed in human-related bacteria since the 1960s. However, this study marks the first instance of their observation in ocean life, adding a new wrinkle to scientists’ understanding of these tiny workhorses.

SYLVIA EARLE MARINE BIOLOGIST

Biology is a LIFE SCIENCE. That means that women like Sylvia Earle (link to the article from WOMEN IN SCIENCE above!) studies the life of the ocean. Do you know how this is the same or different from being an OCEANOGRAPHER? Quote "In 1970 Sylvia Earle lead an all-female team of "Aquanauts" that lived for two weeks in an underwater habitat - Tektite II- off the Virgin Islands." 

DO YOU THINK THAT WHEN SYLVIA WAS A GIRL SHE WANTED TO BE A MERMAID?

SEA and SKY's SEA NEWS OCEANOGRAPHY and MARINE BIOLOGY

Link here to this great science resource!