tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-1468038 2009-12-31T10:20:17-08:00 A Monterey Bay Aquarium forum to inspire conservation of the oceans. TypePad tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54f11417288340120a7924faf970b 2009-12-31T10:20:17-08:00 2009-12-31T10:32:40-08:00

It's been a busy and special year for us as we celebrated our 25th year of inspiring conservation of the oceans. We published a report, "Turning the Tide", introduced a sustainable seafood app for the iPhone and were featured in...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SeaNotes/~4/xaJ5DELUbgs" height="1" width="1"/>

Alison Barratt http://montereybayaquarium.typepad.com/sea_notes/2009/12/happy_blue_year.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54f11417288340120a78eb206970b 2009-12-30T14:54:01-08:00 2009-12-30T14:54:03-08:00

San Francisco's Pier 39 is usually heard before it is seen. The constant conversation between the sea lions at rest and those who would like their real estate resounds around the whole area. But not this month. Visitors to the...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SeaNotes/~4/kVppKzTd4lk" height="1" width="1"/>

Alison Barratt http://montereybayaquarium.typepad.com/sea_notes/2009/12/the-sound-of-silence.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54f11417288340120a775758b970b 2009-12-23T05:18:32-08:00 2009-12-23T05:24:10-08:00

As a companion to today's Acid Ocean post, there's a new study published by our colleagues at Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, which finds rising CO2 levels make it easier for sound to travel underwater. Upside: It may make it...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SeaNotes/~4/ctbCxPK2w8U" height="1" width="1"/>

Ken Peterson http://montereybayaquarium.typepad.com/sea_notes/2009/12/carbon-ocean-as-a-companion-to-todays-acid-ocean-post-theres-a-new-study-published-by-our-colleagues-at-monterey-bay-aquari.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54f1141728834012876674ebb970c 2009-12-21T18:00:00-08:00 2009-12-21T18:00:00-08:00

At the Copenhagen conference on climate change , there was new (and long overdue) attention to the impacts of global carbon pollution on the health of the ocean. Much of the science is coming out of Monterey Bay. The Associated...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SeaNotes/~4/tFB3xZF_JB8" height="1" width="1"/>

Ken Peterson http://montereybayaquarium.typepad.com/sea_notes/2009/12/acid-oceans.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54f114172883401287666f806970c 2009-12-20T19:00:00-08:00 2009-12-20T19:00:00-08:00

Software developer turned artist Mark Fischer creates stunning, kaleidoscopic visual images from whale and dolphin songs, using a proprietary process.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SeaNotes/~4/ANwRUE3mxOg" height="1" width="1"/>

Ken Peterson http://montereybayaquarium.typepad.com/sea_notes/2009/12/monday-inspiration-whale-songs-as-art.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54f1141728834012876642440970c 2009-12-18T09:18:52-08:00 2009-12-17T16:19:26-08:00

Jim Covel is senior manager of Guest Experience Training and Interpretation at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. This entry also appeared in the National Association for Interpretation's blog. One of my favorite activities is answering questions for curious minds. At the...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SeaNotes/~4/KCFKz6mTdSg" height="1" width="1"/>

Geoff Drake http://montereybayaquarium.typepad.com/sea_notes/2009/12/whats-another-drop-in-the-ocean.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54f1141728834012875db4ef8970c 2009-11-30T09:32:31-08:00 2009-11-27T15:49:31-08:00

Keen-eyed visitors may have noticed some new inhabitants waddling around the Monterey Bay Aquarium's Splash Zone penguin exhibit. Four female African blackfooted penguins—three juveniles and one adult—recently arrived from the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore. The new penguins help fill out...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SeaNotes/~4/iW6_QR-83kM" height="1" width="1"/>

Geoff Drake http://montereybayaquarium.typepad.com/sea_notes/2009/11/our-penguin-population-is-growing.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54f11417288340120a6e1af0a970b 2009-11-27T07:50:04-08:00 2009-12-01T09:05:12-08:00

I'm sure many of you enjoyed a lovely prepared meal for Thanksgiving yesterday. But what if you had been offered a freshly prepared penguin? That was the experience of Paul Nicklen, a photographer for National Geographic when he went to...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SeaNotes/~4/gldmcEBZaGU" height="1" width="1"/>

Alison Barratt http://montereybayaquarium.typepad.com/sea_notes/2009/11/black-white-friday.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54f1141728834012875ca9050970c 2009-11-23T08:25:36-08:00 2009-11-24T07:13:58-08:00

The great white shark made a comeback today. No - not at the back door asking for more mackerel - but featured on the Today show, telling the important story of how tagging and tracking these sharks in the Pacific...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SeaNotes/~4/my0pRC-Tw78" height="1" width="1"/>

Alison Barratt http://montereybayaquarium.typepad.com/sea_notes/2009/11/white-peacock.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54f11417288340120a6bd07e6970b 2009-11-20T13:04:29-08:00 2009-11-20T13:04:29-08:00

Alex Guarnaschelli is the creator of November'sSeafood Watch Sustainable Seafood Recipe: Baked Clams with Bacon. She's chef of Butter Restaurant in New York City and host of the new Food Network show "Alex’s Day Off." Alex Guarnaschelli, chef at New...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SeaNotes/~4/iY0TfhwVxKA" height="1" width="1"/>

Anne-Marie Alden http://montereybayaquarium.typepad.com/sea_notes/2009/11/sustainable-seafood-an-interview-with-chef-alex-guarnaschelli.html