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Congratulations everyone on being chosen for this fantastic class! I hope you enjoy all of it and have a great time in the Florida Keys. :)
1. Thanks so much for continuing to return here to post and share some of the things you are involved in, are reading, seeing, etc. I can't thank you enough for your time and effort. Our noses have been busy farther from the site as of late as we pr…
And in case anyone thought I was just spewing forth nonsense above, there was an article in Science (THE scientific journal) today about this exact topic...I am copying and pasting it below because you can't read the article without a subscription t…
I am a firm believer that communicating science to the general public is one of the most important and underrepresented aspects of research. Scientists do TONS of work that helps us to understand the natural environment we live in but they publish t…
How many of you keep up on climate change news from around the world? Anyone? Well, if you do, you may have noticed today that there are new sea level rise predictions coming out of the Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen.
The 2007 IPCC (one of…
WOW, that is amazing! I am so intrigued! I just got to watch the video but can't wait to research further! Thanks for the post!
this fish is crazy!!! it reminds of a fish that they talked about at the Monterrey Bay Aquarium, the Humpback Anglerfish, just because of it's strange appearance. check it out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humpback_anglerfish heres the most interesti…
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- At 8:13pm on November 17, 2008,
Taylor Braby said… - That's a great point and I never thought of it that way! Now that you say that I can defiantly see how much life and emotion goes into what these people have grown up with and have done all their lives. Which made me realize like you said that it really isn't as easy as it sounds! Thanks for your input! It made me go back and think about my own post in a whole different angle!
- At 8:59pm on June 17, 2008,
Mike Westfall said… - I wish I meant surfing! You're correct in assuming it was skateboarding. Longboard skateboarding uses longer boards (obviously :P) with bigger wheels. Basically it's all about carving and cruising with a little bit of racing thrown in there. Lot's of fun too!
- At 9:41pm on June 16, 2008,
Mike Westfall said…
- Oh, that's sweet. Biking is a wonderful sport. And I totally feel you on that fear of automobiles zooming by you with two inches of foam and plastic on your head as your only defense.
- At 4:04pm on June 16, 2008,
Mike Westfall said…
- What's spin class?
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- High School:
- Lafayette High School
- The last three CD's I purchased/downloaded were:
- Carnival Ride by Carrie Underwood
3 Doors Down by 3 Doors Down
Viva la Vida by Coldplay (preordered)
- My favorite subject during the regular school day is:
- There is nothing other than marine biology in my regular school day now! Which is convenient because I LOVE IT!
- Extracurricular activities I am involved in at school:
- I am a fellow on an NSF IGERT Grant, I volunteer at NMFS in the Large Marine Ecosystem office, coordinator of a local book club, and am unofficial social-organizer for my department.
- My interests (other than school) are:
- travel
diving (sky and SCUBA)
the beach
reading for fun
going to movies
cooking
spin class
Nicole Rohr's Blog
Science communication
I am a firm believer that communicating science to the general public is one of the most important and underrepresented aspects of research. Scientists do TONS of work that helps us to understand the natural environment we live in but they publish their findings in obscure scientific journals where large words and complex sentence structure is applauded. Not only does the general public (the driving force behind legislation and policy) not have access to these journals, if they did they wouldn't… Continue
Posted on March 12, 2009 at 7:38pm — 2 Comments
Important News Update
How many of you keep up on climate change news from around the world? Anyone? Well, if you do, you may have noticed today that there are new sea level rise predictions coming out of the Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen.
The 2007 IPCC (one of the leading authorities on climate change) predicted that sea level rise would be between 18-59 cm by 2100. However, they did not include the proj… Continue
The 2007 IPCC (one of the leading authorities on climate change) predicted that sea level rise would be between 18-59 cm by 2100. However, they did not include the proj… Continue
Posted on March 10, 2009 at 4:25pm —
Coolest Marine Animal EVER
Holy crap! Check this guy out: http://www.mbari.org/news/news_releases/2009/barreleye/barreleye.html
The barreleye fish lives in the mid-pelagic region and has a transparent head shield that houses a roving eye that moves in the fluid filled cavity!!! I am continuously amazed by the adaptations that have evolved and we humans (a.k.a. evolutionary-newborns) had no idea they existed! We think we're so cool for bui… Continue
The barreleye fish lives in the mid-pelagic region and has a transparent head shield that houses a roving eye that moves in the fluid filled cavity!!! I am continuously amazed by the adaptations that have evolved and we humans (a.k.a. evolutionary-newborns) had no idea they existed! We think we're so cool for bui… Continue
Posted on February 24, 2009 at 3:25pm — 7 Comments
Designated marine dumping grounds
As I mentioned in a previous post, I am working on an internship in California and one of the projects is developing a marine spatial planning strategy for California state waters. This would mean that every inch of the state waters would be "zoned"; examples of zones could be things like: no-take zones, areas designated for wave evergy or mariculture, or areas completely closed to humans.
One item that came up in a discussion we had the other day is designating a zone for waste dumping, actual… Continue
One item that came up in a discussion we had the other day is designating a zone for waste dumping, actual… Continue
Posted on January 13, 2009 at 1:06am — 2 Comments
Internships are not just for the young...
I have exciting news (of the completely nerdy variety) that I would love to share with you fine marine scientists. I will be completing an internship next semester in Monterey, California at the Center for Ocean Solutions. Many of you are thinking "huh?"...well, let me explain.
I am currently a graduate student at the University of Rhode Island working on my PhD in Biological Sciences. I have a kick-a$$ NSF IGERT… Continue
I am currently a graduate student at the University of Rhode Island working on my PhD in Biological Sciences. I have a kick-a$$ NSF IGERT… Continue
Posted on December 9, 2008 at 2:12pm — 2 Comments
WATER...
warm
tropical
water
flowing
ever
so slowly
...northward
tropical
water
flowing
ever
so slowly
...northward
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Last Monday's class cleared up how the atolls sank, the coral is not the major cause of their sinking, it is the weight of the magma that comes out of the volcano. I was confused about how the coral weighed this much, but this cleared it up for me.
One thing that really was cleared up for me last class was the fact that reefs don't cause islands to sink. It is caused by the magma moving underneath the surface of the plate. I also thought it was cool that there are more islands to Hawaii than w…
URRRRRRRGGG. Why is the hyperlink NOT working?
Awesome video. But that music drives me INSANE. I can't take it. :X Were pretty much on the same page. I had know idea the process it took to make an atoll. 300,000,000 years seems like a looooooooong time for something to form. But when you see pic…
OK, so I get the feeling EVERYONE wants to visit one. So... why don't we just all go there?
Awesome video. I forgot all about that.
;)
And yes... atolls are "rare" in terms of the total surface area of the Earth in which they cover. However, in some areas (the South pacific) they are certainly relatively more common. I too concur- I have…
Well... yes and no. A "barrier reef" certainly IS a stage of reef/atoll formation. However, the Great Barrier Reef in Australia, as well as the Florida Keys/Bahamas are a different sort of "barrier reef" in many ways. You are all doing a good job of…
Yep- that's another one we will examine in tonight's session.
North End peeps will always make the connection to the "Krug Park Lagoon"... which... is obviously a different sort of thing. ;)
The type of reef we will study in the Keys is a unique type... this will come up in tonight's session!
You just claimed Spongebob to be an educational tool? You have now climbed the ladder of awesomeness (in my mind) to an all-new level!
While there are a lot of good things about the reefs to talk about and analyze in a much greater depth, I will only talk about those in a few short sentences. In truth, most of this stuff we learned about with the reefs themselves, I learned when we…
Absolutely amazing!
Hmm...I also had heard of the Great Barrier Reef, but I never knew it was a stage of formation. I think I thought it was actually just part of the name...
I'm afraid I disagree, Carsen. Spongebob is a great educational tool. (Here's the Goo Lagoon for future reference...) I definitely learned that sponges were living creatures. =D
But I also didn't know what an atoll was. Or where a lagoon was locate…
Last weeks discussion was also amazing for me. I learned so much and was totally interested. I definitely agree that bombing Enewetok was a terrible idea!
The story about the seashell is crazy! Thank you for sharing it with us. It helped me to under…
I totally had the wrong idea about lagoons as well! Whenever I hear the word “lagoon” I always think of a nasty creature crawling out of a green swampy area. Haha. I had also never heard of an atoll as well until this class. I had always thought tha…
First of all, I searched for an animation of the coral formation process and found this site. Not only does it clearly explain the formation, it also reveals a fascinating fact: "The process of atoll formation may take as long as 30,000,000 years to…
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