Sep 19 2008
This gem, just in from the Ethicurean:
Rigging the aquaculture game
Federal regulations mandate that when an oil company decides to stop using an offshore rig, it must remove the platform and associated equipment within a year. Doing so, according to some sources, can cost up to $5 million. Under the MMS’ proposed “rigs-to-reef” program, companies will [...]
Dec 20 2007
Caught this on the Google Earth blog:
The second presentation I wanted to mention was by the Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping, Univ. of New Hampshire (summary here). Working in conjunction with NOAA, they have developed an excellent visualization in Google Earth to illustrate where shipping traffic has been accidentally killing right whales (these whales [...]
Feb 26 2007
Last Oct/Nov/Dec, I took the U.S. Sailing Coastal Navigation course. Eight weeks of class, each one on some new impenetrable mystery related to answering the questions “where are we going” and “how can we get there?” Who knew that Navigation was such a rich, textured, ancient art? So much passion, so much money, so much [...]