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Wednesday
Jun232010

Endangered Sea Turtles Burned Alive in Oil Spill Clean-up


A recent Los Angeles Times article confirmed that sea turtles are being burned in the efforts to clean up the British Petroleum oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The majority of the sea turtles affected by the oil spill are the endangered Kemp's Ridleys.

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Monday
Jun142010

Guillaume Nery base jumping at Dean's Blue Hole, filmed on breath hold by Julie Gautier

Thursday
Jun102010

How to Help the Gulf Recover from the Oil Spill...


What began as BP’s responsibility has broadened to become all of ours – but knowing just how to help can be daunting. Here is a list of ways to donate time, money, and resources.

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Monday
Jun072010

Dolphin communicates with iPad

via Holy Kaw! on 6/6/10

 

Is there anything the iPad can’t do? An application called Speak Dolphin is now being used by Dolphin Discovery’s swim team in Puerto Adveturas, Mexico, on Merlin, a two-year-old bottle-nosed dolphin in hopes the communication gap will be bridged between man and scarily intelligent porpoise. The app uses symbol recognition techniques in order to teach the dolphin how to express itself. Merlin uses his rostrum (elongated beak) to press the symbols on the iPad’s touch surface in attempt to turn us humans into ‘Dolphin Whisperers’.

Full story at Popsci.

Total iPad coverage.

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Friday
May072010

Underwater Cam at Bonaire Marine Park

 

If there’s ever a webcam that will make you want to get scuba-certified in a hurry, this is surely it. This live feed, which can be refreshed up to every two seconds on a speedy connection, provides an underwater view of the Bonaire National Marine Park in the Antilles islands. The cam is located 15 meters below the drop-off at the “Something Special” dive site. It offers a particularly clear glimpse of the marine world, thanks in part to the instructors and dive masters from Bonaire who help to keep the lens clean.

Link: Underwater Cam at Bonaire Marine Park