May 19, 2012

Whale Watching Newfoundland

Whale Watching Newfoundland

Including Whale watching videos! photo credit: cgreb I am finally going whale watching this year. I have a car and I can almost drive it. Please note, driving a standard in the hilly town of St. John's is mighty scary. Please stay back if you see me. I know nothing about whales, but this is what I have gathered from all the literature I am reading, or by talking to people I have met and … [Read more...]

TeD Talk: How We Wrecked The Ocean

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You can't live in Newfoundland without thinking about overfishing. In this TED video the truth about it is driven home - it's bad news. Coral reef ecologist Jeremy Jackson lays out the state of the ocean today: overfishing, pollution, habitat destruction and ocean warming have fundamentally changed marine ecosystems and led to "the rise of slime," and it'll only get worse. For example: a … [Read more...]