Monday Archives: Extreme Low Tide at Coconut Island
The Hawai’i Institute of Marine Biology (where I perform much of my research as a graduate student) is located on Coconut Island–or Moku o Loe, in t... Read more.
On Being a Coral
By Chris Jury Introduction I like corals…a lot. I grow corals in aquaria for the fun of it, I propagate them, I buy, sell and trade them, and I study them pr... Read more.
Reef Disturbance and Resilience
By Chris Jury Photos by Simon Garratt Introduction I recall several years ago preparing my reef tank (and its caretaker) for a trip I was going on. I was to be ... Read more.
The Great Temperature Debate, Part I
By Chris Jury Introduction Is it just me, or has the weather seemed a bit odd over the last few months? This winter the Washington D.C. area was hit by storm af... Read more.
The Great Temperature Debate, Part II
By Chris JuryIntroduction The sun’s intensity over the last year has been at about its lowest recorded value since we began taking direct measurements, usin... Read more.
The Great Temperature Debate, Part III
By Chris Jury Introduction I began writing this series near the end of last winter, which was a doozy if you happened to find yourself in Eastern North America ... Read more.
The Great Temperature Debate, Part IV
By Chris Jury Introduction Throughout this series I’ve begun by discussing the predominant temperature conditions in the tropics and subtropics, where most co... Read more.
Proposed listing of the Percula clownfish (Amphiprion percula) under the U.S. Endangered Species Act: What it means, and what aquarists need to know (Part 2)
As discussed in Part 1 of this series, in September, 2012 the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) petitioned the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) to l... Read more.
Proposed listing of the Percula clownfish (Amphiprion percula) under the U.S. Endangered Species Act: What it means, and what aquarists need to know (Part 1)
Right now the marine aquarium hobby in the U.S. is in a state of deep concern, if not outright panic. Recently, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) ann... Read more.
Hawaiian megatsunamis
Imagine a wave, a giant wave, rushing inland toward you. Imagine it keeps coming, and coming without any end in sight. You’re thinking of a tsunami. Now i... Read more.