Curaçao log: My traveling muse Day 3 – October 13, 2015 Tuesday. The sun has set hours ago, casting the sky into a featureless obsidian. But unlike the hapless humans, creatures of the ocean seek solace and comfort in the stars and spotlight, inching their way towards the steel hull of the [...]
Curaçao log: My traveling muse Day 2 – October 12, 2015 Monday. I’m writing this log on a ship! The R. V. Chapman. Things got a little bit gung-ho today. Well, a lot gung-ho. Sweet serendipity comes not nearly enough in a lifetime, but when it does, you take it. In retrospect, the momentary [...]
Curaçao log: My traveling muse Day 1 – October 11, 2015 Sunday. Today was incredible. It has been over twelve hours since I arrived on Curaçao. Strange. It felt like days ago when Vanessa and I were eating gummy bears in Miami, waiting for our plane to arrive. Time crawls to a halt, but not in [...]
An article recently published (and abridged here) in the Marine Ecology Progress Series by Aaron C. Hartmann et al., titled Crude Oil Contamination Interrupts Settlement of Coral Larvae After Direct Exposure Ends, has some disturbing news: Oil spills cause damage to marine wildlife that lasts well [...]
Fish Tank Kings, the Nat Geo Wild television show that follows the aquarium installs of Florida-based Living Color Aquariums, is returning this summer for its second season. Premiering June 1st, the first episode of the second season will hit the airways at 9pm ET/PT and will feature an Volkswagen [...]