Happy World Oceans Day everyone! Take time to celebrate our oceans today in some way. After writing my last two posts, I have to recommend celebrating by not using plastic bags the entire month of June. If that seems too difficult, than at least try not using plastic bags today. To get into the World… [read more]
Quotes from the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books
My weekend was awesome because I was at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books both days! It’s a great way to revel in the written word, hear authors speak about their work and learn new things. To change things up a bit, I went to a variety of panels this year on all different… [read more]
Grunion season begins tonight!
Tonight is the first grunion run of the season at Cabrillo Marine Aquarium. Let’s hope it isn’t a repeat of what happened last year, when crazy winds whipped palm fronds off trees and not one grunion appeared. If you can’t make it tonight, no worries, there are several more grunion runs coming up. Here’s the… [read more]
Spawning endangered white abalone
Tomorrow, July 12th from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Cabrillo Marine Aquarium (CMA) will attempt to spawn white abalone and members of the public are invited to watch! Why is this exciting? Because in the wild, white abalone are considered to be reproductively extinct; meaning there are too few living too far apart in the… [read more]
Thoughts on World Oceans Day
Another World Oceans Day has come and gone. (It was yesterday, June 8th, in case you missed it!) And I can’t stop thinking about an article I read yesterday titled “Goodbye Holocene, hello Anthropocene.” The article discusses how humans have managed to make such an impressively destructive impact on planet earth that we are transitioning… [read more]
Ted Danson on his new book Oceana
I had an awesome weekend at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books at USC. For anyone who hasn’t been to the festival, you must go! It’s the largest book festival in the U.S., maybe even the world (but don’t quote me on that), and it’s FREE! The only thing you have to pay for… [read more]
6 ways to show Earth appreciation everyday
Another Earth Day has come and gone, but instead of showing your appreciation one day a year, show it everyday! This is actually much simpler than you might think, despite all the overwhelming information and dire statistics out there. Here are 6 easy ways to help the Earth and protect our oceans on a daily… [read more]
My first tsunami watch
Wow, another first took place yesterday making this a record week of firsts. My first tsunami evacuation and watch. Upon pulling into the Cabrillo Marine Aquarium entrance, I was greeted by police caution tape and an LAPD officer who said the aquarium was being evacuated for the tsunami advisory. Several people headed for the end… [read more]
My first fish kill
This is a week of firsts, my first grunion run and now my first fish kill. The grunion didn’t show, but the dead fish sure did. I was supposed to be the naturalist for the whale watching trip on the Voyager this afternoon, but alas, it was canceled because not enough people purchased tickets. So… [read more]
Talk on the Deepwater Horizon Gulf oil spill
If you wish to understand more about what really happened during the Gulf oil spill, then I know just the lecture for you! On Friday, February 25th, at 7:30 p.m. Dr. Sean Anderson of California State University Channel Islands, will present his work on the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Anderson and his research team are… [read more]