A couple of articles published in ultraMARINE magazine, a bi-monthly publication in the UK for aquarists.
The first is an editorial article titled Ignorance, and the second a short article about humpback whales in Tonga. I’ve combined the two into a single file (428 kB) that can be downloaded here or from my iTunes podcast.
Perspective is an editorial column I write regularly for FiNS Magazine. This installment is entitled “Doctor Doctor”.
Right click here to download the PDF file (109 kB).
The PDF file is also available as a download from my iTunes podcast.
A couple of articles published in ultraMARINE magazine, a bi-monthly publication in the UK for aquarists.
The first is an editorial article titled Crying Wolf (208 kB), and the second a fun article about my early attempts to photograph mandarinfish (Synchiropus splendidus) called Mating Mandarins (256 kB).
I’ve also combined the files into a single PDF file that’s available as a download from my iTunes podcast.
Perspective is an editorial column I write regularly for FiNS Magazine. This installment is entitled “Playground Pondering”.
Right click here to download the PDF file (84 kB).
The PDF file is also available as a download from my iTunes podcast.
Having been on the road constantly for several months (and being still on the road), I’ve fallen behind on emails, correspondence, etc. While I was away, I’ve had a few more articles published in ultraMARINE magazine, a bi-monthly publication in the UK for aquarists.
The first an editorial article titled It’s a Small World After All (196 kB), the second an editorial called Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star (180 kB), and the third a short feature on an encounter with a jawfish (150 kB).
The cover image on the left is mine too. It’s a yellow hawkfish (Cirrhitichthys aureus) from the Izu Peninsula in Japan.
I’ve also combined the files into a single PDF file that’s available as a download from my iTunes podcast.
A scientist in the US claims to have found a way to burn saltwater. If true, this would clearly be among the most disruptive technologies ever to be invented/ discovered, leading to a complete recalculation of the energy-economics underpinning oil-based economies.
But of course, we’ve seen wild claims like this before, with cold fusion coming to mind. Extreme claims need extreme proof. While a number of questions immediately pop into my head (like how efficient the process is, how much energy input is required for a given unit of output, what happens to the leftover stuff in the water, etc.), I’m hopeful this particular wild claim has some basis in truth.
Time will tell.
Perspective is an editorial column I write regularly for FiNS Magazine. This installment is entitled “Tired Out”.
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The PDF file is also available as a download from my iTunes podcast.
One of the things that really gets to me is con artists who try to dupe innocent people by concocting some obscenely stupid story to fool people into spending money on silly (or worse, sometimes harmful) products or services. For some reason, the marine world seems to attract more than its fair share of these shysters.
One of the perpetual scams has been the notion that since sharks don’t get cancer, then ingesting shark cartilage will ward off cancer and/ or save you if you already have cancer. “Health food” stores around the world peddle the stuff, with helpful, but ignorant, sales people touting the magical healing properties of shark cartilage supplements. (See article I wrote earlier about this.)
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Perspective is an editorial column I write regularly for FiNS Magazine. This installment is entitled “Black and White”.
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The PDF file is also available as a download from my iTunes podcast.
Not everything I come across underwater is pleasant. On an evening dive at Batu Angus in Lembeh, my dive guide and I ran across what I can only describe as a full-blown invasion of crown-of-thorns starfish (Acanthaster planci).
As the sun set and we started to surface, I spotted first one, then two, then five, then dozens, then hundreds and hundreds of these toxic devourers of coral. I’ve certainly heard about outbreaks like this, but it’s the first time I’ve seen so many with my own eyes.
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This is an editorial article titled You Are What You Eat plus an article titled An Encounter with the Mantis Shrimp, both of which I contributed to ultraMARINE magazine, a bi-monthly publication in the UK for aquarists.
The cover image on the left is mine too. It’s a true clownfish (Amphiprion percula) from Kimbe Bay in Papua New Guinea.
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The PDF file is also available as a download from my iTunes podcast.
Perspective is an editorial column I write regularly for FiNS Magazine. This installment is entitled “Crying Wolf”:
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