• The Environment

    Jellyfish Invasion

    By Posted on 6.4.2008 17 Comments

    For most of us, jellyfish are nothing more than a nuisance. They drift toward beach shores and into our consciousness each summer near the end of their life cycle, making a refreshing dip in the water a bit less carefree for a few weeks. But that may be changing. Last November, a 10-mile-wide and 42-foot-thick swarm of baby mauve stingers (Pelagia noctiluca) decimated Northern Ireland’s farmed-salmon population. Overnight,120,000 fish were reduced to a floating mass of carcasses by billions of the small jellies native to warmer waters thousands of miles to the south. The salmon, which were killed by stings and oxygen deprivation, had a market value of $2 million.

    4.30.2009 at 02:46pm - Comment by stacywinters11

    Wow, that's intense! It reminds me of that one level in Super Mario Bros 3 when all of the jellyfish swarm. I suppose this could actually turn into a pretty big problem, if not dealt with. - Stacy, (http://www.myfda.org/)

  • The Environment

    The Science of Survival

    By Laura Silver Posted on 1.29.2009 1 Comments

    I've seen 2050. It's an interactive exhibition animated by four noseless characters with British accents. Buz, Eco, Tek, and Dug (the orthography of the future is apparently destined to be streamlined) each have unique views on how the human race can best careen forward. And they each have an "S," presumably for Survival, on their futuristic garb.

    4.30.2009 at 02:45pm - Comment by stacywinters11

    Haha, those little characters are really cute! - Stacy, (http://www.myfda.org/)

  • The Environment

    The Green Screen

    By Posted on 4.22.2008 6 Comments

    In the fifty-some years since Sir David Attenborough began producing shows about Earth's wildlife, our planet has changed considerably. Population has skyrocketed. Cities have grown and spread to accommodate massive influx from the countryside. Species have become endangered; extinct. And amidst it all, Attenborough—the famed British TV naturalist and by some accounts the world's most-traveled human—has borne witness.

    4.30.2009 at 02:44pm - Comment by stacywinters11

    Aww, that Meerkat on his shoulder is amazing! Not-to-mention, he's an amazing guy. If anyone can help TV get across the point of become green, it's definitely David Attenborough! - Stacy, (http://www.myfda.org/)

  • The Environment

    Into the Blue

    By Posted on 3.13.2009 3 Comments

    Boldly going where no man has gone before doesn’t take a spaceship—just a big boat and powerful sonar equipment. We know the altitude of every mountain and canyon on Mars, but 95 percent of the world’s oceans—including huge swaths of submerged land that the U.S. claims as sovereign territory—remain totally unexplored.

    4.30.2009 at 02:42pm - Comment by stacywinters11

    TimDog makes a really good point.. where does this funding REALLY come from? I hope it's not what he stated, but you never really know, do you? - Stacy, (http://www.myfda.org/)

  • The Environment

    In The Navy

    By Posted on 1.15.2009 1 Comments

    Just back from the Transportation Research Board conference and meetings, Carolyn Whelan, a New York-based freelancer focused on alternative energy, climate change, trade, and travel, is guest-blogging for PopSci.com, focusing on new emissions-cutting technologies for infrastructure and transport which may play a prominent role in the Obama administration. Like retailers did with the Internet, transit officials are borrowing a host of space-age applications from the military, enabling real-time reaction, response, repair, and rerouting in routine and emergency situations. Or so said gadget and system developers at the Transportation Research Board's annual shindig this week, where some 10,000 folks in the road, rail, air, and boat transit world meet to talk riveting topics like pedestrian wait times at stop lights and measuring traffic flow over snow.

    4.30.2009 at 02:41pm - Comment by stacywinters11

    Wow, what an interesting topic. I'm not really sure if I agree with the builders agreement to pretty much support the military and navy. But I guess it is a good sign up benefit. - Stacy, (http://www.myfda.org/)



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