Foghorn (A Call to Action!) Good job, everyone! NOAA Budget Proposal Hits Rough Waters in Congress. Tool Foundry expands access to science by promoting tools for discovery: Luminary Labs initiative launches four-month accelerator to help inventors bring better scientific tools to more communities Flotsam (what we’re obsessed with right now) Cambodia’s endangered river dolphins at … Read More “Hagfish nom-nommers, Trample-gramming, boring clams, I’m still in love with these giant isopods, and more! Monday Morning Salvage: April 8, 2019.” »
Foghorn (A Call to Action!) Your regular reminder that the currently proposed 2020 US budget is a crime against the American People. Call your representatives, especially if you live in MD, LA, or NC. U.S. Interior Official Suggests Trump’s Drilling Proposal Will Include Parts of Atlantic. Flotsam (what we’re obsessed with right now) The destruction … Read More “Blending smartphones for science, understanding the environmental hazards of 3D printing, flooding the midwest, and ocean news, too! Monday Morning Salvage: March 25, 2019” »
Foghorn (A Call to Action!) Last week was a huge week for deep-sea mining and there’s still more coming. Catch up on the latest! Species threatened by deep-sea mining. The future of deep seabed mining. Deep seabed mining: key questions. Flotsam (what we’re obsessed with right now) Legendary submarine pilot Erika Bergman, a couple dudes, … Read More “The fate of the deep sea is being decided behind closed doors, plastic in the deepest trench, memories of whales, and more! Monday Morning Salvage: March 4, 2019” »
Foghorn (A Call to Action!) We’re live from the 25th General Assembly of the International Seabed Authority. Watch here! Update your indices. This marine worm is called the Sand Striker. Flotsam (what we’re obsessed with right now) This is very much not normal. An Extremely Rare February Typhoon Is Approaching Guam. US Coast Guard Officer Suspected … Read More “Live from the International Seabed Authority, sand strikers, strange typhoons, and more! Monday Morning Salvage: February 25, 2019.” »
[This article originally appeared yesterday in the Deep-sea Mining Observer. ~Ed.] You can buy a 5-lb bag of polymetallic nodules from the Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone on Amazon, right now. Depending on your vantage point and how long you’ve participated in the deep-sea mining community, this will either come as a huge surprise or be completely unexceptional. … Read More “Nodules for sale: tracking the origin of polymetallic nodules from the CCZ on the open market. “ »
[This article originally appeared yesterday in the Deep-sea Mining Observer. ~Ed.] The Rio Grande Rise is an almost completely unstudied, geologically intriguing, ecologically mysterious, potential lost continent in the deep south Atlantic. And it also hosts dense cobalt-rich crusts. The Rio Grande Rise is a region of deep-ocean seamounts roughly the area of Iceland in … Read More “A lost continent, rich in cobalt crusts, could create a challenging precedent for mineral extraction in the high seas.” »
Foghorn (A Call to Action!) Friend of the blog and submarine legend Erika Bergman is leading an expedition to Belize’s Blue Hole! Follow along as she maps this unique ocean feature: Belize Blue Hole 2018. Some dudes are tagging along, too. Flotsam (what we’re obsessed with right now) The Fourth National Climate Assessment is out … Read More “Chesapeake Requiem, the Black Friday for Climate Change, whale earwax, killing the GRE, and more! Monday Morning Salvage: November 26, 2018” »
Foghorn (A Call to Action!) Irrational, unhinged, and belligerent, Sweaty Brett Kavanaugh has no place on the Supreme Court. Call your Senators and let them know. And, because all drains lead to the ocean, read his inscrutable dissent on the SeaWorld v. OSHA case. Flotsam (what we’re obsessed with right now) This kayaker got sucker … Read More “SeaWorld versus OSHA versus Brett Kavanaugh, sea lions and sucker punches, this dumpster whale is all of us, and more! Monday Morning Salvage: October 1, 2018.” »
The following appeared this Monday on the DSM Observer, the only trade journal committed to covering all aspects of the emerging deep-sea mining industry. Though written for the deep-sea mining community, the subject is broadly relevant to a host of ocean industries, so we reprint it below. As a community, we discuss mining, management, and … Read More “The rise of low-cost ROVs and community submersibles” »
Foghorn (A Call to Action!) Do you have a novel idea that could help save the world’s reefs? Sign up for the Out of the Blue Box Reef Innovation Challenge! Out of the Blue Box is a global search for new ideas to strengthen the recovery of our iconic Great Barrier Reef. We are calling … Read More “Saving the Great Barrier Reef, bolt cutters, bulk cutters, beak scars, and more! Monday Morning Salvage, August 27, 2018.” »