by exporter | Sep 27, 2017 | Creativity, Oceans, VIdeos
Excerpts from our email exchange with JeffHK about his astonishing video, “30 Days Timelapse at Sea,” which appeared here on September 24. We talked as well about his life at sea where, Jeff says, “The galaxy almost seems like CGI straight from a fictional sci-fi movie.”
by exporter | Sep 24, 2017 | EarthDesk Sunday, Oceans
Take just ten minutes on a good screen to view this exquisite video by sailor JeffHK. Of the attempts to portray graphically the magnitude of our oceans relative to the rest of the planet, Jeff surpasses most, journeying from the “Red Sea passing the Indian Ocean” “and then finally SouthEast China Sea arriving at Hong Kong.”
by Guest Contributor | Sep 16, 2015 | Animal Welfare, Ecology, Law & Policy, Oceans
By Rhea Suh Marine mammals just won protection from harmful naval sonar. It’s great news — but there’s more work to do. Ed.Note: Rhea Suh is president of the Natural Resources Defense Council. Prior to joining NRDC one year ago, Rhea served as the...
by John Cronin | Aug 21, 2015 | Climate Change, Energy, Law & Policy, Oceans, Pollution
FOLLOWING PRESIDENT OBAMA’S final approval of Royal Dutch Shell’s Arctic oil drilling, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton parted ways with her own advocacy of the administration’s long-established Arctic policy. She did so in a...
by John Cronin | May 17, 2015 | EarthDesk Sunday, Ecology, Oceans
I spent the last hour transfixed by deep sea footage at the YouTube channel of the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration’s Ship Okeanos Explorer. It is worth a leisurely visit. The first video presented below is from an expedition exploring Puerto...