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Coastal Restoration
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Coastal management and restoration of our planet's coastlines with a particular focus on California, Louisiana and the Pacific. Emphasizing wetland restoration, aspects of agriculture in the coastal plain, fisheries, dealing with coastal hazards, and effective governance.
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Dr. Clark, who began her career in the 1940s, became a world authority on marine life and sharks in particular. 
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‘Deepsea Challenge 3D’ blends Movie Director James Cameron’s passion for exploration and playing in the sea. Last year was the culmination of his exploration technology and deep sea diving desire He funded much of it with proceeds from his previous film making, sponsors, and contracts to make documentaries like this.
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The SeaOrbiter will allow researchers to swim into parts of the deep ocean where no one has gone before.
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This would be cool. But...it seems to be being touted by dreamers rather than hard-core researchers. That is not necessarily a death knell, but it doesn't help. Also of concern is that the thing apparently will have relatively limited mobility. In any event, it looks awesome! 10 points for their graphic designer.
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Do you know how the early sailors navigate the oceans? The technology today makes it real easy to navigate the oceans. But it's very interesting to know how the early sailors managed to navigate without
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For some, the irony is almost too much to bear. While Congress is eager to fund a $2 billion expedition to search for oceans beneath Europa, some 95% of Earth's oceans are unexplored. Given the role of oceans in regulating climate, and their untapped potential for food and health, is it time to rethink our priorities?
PIRatE Lab's insight:
I am never too comfortable when we start saying we need to fund scientific endeavor #2 rather than endeavor #1. Such things often seem to devolve into a popularity contest with exploration and discovery marginalized in a sea of pandering or self-serving assertions.
But there are certainly some well made points here by Mark Strauss, playing off of the arguments proffered by Michael Conathan a few months back. Give it a run through.
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SYDNEY (AP) â€" A Chinese icebreaker that was en route to rescue a ship trapped in Antarctic ice was forced to turn back on Saturday after being unable to push its way through the heavy sea ice.
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Having been stuck in the ice/forced to change our course several times down there I can sympathize with the logistical challenges associated with navigating these waters. I am not particularly sure what the scientific value of this particular cruise was (other than adding more observational data points into our collective Antarctic organism distribution/abundance repository). But I can see the value for those wishing to drum up support for and interest in our maritime exploratory history, and having paying "tourists" on board is certainly a creative way to fund your research in this era of less and less funding for research.
All things said, this amounts to another salute to those first explorers who braved the elements and the unknown land- and seascapes centuries before global real-time communication, nuclear powered ice breakers, etc. Here is hoping for the safe continuation of their voyage and a great story to share with their families and friends when they return.
I wonder who is footing the bill for the ice breakers?
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