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Archive for July, 2008
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The Problem with Plastic
Posted on July 23, 2008 | No CommentsStretching away from Hawai'i like pearls in the Pacific blue are the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. They’re a chain of small volcanic atolls, seamounts, and islands, uninhabited by humans, but home to spectacular breeding colonies of one of our planet’s greatest ocean wanderers—the albatross. -
Preserving Life Under the Sea
Posted on July 15, 2008 | No CommentsWhile the National Aquarium’s Marine Animal Rescue Program’s key purpose is to rescue stranded marine creatures, a special side benefit is how it teaches visitors to protect those creatures in the first place. -
Philippe Cousteau, Jr., Co-founder and CEO, EarthEcho International
Posted on July 8, 2008 | No CommentsThe grandson of legendary oceanographer Jacques-Yves Cousteau and son of Philippe Cousteau, Sr., Philippe Cousteau, Jr. co-founded EarthEcho International (www.EarthEcho.org) with his sister Alexandra in 2000 to educate about and promote sustainability of the ocean environment. He has been involved in a number of television projects, including an ongoing role as the chief ocean correspondent for Animal Planet. -
A “Water Planet” Now More than Ever
Posted on July 1, 2008 | 1 CommentIn the late Douglas Adams’s novel, So Long and Thanks for All the Fish, two women walk along the beach, having finally realized their lifelong dream of seeing the Pacific Ocean. One turns to the other and says, “You know, it’s not as big as I expected.”