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Oceans Day, 2009

March 27, 2009

Posted by Leila Monroe in Reviving the World's Oceans

Tags:
climatechange, marinedebris, marineprotectedareas, ocean, oceanacidification

I don't love waking up at 5am, unless its for a dawn patrol surf session or to do some serious advocacy on behalf of our Oceans.  This Wednesday, my colleagues and I were all up well before the dawn to travel...continued

California Leadership Must Rise Faster Than Sea Levels

March 13, 2009

Posted by Leila Monroe in Solving Global Warming

Tags:
ab32, climateactionteam, climatechange, climatechangeadaptation, globalwarmingsolutions, oceanprotectioncouncil, sealevelrise

Entering the California Climate Change Portal is like opening the door to my PackRat Aunt's overstuffed garage -- you crack it a little, and out tumble strategic plans, the Climate Action Team, a dozen-or-so subgroups, working groups, advisory committees, analysis,...continued

Grandpa knows, the Oceans just aren’t what they used to be: Shifting baselines, vanishing species, and oceans filled with jellyfish and plastic.

October 1, 2008

Posted by Leila Monroe in Reviving the World's Oceans

Tags:
climatechange, fisheries, marinedebris, oceanecosystems, overexploitation, shiftingbaselines

Andrew Revkin in DotEarth highlights "Emptied Oceans", a short film by Randy Olson that compares the very different experiences of two adventurers sailing from California to Hawai'i on rafts.  In 1958, Don MacFarland, sailing the Lehi, caught huge fish, encountered...continued