[MAIPC] p.s. to Under the Sea

Tue Feb 28 05:42:50 PST 2017

Folks - I meant to include the info about the recent PBS documentary about Rachel Carson - excellently done!  She certainly used her writing & research skills to the max:

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/rachel-carson/ <http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/rachel-carson/>

Also - if you ever have a chance to be at the National Conservation Training Center (FWS) at Shepherdstown - great displays there, too, of Rachel (and others).

Kathy

"I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order."  John Burroughs

> On Feb 28, 2017, at 8:33 AM, HTI Gmail <historictimekeepers at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Thanks Kathy and all.  I will not do the job, but I think it would be interesting to see a "revised" edition of "Under the Sea" that shows the original and current state side by side.  I suspect it would be pretty compelling even if extremely depressing.
> 
> Norris??  (smiley; I know it probably  needs an oceanographer).
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> On 2/28/2017 7:13 AM, Kathleen Seiler wrote:
>> Dear Dewey (and all!) - one more sidenote to your ocean topic -
>> 
>> Eugenie Clark, a pioneering mid-century oceanographer, was asked a few years ago before her passing, about what she thought the biggest change in the oceans has been - and she simply said “overfishing” - she noted that in the past         50 years, about 50% of ocean life is gone, and she no longer ate seafood.
>> 	See below link for great resource (if you aren’t already aware) and you can click on any guide you wish for any area: 
>> 
>> http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/conservation-and-science/our-programs/seafood-watch <http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/conservation-and-science/our-programs/seafood-watch>
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>> Microplastics p.s. - a few weeks ago in the Wash. Post Health/Science section, this topic! and even when you wash your polartecs & other polyesters, the small strands can add into the water system (found even in Arctic waters).  Yeesh!  Plus, some facial soaps & other personal products - check the labels esp. if they tout “microabrasion”
>> 
>> Tying in to lionfish - I saw that a group in FL is doing “contests” from time to time to see who can spearfish the most… and restaurants are beginning to offer them on their menus :*)  Raising awareness!
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>> One of my past students now does undersea research for NOAA, and the last time we talked, they were doing population studies in the Gulf to determine the long-term damage to nurseries from the Deepwater Horizon incident.  Not good.
>> 
>> In light of oceans, guess who is the invasive species?  :*)
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>> Kathy Seiler
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>> "I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order."  John Burroughs
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>>> On Feb 24, 2017, at 1:16 PM, frazmo <frazmo at gmail.com <mailto:frazmo at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>>> In addition to the nightmarish plastics problem, overfishing continues to be a huge issue. And, invasive species cause harm to oceanic ecosystems as well. The Lionfish in the Atlantic and Caribbean is one scary example:
>>> 
>>> http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/lionfish.html <http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/lionfish.html>
>>> 
>>> And OK, sorry for the brief departure from invasive plants! ;-)  Cheers, "Arlington VA Steve Young"
>>> 
>>> On Fri, Feb 24, 2017 at 8:58 AM, Steve Young <sly27 at cornell.edu <mailto:sly27 at cornell.edu>> wrote:
>>> Unfortunately, all is not well with the oceans and this time we are the invasive species. Time to clean up our act, which Rachel Carson would probably agree. Check this out: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2017/02/11/seas-have-become-plastic-graveyard-can-technology-turn-tide/ <http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2017/02/11/seas-have-become-plastic-graveyard-can-technology-turn-tide/>
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>>> Steve
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>>> On 2/24/17, 8:47 AM, "MAIPC on behalf of HTI Gmail" <maipc-bounces at lists.maipc.org <mailto:maipc-bounces at lists.maipc.org> on behalf of historictimekeepers at gmail.com <mailto:historictimekeepers at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>     Wife got me a copy of "The Sea Around Us".
>>> 
>>>     Two things.  One,  Amy, Carson documents some of the impacts of
>>>     "tourism" on ecological communities.
>>> 
>>>     Secondly, she describes oceans teeming with life that literally makes
>>>     the surface boil at night.  Has there been a recent work that more or
>>>     less looks at these same thing today?
>>> 
>>>     This book has made me much more aware of what goes on in the oceans.
>>>     Easy to see why it was a best seller.
>>> 
>>>     --
>>>     Regards,
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>>>     Regards,
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