[MAIPC] p.s. to Under the Sea
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Tue Feb 28 05:57:57 PST 2017
Kathy,
That is why Mary got me the book. Absolutely agree!
Regards,
Dewey Clark,
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On 2/28/2017 8:42 AM, Kathleen Seiler wrote:
> 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/
>
> 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
>> <mailto:historictimekeepers at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>> 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).
>> Regards,
>>
>> Dewey Clark,
>> http://www.historictimekeepers.com
>> Omega Recognized Service Provider
>> WOSTEP (Neuchatel) Certified After Sales Service of Current Watches
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>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Dewey Clark
>> Club Naturalist
>> Co-District Manager (PA)
>> Election Committee Chair
>> Potomac Appalachian Trail Club
>> Maryland Master Naturalist
>> 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
>>>
>>>
>>> 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!
>>>
>>> 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? :*)
>>>
>>> Kathy Seiler
>>> Blue Ridge Summit
>>>
>>> PATC North Chapter & ATC
>>> PA Envirothon volunteer
>>> Outdoor Educator
>>>
>>> "I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put
>>> in order." John Burroughs
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> On Feb 24, 2017, at 1:16 PM, frazmo <frazmo at gmail.com
>>>> <mailto:frazmo at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> 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
>>>>
>>>> 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/>
>>>>
>>>> Steve
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 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,
>>>>
>>>> Dewey Clark,
>>>> http://www.historictimekeepers.com
>>>> <http://www.historictimekeepers.com/>
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>>>> Current Watches
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>>
>>>> Dewey Clark
>>>> Club Naturalist
>>>> Co-District Manager (PA)
>>>> Election Committee Chair
>>>> Potomac Appalachian Trail Club
>>>> Maryland Master Naturalist
>>>>
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