Aug 29, 2014 | Research and Monitoring, Uncategorized
**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> “That came from over there? With the old bicycles and other trash from Oakland?” remarked one enthusiastic and surprised BioBlitz participant on the shores of Lake Merritt. The mission of a...
Aug 26, 2014 | Research and Monitoring, Uncategorized
**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> As part of a trio of Ocean Science Trust delegates to the International Marine Conservation Congress that happened recently in Glasgow, Scotland, I had the opportunity to meet with many other...
Aug 25, 2014 | Research and Monitoring, Uncategorized
**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> REEF divers. Photo by Janna Nichols.If you go for a dive almost anywhere in the world, you can record what you see and contribute those observations to a long-term, large-scale database of...
Aug 25, 2014 | Research and Monitoring, Uncategorized
**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> “Hmm”, a surfer wonders, “I wonder where I should surf today?”. The next step is a quick web crawl, checking the tides, wave forecast, and water quality. The latter of those data points likely...
Aug 22, 2014 | Research and Monitoring, Uncategorized
**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> JAMES & SUZY CAMERON CHALLENGEExplore the Planet. Protect the Planet.The James & Suzy Cameron ChallengeJames Cameron and his wife Suzy have challenged all Explorers to join in on...
Aug 22, 2014 | Research and Monitoring, Uncategorized
**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> The BasicsThe Coastal Watershed Council hosts two related programs. First Flush aims to determine land pollution running into Monterey Bay by sampling storm drain runoff during the first...
