A Fun Quiz to Beat the Doldrums
Marine Conservation Institute
by Madeleine Serkissian
4y ago
Have you been looking for new ways to learn more about yourself this summer? Marine Conservation Institute is excited to release our Kind Quiz: a fun chance to learn what your unique “Kindness” is, out of 98,304 possible combinations. Our President, Lance Morgan, has a Kindness profile of Generous, just like Billie Jean King, Prince and Shakira! Discover yours here. At the end of the quiz we’ll match you with personalized resources to learn more about marine conservation. Bonus: your completed profile will contribute towards a donation to Marine Conservation Institute’s programs. Thank you fo ..read more
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Puffins and Pufflings, and how the New England Seamounts Could Save Them
Marine Conservation Institute
by Madeleine Serkissian
4y ago
Featured Image: An Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica) displays its colorful beak and feet. Courtesy of Ray Hennessy. By Samuel Georgian, Marine Biogeographer at Marine Conservation Institute The Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica) is a striking bird, at times referred to as the clown of the sea due to its unusual facial appearance. These seabird’s boldly-colored beaks serve a dual purpose: attracting mates during their breeding season, and holding on to the small fish (typically around 3 inches long) that these predators hunt in the ocean. Although fairly awkward on land and in the air ..read more
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Safeguarding California Seamounts for Generations and Generations to Come
Marine Conservation Institute
by Madeleine Serkissian
4y ago
  In episode 2 of our California Seamounts Series, viewers experience the rough topography of the seamounts and the incredible marine life that lives there. Like the Sierra Mountains, the seamounts have steep cliffs, valleys, deep gorges, and broad plateaus. These seamounts are havens for life from their base to summit. Scientists believe that seamount refuges may be able to repopulate areas closer to the coasts in shallower water with certain species if these coastal populations are threatened by ocean warming, acidification, overfishing or pollution. Join our campaign to protect the Ca ..read more
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A Glimmer of Hope for Ailing Seas; Scientists publish a timeline for turning the tide on marine ecosystem degradation
Marine Conservation Institute
by Madeleine Serkissian
4y ago
By Sebastian Nicholls, Blue Parks Ambassador.   “What we do in the next ten years will profoundly impact the next few thousand.” – Sir David Attenborough   Since 1956, scientists have provided evidence of mounting anthropogenic climate change.[1] The mounting evidence tells a clear and scientifically certain story: human actions are degrading the planet’s living systems in ways that could be potentially irreversible within human time scales.   At the same time, pollutants and environmental degradation, including fishing and hunting beyond sustainable levels, have caused extincti ..read more
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The California Seamount Series!
Marine Conservation Institute
by Madeleine Serkissian
4y ago
Featured Picture: A Dumbo octopus (Grimpoteuthis sp.) swimming in the Gulf of Mexico. Photo credit: NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research.   Today, we release the first in a series of short videos and multi-media stories about a unique place in U.S. oceans — huge underwater mountains, called seamounts. Rising from the deep, dark seafloor several thousands of feet below the ocean’s surface off the coast of California are dozens of seamounts. California Seamount Series – Episode 1: What is a Seamount No Description Like the Sierra and Rocky mountains, these underwater mountain ..read more
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Statement of Lance Morgan, President of Marine Conservation Institute on President Trump’s Attempt to Incapacitate the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine Monument
Marine Conservation Institute
by Madeleine Serkissian
4y ago
For Immediate Release Friday, June 5, 2020 Contact: Lance Morgan Lance.Morgan@marine-conservation.org, 707-217-8242 (cell) Mike Gravitz Michael.Gravitz@marine-conservation.org, 301-351-5052 (cell) [Glen Ellen, CA] Last Friday President Trump proclaimed June as National Ocean Month, saying that, “… we reaffirm our commitment to responsible stewardship of our ocean resources…..and ensuring that the natural beauty and wonder of the oceans are preserved and maintained for future generations.” This Friday, just before World Oceans Day on Monday, President Trump made a mockery of that proclamation ..read more
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Calling on Marine Scientists to Support Protecting at least 30% of the Ocean by 2030 (30×30)
Marine Conservation Institute
by Madeleine Serkissian
4y ago
By Lance Morgan, President at Marine Conservation Institute   There is growing scientific evidence and support for protecting at least 30% of the planet. The 2019 report from the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) highlights the dire future of biodiversity on our planet if we do not act decisively now.  Seagrass beds, marshes and mangroves, coral reefs and fish populations continue to decline. Only 5% of the ocean is currently protected[i] in any way; and almost no place in the ocean is untouched by humans. Recognizing this ..read more
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Explore California’s Seamounts Using Our Interactive Story Map
Marine Conservation Institute
by Madeleine Serkissian
4y ago
By Samuel Georgian, Marine Biogeographer at Marine Conservation Institute We invite you to take a trip with us to the unusual, deep underwater mountains off California’s coasts called seamounts.  You will tour the California Seamounts, as they are called, using a Story Map (from Esri) that allows viewers to take a virtual, interactive look at a few of these magnificent seamounts and the spectacular marine life they shelter. Seamounts are massive underwater volcanoes with a unique biology and geology that makes them impressive marine environments. In the Story Map, you will find stunn ..read more
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Perverse Incentives
Marine Conservation Institute
by Madeleine Serkissian
4y ago
By Sebastian Nicholls, Blue Parks Ambassador.   This year, the global community faces a deadline to correct a perverse dynamic in an industry that reaches into the world’s most remote and untouched frontiers—the far reaches of the ocean. Fishing subsidies that benefit the largest ships, fleets and companies are leaving the livelihoods and food security of millions of poor people in less developed countries in jeopardy. They create a perverse incentive to fish more when many species are on the brink. Globally, trade in fish and seafood is worth an estimated $146 Billion U.S. dollars[1]. Th ..read more
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Announcing our first-ever Ocean Photo Contest!
Marine Conservation Institute
by Madeleine Serkissian
4y ago
For the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, we’re celebrating our blue planet through a contest that highlights people’s connections to, and experiences of, the ocean, the blue heart of our planet. Marine Conservation Institute invites you to enter our Ocean Photo Contest to celebrate our deep connection to our blue planet!   When Earth Day began in 1970, it was the culmination of an environmental movement that began decades before, inspired by the prescient writings of a marine biologist who  saw ecosystems in decline all around her: Rachel Carson. The first images of Earth from space hi ..read more
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