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Posted by Michael Bradbury in Around the Americas, Environment, Marine Science, Oceanography, Video on 06 17th, 2010 | No Comments

Ocean Watch Returns after Circumnavigating the Americas

pacsci on livestream.com. Broadcast Live Free After a 13-month journey around North and South America the crew of Ocean Watch is returning to Seattle today. They have sailed around the Americas raising awareness about ocean health and conducting a few science experiments along the way. Join the conversation...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Around the Americas, Climate, Featured Articles, Global Warming, Marine Science, Physics and Chemistry, SciClips, Uncategorized on 08 21st, 2009 | No Comments

Sailing Through the Thick of the Northwest Passage

Route of Ocean Watch Through the Northwest Passage Ocean Watch, the 64-foot sailboat that also doubles as a voyage of scientific discovery is traveling over the top of North America, in an effort to traverse the rapidly melting yet still dangerous Northwest Passage. The fabled shipping route has been...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Around the Americas, Climate, Environment, Featured Articles, Global Warming, SciClips on 08 10th, 2009 | 1 Comment

Climate Change Opens Northwest Passage

The fabled Northwest passage that claimed the lives of many explorers including Sir John Franklin is now open to small boats for a few weeks each summer thanks to a rapidly changing climate in the high Arctic. The 64-foot Ocean Watch sailboat is parked behind a 45-mile chunk of sea ice, waiting for...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Around the Americas, Environment, Featured Articles, Global Warming, Marine Science, SciClips on 07 20th, 2009 | No Comments

Science Adventure Aims for Arctic Passage

Whether the 64-foot sailboat Ocean Watch will make it through the fabled Northwest Passage–all indications point to yes, though–remains to be seen. But that’s what what voyages of discovery are all about. Follow the daily updates on the Around the Americas crew log and stay tuned for...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Animals, Around the Americas, Biology, Featured Articles, Global Warming, Marine Science, SciClips on 07 6th, 2009 | No Comments

Attack of the Jellyfish

Scientists are starting to see jellyfish as a symptom of a sick ocean. More and larger jellyfish blooms are crippling fisheries that are already struggling. They are closing beaches and stinging bathers. But they are also moving toward the poles as the world’s oceans warm. New research shows the...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Around the Americas, Featured Articles, SciClips on 06 3rd, 2009 | No Comments

Watch Out for Ocean Watch

With only a minor scare as it was leaving, the first sailboat ever to attempt a full circumnavigation of North and South America, set sail from Seattle for a 13-month, 25,000 nautical mile journey of exploration and discovery. The four-man crew on the Around the Americas expedition is made of seasoned...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Around the Americas, Biology, Featured Articles, Global Warming, Marine Science, New Discoveries, Video on 05 28th, 2009 | No Comments

Global Warming Makes Unique Research Voyage Possible

A group of sailors will leave Seattle soon on a mission that would have been impossible just three years ago. They’re going to circumnavigate North and South America through and they are doing it by sailing through a hopefully ice-free Arctic later this summer. KING 5’s Glenn Farley reports. The...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Animals, Anthropology, Around the Americas, New Species, Podcast, SciClips on 05 24th, 2007 | 3 Comments

Clovis Comet

Douglas Kennett Jon Erlandson A controversial new theory about the disappearance of Clovis man and 35 North American animal species is making waves in geology circles. Two University of Oregon anthropologists are part of a group of 26 who think a comet crashed into Earth 13,000 years ago, causing...