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Stolen Fish
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Coastal Cleanup Day in Europe
How would you judge these costal cleanup effort maps?
However, there are also people in Europe that care about Lakes and Streams, The Swiss Environemental and Trash Divers
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Oil Eating Bacteria and Worms?
Perhaps mother nature has not intended for deep sea creatures, bacteria and worms to eat crude oil dumped into the ocean mixed with man made toxic chemicals. In fact natural “blow outs” and seeps are perhaps of a different nature all together.
Deep-ocean vents are a source of oil and gas, Nature News Release, 2008.
Oil naturally leaking into the ocean offers a ‘laboratory’ to study accidental spills, WHOI, 2009.
Undersea Asphalt Volcanoes Discovered: Erupting oil paved the seafloor with mysterious mounds, WHOI, 2010.
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Corexit; The Aftermath
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More on Plastics: Plastic Planet
Plastic Planet: Official Website
A german language film. Subtitles on DVD?
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Ocean Drifters: Gulf Stream, Sargassum Seaweed, Plastics, Turtle
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Sea Urchins, Kelp and the SMBK
A simple Idea that actually works: Take out the sea urchins and allow the corner species of the ecosystem, Giant Kelp, to recover.
Once relocated this sea urchin species can not move back through the sand. Only ocean currents will bring back free floating sea urchin larvae through the water column over time.
Jean Painleve offers a unique look at sea urchins. Released on DVD “Science Is Fiction”
Army of Sea Urchins – Planet Earth – BBC Wildlife
High speed, special effects version of a sea urchin takeover.
It takes unwavering passion and effort: Santa Monica Baykeeper
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Fresh Water Jellyfish
Jellyfish
I personally first heard of fresh water jellyfish in the Danube river in Cousteau’s “River Explorations” series. Cousteau made a case for it that the fresh water species are very rare. Global warming has by some been attributed to a more common encounter with fresh water jellyfish in lakes and streams. Recently they have been found in Switzerland in Lake Geneva, Lake Constance, Lake Zurich and even in backyard ponds.
Perhaps this is another case of invasive species proliferation with increasing survival due to warmer temperatures? They are seen in shallow bays in lakes where the water temperature is warm enough temporarily. Therefore it seems that for the most part they spend their live cycle in the polyp form hidden away.
Form some general information about these beautiful creatures
If you read and understand German this website provides some images and interesting observations
http://www.psteinmann.net/neo_craspedacusta.html
Though not speaking about fresh water species, this makes for an amazing read on jellifish, proliferation and global warming
http://www.nwf.org/NationalWildlife/article.cfm?issueID=109&articleID=1367
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World Without Sun
Besides the fact that the touching, capturing and caressing of animals seems frankly a bit excessive, this film by Jacques Cousteau is a true masterpiece. Anybody interested in marine biology and technology will enjoy this film. Quiet, with a wonderful score and not too much talking the film has science fiction qualities.
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