How continuous monitoring of coastal ecosystems, such as the Black Sea, could help understand oxygen depletion affecting fish populations and better manage fisheries In 2010, nearly two tons of fish was found dead due to lack of oxygen on the coastal line of the Romanian Black Sea.  Oxygen depletion, or hypoxia, occurring in the water is thought to be responsible. [...]

Suppose you’re walking along the beach and you see a jellyfish washed up on the sand. Then you see another and then another. It’s a jellyfish invasion! What do you do? Who do you call? If MBARI researcher Steve Haddock has his way, you’ll take some photos and maybe a few notes, and send them in to his new Jellywatch [...]

and the implications for human healing Scientists at The University of Manchester have made a surprising finding after studying how tadpoles re-grow their tails which could have big implications for research into human healing and regeneration. It is generally appreciated that frogs and salamanders have remarkable regenerative capacities, in contrast to mammals, including humans. For example, if a tadpole loses [...]

The Jewel Squids get their name from the distinctive large integumental photophores that make it look as though they’ve been run through a Bedazzler. They are moderate sized squid with long arms and short mantles (up to 33 mm long) with very small fins at the posterior tip. They are also commonly known as Cock-eyed Squid because their eyes are [...]

Wolves, Whooping Cranes, Panthers, Sea Lions Among Species in All 50 States Improving Because of Endangered Species Act WASHINGTON— A new Center for Biological Diversity analysis of 110 endangered species finds that 90 percent are on track to meet recovery goals set by federal scientists. The review examined population trends of plants and animals protected by the Endangered Species Act [...]

I found out about United By Blue while roaming the net looking for Oceanminded sites. I am a big believer that things get done the right way when businesses tackle directly an environmental issue rather than just giving part of their profits to a non profit. I borrow this idea from Richard Branson and his great book “Screw Business As [...]

While we abuse every square inch of our beautiful Oceans they in turn keep giving. Reading more and more about algae based biofuel I realize that this might really well be a good alternative to our retarded ways (read polluting, overpaying and going to war for crude oil). I am very well aware that we will need,not just one, but [...]

Now that Nasa has shut down the shuttle program, it seems we finally get a chance to refocus on our beloved blue planet, and most importantly on the remainder 3/4th of it. The big blue. The Mariana trench is the holly grail with its 11,034 meters depth. Other than being an adventurous aquanaut you need two things to conquer such a depth, [...]

After a year online a great steady grow,Oceanminds although still a small fish is now swimming in the big blue ocean. I never wanted to bug peeps with annoying flashing ads, I find them very annoying when I surf the interweb and figured I did not want to expose your poor brain to yet more ads while getting your Ocean News. OM [...]

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