24 April 2008, The Ocean Hour

On 22 April 2008 I hosted one hour out of a 24-hour long Earth Day webcastathon. My program was about ocean conservation and I was joined by two fellow ocean enthusiasts and science bloggers. First is Dr. Karen James, director of science for the The HMS Beagle Project. The Beagle Project is an international effort to celebrate Charles Darwin's 200th birthday by building a sailing replica of his ship and then retracing the 1831-1836 Voyage of the Beagle with an international crew of researchers, aspiring scientists and science communicators. Also joining me was Rick MacPherson, Director of Conservation Programs with the Coral Reef Alliance (CORAL) and author of the Malaria, Bedbugs, Sea Lice and Sunsets. CORAL is a member-supported, non-profit organization, dedicated to protecting the health of coral reefs by integrating ecosystem management, sustainable tourism, and community partnerships.

Tune of Fish

Rounding out the program was a musical contribution from Kevin Zelnio. Kevin could not make it live for the program, but he had a very good excuse.

Kevin Zelnio, What Did the Deep Sea Say [3:50]

Listener Feedback

My thanks again to the EdTechTalk.com community for hosting and organizing Earthcast 2008. My thanks also to Peter Etnoyer and the other live participants in the ETT chat room. And to the guests, Karen and Rick.

Also, thanks to you for listening. If you have ideas for future programs or feedback, please send me a message at cephalopodcast [at] gmail [dot] com, or call the Cephalo-Hotline at 1-941-256-0097.

00:00 www.cephalopodcast.com
01:08 Happy Blue Year: 2008 Color Trends, Pantone color 18-3943
02:12 LivBlue
03:00 Sea Notes
03:38 Center for Ocean Solutions
05:06 Carnival of the Blue #8 at I'm a chordata, urochordata!
06:00 Interview with Mark Powell from blogfish
14:38 International Year of the Reef
15:11 ICRI IYOR Mini-Symposium, Washington, DC, January 25, 2008
15:35 11th International Coral Reef Symposium in Ft. Lauderdale, FL, 7 July 2008
15:54 Coral Discovery Kits from NOAA
16:31 Coral Reef Conservation Fund from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, 20 Feb 2008
17:05 Year of the Frog
18:16 New frog species in North America
19:15 Some mammals smell underwater
21:05 Underwater text-messager for safer SCUBA
22:10 Underwater camera in SCUBA mask
23:25 NC Science Blogging Conference, 19 Jan 2008, Real-time blogging in the marine sciences. Discussion leaders are Kevin Zelnio, Karen James, Rick
25:00 Jonathan Coulton, Octopus www.jonathancoulton.com

Thanks for listening. If you have ideas for future programs or feedback, please send me a message at cephalopodcast [at] gmail [dot] com, or call the Cephalo-Hotline at 1-941-256-0097. Also be sure to check out the cephal.icio.us links to see what’s coming for future shows.

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New Ocean Music: Jonathan Coulton, OCTOPUS [5:43]
http://www.jonathancoulton.com/songdetails/Octopus

-01:50 Cephalopodcast Events Calendar
-02:30 Now Reading plugin by Rob Miller.
-03:00 The Unnatural History of the Sea
-03:30 Reef by Scubazoo
-03:55 Microbial Week @ Deep Sea News
-05:40 Deep-sea vents 'no climate haven'
-07:50 Carl Safina, Baked Alaska. See also, Whale 'success story' -questioned
-10:05 2007-2008 is the International Polar Year
-10:25 NSTA Webinars: The Role of Polar Regions in Earth’s Changing Climate System
-11:10 Bowhead Whales May Be the World's Oldest Mammals and 19th Century bomb found in whale
-14:15 NOAA Biofact Loan Program
-15:50 Marine Mammals Ashore Stranding Field Guide, Special Pricing Through October 2007
-16:41 Science Daily, Migrating Squid Drove Evolution Of Sonar In Whales And Dolphins, Researchers Argue and Whales evolved biosonar to chase squid into the deep. Compare How sperm whales use echolocation to catch prey.
-18:30 Interview with Dr. Clyde Roper
-29:50 Super quick last minute Squid costume
-30:18 Reef Fest needs your help

Thanks for listening. If you have ideas for future programs or feedback, please send me a message at cephalopodcast [at] gmail [dot] com, or call the Cephalo-Hotline at 1-941-256-0097. Also be sure to check out the cephal.icio.us links to see what’s coming down the ol’ Esox sp.1 for future shows.

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New Ocean Music: The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets, A MARINE BIOLOGIST [4:14]