MBARI and the media... 2008
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| Apr 1 |
UC Berkeley Press Release: Octopus sex more sophisticated than arm-wrestling See also MBARI feature story: Octopus mating games - San Francisco Chronicle, "Octopus sex is more complex than you'd think"by Patricia Yollin (4-16-08) - Monterey Herald, "Monterey researcher reveals the sex life of octopi"by Rachel Tompa (4-12-08) (Also carried by Santa Cruz Sentinel, San Jose Mercury, and other regional papers) - National Public Radio, "The Erotic Lives of Octopuses" (4-10-08) - Daily Californian, "Love a Complicated Ritual for Amorous Octopuses" by Tim Dunn (4/7/08) - Daily Planet (Discovery Channel Canada), "Octopus Love" (4/2/08) - Reuters, "Love in the octopus' garden" by Maggie Fox (4/2/08) |
| Mar 26 | Metro Santa Cruz, "Map Quest--A scientist from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute calls for more study of sites off the Central Coast where tons of chemical weapons were dumped." by Steve Hahn |
| Feb 16 |
Monterey Herald, "Uncle, nephew help create next gen of submersibles" by Rachel Tompa See also: Ocean Studies—math, science internships for MAOS students by Rachel Tompa. |
| Feb 15 | Ars Technica, "AAAS: That other carbon problem, ocean acidification" by John Timmer |
| Feb 15 | Santa Cruz Sentinel, "Santa Cruz man's body found floating seven miles off Moss Landing" by Julie Copeland |
| Feb 13 | Monterey Herald, "Monterey Bay science vessel runs into rocks in Mexico" by Larry Parsons |
| Jan 28 | Deseret Morning News, "Warming disaster for seas" by Joe Bauman |
| Jan 24 | Santa Cruz Sentinel, "Whale fossil found at Año Nuevo Island reveals its secrets" by Amber Dance |
| Jan 19 |
New Scientist, "Critter cams' reveal animal secrets" by Bob Holmes For full text see: "Animal "reality shows" go scientific" on tmcnet.com |
| Jan 9 | News release: Stanford, Aquarium, and MBARI launch new center to tackle global threats to oceans - Los Angeles Times, "New center to focus on solving ocean problems." by Kenneth R. Weiss (1-10-08) [Also carried in the Salinas Californian - San Jose Mercury, "Ocean focus of new think tank." by Julie Sevrens Lyons (1-10-08) [Also carried in the Contra Costa Times and Inside Bay Area] - Monterey Herald, "Institutions form alliance to protect oceans." by Rachel Tompa (1-10-08) - San Francisco Chronicle, "$25 million to create new marine center." by Jane Kay (1-10-08) - Associated Press, "$25 million given for ocean research."(1-10-08) [Carried by half a dozen regional newspapers and TV stations] - Monterey County Weekly, "Sea Change." by Kera Abraham (1-10-08) - KGO (ABC TV affiliate, San Francisco), "Monterey foundation set to save oceans."(1-09-08) [Additional television coverage on KNTV (NBC Affiliate, San Francisco-Oakland), KTVU (FOX affiliate, San Francisco-Oakland), KION (CBS Affiliate, Monterey-Salinas) and KCBS radio] |
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