MBARI in the news – 2007
| Dec 18 | New York Times, “Whales Are Tasty, but Bone-Eating Worms Might Not Discriminate” by Henry Fountain |
| Dec 11 | Nature News, “Marine worms chow down on cow bones” by Amanda Haag |
| Nov 21 | Nature, “Marine biology: Lights in the deep” by Mark Schrope |
| Nov 16 | Science, “Oceanography’s third wave” by Robert F. Service |
| Nov 13 | Santa Cruz Sentinel, “Red tide hits Santa Cruz” by Tom Ragan (Story also carried in San Mateo Times, Contra Costa Times, and Valley Times). See also: “Red Tides and big waves” by Leo Maxam |
| Nov 12 | Monterey Herald, “Planktos launches plan to reduce pollution” by Haley Rutger |
| Nov 5 | San Francisco Chronicle, “Jellyfish fossils show light hand of evolution” by David Perlman |
| Oct 26 | Time for Kids, “Deep-sea discoveries” by David Bjerklie |
| Oct | Scientific American, “Oceangoing Iron” by Sourish Basu” |
| Sept 25 | Scholastic News, “Life in the Deep” by Abigail Robinson |
| Sept 15 | New Scientist, “A drop in the ocean” by Emma Young |
| Sept | Discover, “Do jellyfish rule the world?” by Thomas Mallon |
| Aug 27 | National Geographic News, “New Undersea Cable Will Link Ocean to Internet” by Anne Casselman |
| Aug 8 | National Geographic Explorer (TV), “Jellyfish Invasion” |
| July 24 | News release: Humboldt squid on the move – New York Times, “In California, a mollusk strays and stays for dinner” by Ingfei Chen (7-31-07) [Also carried in the International Herald Tribune] – Washington Post, “Not a little squirt” by Nils Bruzelius (7-30-07) – National Geographic News, “California Squid Invasion Threatening “Fish Stick” Species” by Richard A. Lovett (7-27-07) – Discover Magazine, “Jumbo Squid Invade California Coast” by Eric Bland (7-26-07) – Associated Press, “Voracious 7-foot long jumbo squid invade California” (7-24-07) [Carried by over 200 print and on-line news outlets across the US and Canada] – As it happens (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation), “Jumbo Squidsplosion” (7-25-07) – TV news coverage on NBC (3 affiliates), ABC (3 affiliates), KTLA (2 affiliates), CBS (4 affiliates), and Fox News (5 affiliates) (7-25-07) – KCBS radio, “Giant Humboldt Squid Arrives in Monterey Bay” by Susan Leigh Taylor (7-24-07) – New Scientist, “California’s attack of the jumbo squid” by Phil McKenna (7-23-07) – News@Nature, “Jumbo squid invades California” by Ewen Callaway (7-23-07) – San Jose Mercury, “Invasion of the jumbo squid in Monterey Bay” by Paul Rogers (7-23-07) [Reprinted in about 20 newspapers nationwide, including Oakland Tribune, Monterey Herald, Santa Cruz Sentinel, Detroit Free Press, and Honolulu Advertiser] |
| July 16 | The News Hour (PBS), “Book Showcases Previously Unseen Sea Creatures” |
| July | Popular Mechanics, “Sea Power” |
| June 21 | News release: Antarctic Icebergs: hotspots of ocean life – Geotimes, “Icebergs help fertilize the ocean” by Erin Wayman (Sept-07) – San Diego Union Tribune, “Antarctic icebergs teem with diverse life” by Scott LaFee (8-16-07) – Time, “Islands of life” by Michael D. Lemonick (7-26-07) – Science news, “Icebergs can be biological hot spots” by S.P. (7-7-07) – Washington Post, “Sea life thrives near icebergs” by Christopher Lee (6-25-07) [also carried by about 5 other papers] – Wired Science, “Icebergs Are Surrounded by a Halo of Life” by Fraser Cain (6-22-07) – BBC, “Icebergs are ‘ecological hotspot” (6-22-07) – The Guardian, “Antarctic icebergs may offset carbon emissions” by Hilary Osborne (6-22-07) – Los Angeles Times, “Proliferating icebergs may ease global warming” by Amber Dance (6-21-07) [also carried by SF Chronicle and about 10 additional papers nationwide] – Associated Press (in USA Today), “Drifting icebergs house life forms, could help reduce excess carbon” by Randolph E. Schmid (6-21-07) [also carried by Time, CNN, and over 125 other domestic and overseas media outlets] – National Geographic News, “Antarctic Icebergs Teeming With Life, Study Says” by John Roach (6-21-07) – Agence France-Presse (in New Scientist), “Antarctic icebergs are ‘ecological hotspots’” by Louis Daly (6-21-07) [carried in at least 6 overseas media] – United Press International, ” Study: Icebergs create ocean ‘hot spots'” (6-20-07) |
| June 17 | The News-Press (SW Florida), “Underwater device snags data.” by Kevin Lollar |
| June 13 | Monterey Herald, “3,000 dives under the sea.” by Clara Moskowitz |
| June | NASA Tech Briefs, “NASA-funded project investigates deep-sea life“ |
| June | Geotimess, “Deep-sea observatory launched” by Megan Sever |
| May 24 | National Geographic Wild Adventures (TV), “Whale Attack” |
| May 17 | Monterey Herald, “Algae bloom hits Sanctuary” by Kevin Howe |
| May 16 | New species of sea anemone found on whale carcass (Ohio State News Release) – Columbus Dispatch, “A match made at the bottom of the sea” by Gavin Off (5-29-07) – LiveScience, “New Creature Found Living in Dead Whale” by Robin Lloyd (5-16-07) – FoxNews, “New Species of Sea Anemone Found Thriving in Whale Carcass” by Robin Lloyd (5-17-07) |
| May 16 | The California Aggie, “Toxic algal blooms kill large numbers of sea animals.” by Chintan Desai |
| Apr 23 | Inkling Magazine, “Q&A: Marcia McNutt” by Megan Mansell Williams |
| Apr 4 | News release: Cable laid for new deep-sea observatory See also: NSF News release on MARS cable – iTwire, “Big advance to deep-sea exploration brought by MARS cable” by William Atkins (4-8-07) – Xinhua, “Cable laid for U.S. deep-sea observatory” by Xiao Jie (4-7-07) [Story syndicated and carried by newspapers in China, Malaysia, India, and elsewhere in Asia.] – Associated Press, “32-mile cable installed for deep-sea observatory off Monterey” (4-5-07) [Story syndicated and carried by various California newspapers.] – United Press International, “Undersea observatory cable installed” (4-5-07) [Story syndicated and carried by at least 6 newspapers worldwide.] – Monterey Herald, “Cable, groundwork laid for deep-sea project” by Kevin Howe (4-5-07) |
| Apr 2 | Astrobiology Magazine, “Taking the Ocean’s Pulse” by Henry Bortman |
| Mar 30 | Disaster news network, “Experts discuss coastal risks” by Heather Moyer |
| Mar 15 | Monterey County Weekly, “Round Worm–A rare find has MBARI scientist enthused” |
| Mar 9 | Ocean observatory cable to be laid in Monterey Bay (MBARI Media advisory) – CNN (Associated Press), “Work begins on undersea observatory” (carried in at least 20 other media outlets; (2-13-07) – San Francisco Chronicle, “Getting closer to the mystery of deep-sea life” by David Perlman (2-13-07) – Santa Cruz Sentinel, “New ocean observatory to be built 9,000 feet under sea” by Tom Ragan (2-13-07) – San Jose Mercury, “Plugged in under the sea” by Paul Rogers (2-13-07) – BBC Science, “Project will cable up ocean floor” by Molly Bentley (2-13-07) – Monterey Herald, “Deep-sea observatory” by Kevin Howe (2-10-07) |
| Mar 3 | The News-Press (SW Florida), “Sensors to help collect water quality data.” by Kevin Lollar |
| Feb 15 | New species of hagfish found near hydrothermal vent (MBARI News Brief) – Monterey Herald, “Hag-ling over deep water fishes” by Karen Ravn (2-27-07) – Boston Globe, “Hagfish named after discoverer” by Michael Levenson (2-19-07) – Practical Fishkeeping, “New hagfish caught in hydrothermal vent” by Matt Clarke (2-19-07) – Cape Cod Times, “Hagfish” by Aaron Gouveia (2-17-07) – Oceanus, “Would a hagfish by any other name smell as sweet?” by Amy E. Nevala (2-16-07) – Mongabay.com, “Slurp gun used to capture hermaphrodite from hydrothermal vent” (2-15-07) |
| Feb 13 | Santa Cruz Sentinel, “Mysterious ‘tar balls’ turn up on beaches” by Ewen Callaway |
| Feb 13 | Santa Cruz Sentinel, “Elkhorn Slough plans include major redirection” by Rachel Courtland |
| Feb 12 | News@Nature, “Carbon goes deep” by Olive Heffernan |
| Feb 5 | News release: Methane bubbling through seafloor creates undersea hills – New Scientist, “The hills are alive with methane” (2-14-07) – Monterey Herald, “Hills in the deep sea” and “Anomalies caused by ancient event” by Kevin Howe (2-12-07) [Story syndicated and carried by at least 12 newspapers nationwide.] – Salon, “Global warming’s pingo problem” (2-9-07) – United Press International (UPI), “Study: Methane alters ocean floor” (2-7-07) [Carried by at least 8 media outlets] – ViveleCanada, “Methane hydrates decomposing” (1-29-07) – Toronto Star, “Belching Arctic gas” by Peter Calamai (1-28-07) |
| Feb 1 | Popular Mechanics, “Robots Are Tougher Than You, Part 1: The Deep Sea” by Daniel H. Wilson |
| Feb | National Geographic, “A task for tentacles” by Jennifer S. Holland |
| Jan 27 | Contra Costa Times, “Animals on the edge” by Betsy Mason (An abridged version also appeared in the San Jose Mercury and at least half a dozen other papers.) |
| Jan 26 | Science, “Whale worm sperm factories” by Elizabeth Pennisi |
| Jan 14 | San Luis Obispo Tribune, “How global warming will hurt SLO County” by David Sneed |
| Jan 2 | Associated Press, “News briefs from California’s Central Coast” (Short summary of Jan 1 Herald cable article carried by perhaps 10 papers, including USA Today, the San Jose Mercury, San Diego Union Tribune, and San Luis Obispo Tribune, as well as KSBW-TV) |
| Jan 1 | Monterey Herald, “Power cable beneath the bay” by Sarah Williams |
| Jan | Discover, “The Top 12 Biology Stories of 2006” (see story on Yeti Crab) |
