Amazing Underwater Photos
Collections of high quality glimpses at our underwater world can be found in Pacific Northwest Diver, a bi-monthoy e-Magazine that offers peeks below the surface that leap right off the screen.
Tag Archives for marine
Return of the Plankton
Who eats whom?
Whose dads are guarding eggs?
What happens when a crab hides in an octopus den?
Geoduck Larvae (and more)
What do geoduck do from their first moments of life until their old age? How do they reproduce? Then where do they go?
Scientists track giant whales by their earthshaking calls
Fin whales produce some of the loudest noises in the animal kingdom. So loud that marine geophysicists have found fin whale calls recorded by seismometers they use to detect earthquakes. Since these whales haven’t been studied much, scientists are using the whale’s calls to learn more about their behavior.
Beach Walk — A Naturalist’s View
What will curious eyes find on the beaches of Puget Sound? This movie is a quick overview of the many creatures waiting to be discovered, from kelp to octopus, from tiny eggs to giant bull kelp, from dollars to jellies. Narration tells stories about how these creatures behave.
Kelp and Critters
Stretching from Oregon all the way to Alaska, the waters that border the Pacific Northwest house an amazing array of life. This DVD takes you on a journey through 4 seasons of marine life in the Pacific Northwest introducing you do many of its underwater inhabitants and discovering their lives.
Seafloor Living
Why don’t we have more places where people can hang out in the submarine world without actually getting wet? As I was speaking with a friend the other day about the Naval Undersea Museum in Keyport, WA, she said she had been to the museum but was very disappointed because it wasn’t undersea at all!
SEA-Inside: Pacific Northwest
SEA-Inside: Pacific Northwest — a TV series that takes you for a journey to meet our neighbors under the surface of Pacific Northwest waters.
The Beachcomber’s Guide to Seashore Life in the Pacific Northwest
Mommy, is that red snot?” is just one of the many shoreline related questions that can be answered by this handy book.
Colors of Cold
What color are the cold Pacific Northwest waters when you get below the surface? This movie answers that question in spades!
Recent Media Articles
Ian’s Ride
In Ian’s Ride, Karen Polinsky tells an inspiring story of Ian Mackay learning ways to approach life after he had been paralyzed from the neck down. One of the things I especially liked about the story was how it focused on the process of finding solutions rather than dramatizing a negative view of the situation.
Our Oceans
A five-episode series, each one about a different ocean. The underwater video is stunning, and it does a good job of pointing out ecosystem interconnections.
The Accidental Ecosystem
Cities do, indeed, have their own ecosystems. These have developed over centuries of city growth, suburb growth, and other human impacts on the lands. This book added a new dimension to my understanding of how we are impacting nature.
Earth For All
Earth for All was published in 2022 as a report to The Club of Rome. As I read it, I realized that it was part of a “new wave” of literature about addressing our current global problems — a wave that was based on systems thinking.
Homewaters
I highly recommend Homewaters — for the way it introduces the components of the Puget Sound ecosystem, but especially for how it weaves the various parts together.