Tag Archives: marine life

**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> As we sail out of Moss Landing Harbor, there are no familiar sounds of sea lions or crashing waves.  The early morning fog seems to have muted even the seabirds.   The swells are small today, but that is little comfort to my queasy stomach. I’m onboard […]

**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> A few weeks ago I made a mid-afternoon public transport trek from clear sunny Oakland across the Bay to the California Academy of Sciences, shrouded as usual in that busy fog that’s constantly on the move, but never seems to go anywhere. The reason for this […]

**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> Why engage teens in citizen science? They are a diverse, moody bunch. The field of citizen science is already flush with seasoned and reliable adult enthusiast, birders, divers, nature photographers, and nature lovers.  But, I would argue that teenaged citizen scientists, mainly middle school, high school […]

**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> The white abalone is a deep-water marine snail that, like our common garden snail, scoots slowly on a large muscular foot. A single hard shell armors its soft body and lets the gastropod hunker down and hide completely within its domed, thin-walled mobile home. Unlike garden […]

**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> Wednesday, November 7 was a nearly perfect day for diving. The swell was small, winds were calm and there was no offshore current. My buddy and assistant Anneliese Kupfrian and I took advantage of the conditions to dive a pinnacle south of Point Lobos, far offshore. […]