How to Discover Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vents

Source: Wired

Tube worms cluster around a newly discovered hydrothermal vent. We know more about the surface of Mars, the axiom goes, than our own planet’s ocean floor. This surprising truth has opened the introductory sections of many a gra ...
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Source: The Fast and the Fabulous

Welcome to The Fast and the Fabulous! This is a blog based on one woman's thoughts, opinions and experiences involving NASCAR and IndyCar. The best place to start is with my Race Weekend Diaries. Then you'll understand what The Fast a ...
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What Industrial Farming Has to Do With Devastated Seas

Source: Wired

I spent the end of last week at the latest iteration of the Sustainable Foods Institute, an intense two days of discussion that the Monterey Bay Aquarium (home of Seafood Watch, the guide to sustainable seafoo ...
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Robot monitors toxic red tides

Source: PhysOrg.com

A robotic device suspended under the ocean surface from a buoy off the New Hampshire coast is monitoring seawater for evidence of the red tide, clusters of microscopic plants that release toxins into fish and shellfish, making them poisonous ...
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Can we continue to feed the world while doing less harm?

Source: GreenBiz

I’ve just returned from the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Cooking for Solutions conference feeling optimistic about the potential to change the way we grow food, cook and eat. Maybe it’s the wine, the seafood and th ...
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Kitchen, ahoy!

Source: Monterey County Herald

ravioli, mushrooms, carrots and salsify root, this dish felt better suited for a brisk winter night. The plank-seared sea scallops, served with a citrus salad from Schooners Coastal Kitchen and Bar were perfectly coo ...
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Film caps

Source: Monterey County Herald

and beloved production from the Royal Ballet. The simple story of Lise, her suitor Colas, and Lise's larger-than-life mother who tries to marry her off to the simpleton son of a rich neighbor is both funny and touching, and filled with glorio ...
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California 1: The Most Beautiful Road Trip

Source: How Stuff Works

Who doesn’t love a good road trip? One of the most beautiful that I’ve ever driven is California’s Pacific Coast Highway. I drove it from San Francisco to Los Angeles several years ago in about a week’s time an ...
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Eat Your Hake and Have It, Too

Source: The New York Times

WHOLE FOODS recently stopped selling fish that are on the “red lists” of seafood to avoid, issued by the Monterey Bay Aquarium and the Blue Ocean Institute . Other major food retailers are considering similar measures, under the assump ...
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