BlooSee now features video!
One of our favorite features at BlooSee is the ability to add photos to every infopoint. They bring a little perspective to each one and we love seeing what people add everyday. Now these infopoints can come to life even more with the addition of video. Adding a video is just as easy as uploading...
The Educational Tall Ship
This past week, two members of the BlooSee team had the privilege of sitting down with Sausalito based boat builder Alan Olson and discussing his plans to build a 140 foot wooden sailing ship for the San Francisco Bay Area. Alan explained the vision behind the Educational Tall Ship and what he hopes to accomplish with its...
The Costa Concordia
As the wreck of the Costa Concordia evolved over the weekend many were asking the questions why and how? At BlooSee, we were equally stricken with awe and disbelief as the story unfolded. Being such a significant Ocean event, we were quick to notice that initially, the major news outlets were not providing a suitable...
New features and improvements for 2012!
Greeting from everyone at BlooSee. We are approaching the end of the year and we wanted to update you on current and future improvements. Our team is busy at work growing the BlooSee platform and we are thankful to have your contributions....
Holiday lights on the Sausalito waterfront
The smell of spiced cider brewing wafted from below deck. The mast and lifelines of the 43’ Westsail were wrapped in Christmas lights in preparation for the 24th Annual Sausalito Lighted Boat Parade & Fireworks. The lights on Cavalo were plugged in with a cheer and she sparkled on the water beneath a rising moon....
World’s oldest sailor finishes 3 year circumnavigation
Posted on 19 September 2011 by Jon Amtrup Minoru Saito (77 years and 8 months) thought he was going on a record fast solo the wrong way around the world when he left. But he returned to Japan three years and an earthquake, two tsunamis, a knee operation, giant icebergs, towering waves and five typhoons...
Indian Ocean study seeks climate clues
WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 (UPI) — U.S. scientists say they’re joining an international effort to learn how global weather patterns are influenced by tropical weather brewing in the Indian Ocean. The six-month field research will use aircraft, ships, moorings, radar, numerical models and other tools to study how weather systems arise in the Indian Ocean and...
The Fish are shrinking!
19 September 2011 Fish shrinkage probed in lab Scientists are starting a novel project to investigate whether overfishing alters fish behaviour and changes their pattern of development. Overexploitation of stocks has already been shown to select for smaller fish. A team reporting at the meeting of the European Society for Evolutionary Biology in Germany will deliberately...
Leaders launch new shark conservation effort
NEW YORK, Sept. 22, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — Bahamas, Colombia, Honduras, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Mexico, Micronesia, and Palau Commit to More Sanctuaries; International Action Leaders from eight countries launched an initiative today to prevent the extinction of sharks, symbolizing the latest development in the growing movement to safeguard the ocean’s top predator. Members of...
Making science journalism accessible to anyone
A must listen program…Host of RadioLab, one of the best, most intelligent, and interesting programs on radio, TV or online, the MacArthur Foundation today recognized Jad Abumrad and awarded him one of the MacArhtur Fellow “Genius Grant” awards for 2011. “…Abumrad is inspiring boundless curiosity within a new generation of listeners…”. Listen today at www.radiolab.org...
Surfing evolution onward and upward
Yesterday’s action at the Hurley Pro at Lower Trestles was a demonstration of why surfing can but never will join the likes of professional football, basketball and baseball. The progression and innovation in surfing creates a constantly evolving (for the better) bit of entertainment, but in the end, who wins and how they do so is still...
25 Years of International Coastal Cleanup – Tomorrow is the Day!
OVER THE PAST 25 YEARS, Ocean Conservancy’s International Coastal Cleanup has become the world’s largest volunteer effort for ocean health. Nearly nine million volunteers from 152 countries and locations have cleaned 145 million pounds of trash from the shores of lakes, streams, rivers, and the ocean on just one day each year. They have recorded...
