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"Coral, Colombian Style"
(Sport Diver  April 2008)
"Fishing Trawlers Have Double the Reach"
(Nature News  March 7, 2008)
"Red Tide Rising: Algal bloms can make life miserable for coastal dwellers and wreak havoc on marine ecosystems"
(Nature   March 6, 2008)
"The Font of Hydrothermal Life"
(Nature News  March 4, 2008)
"Providencia: An Heirloom Jewel"
(Caribbean Travel & Life  March 2008)

"Providential Outcome: A winning combination of isolation, local involvement and a broad ecological remit are making the management of the seas around Colombia's San Andres islands a model for other conservations."
(Nature  January 9, 2008)
"Lights in the Deep: Far below the surface of the ocean, beyond the reach of the Sun's rays, organisms still have eyes."
(Nature  November 21, 2007)
"Deep Trouble: Coral reefs are clearly struggling. The debate for marine scientists is whether the harm is being done on a local or global scale"
(Smithsonian Online  September 2007)
"Playing by a different set of rules:
Florida's climate change plan is the latest in a wave of state strategies to limit greenhouse-gas emissions"
(Nature Reports: Climate Change  September 21, 2007)
"Get Equipped: Scuba gear review"
(Outside's GO Fall 2007)

"Treaty caution on plankton plans: Official concern voiced over iron fertilization of seas"
(Nature June 28, 2007)
"Weird and wonderful"
 Book reviews for The Deep: The Extraordinary Creatures of the Abyss, by Claire Nouvian, and The Silent Deep: The Discovery, Ecology and Conservation of the Deep Sea, by Tony Koslow"
(Nature June 21, 2007)
"Sentinels at Sea: An offshore screening system could put a 14-mile buffer zone between ports and deadly cargo"
(Popular Science June 2007, and CNN.com, June 30, 2007 )
"Digging Deep:
Long dismissed as too expensive or impractical, mining the sea floor for metals is gaining a new foothold"
(Nature May 17, 2007)
"Water Buggy: A prototype watercraft is designed to go almost anywhere"
(Popular Science April 2007)
"Killer in the Kelp:
Could a change in the dining habits of orcas crash an ecosystem?"
(Nature February 15, 2007)
"Creating the Perfect Wave:
Maverick oceanographer Kerry Black travelled the world in search of the best surf spots.
Then he decided to build them himself"
(Nature December 21/28, 2006)
"The Dead Zones: When the ocean's inhabitants try to escape, you know there's a problem"
(New Scientist  December 9, 2006)
"Hall Pass: Distraction-Free Diving"
(Outside Traveler Fall/Winter 2006-2007)
"Ku Hotel, Shoal Bay East, Anguilla"
(Outside Traveler Fall/Winter 2006-2007)
"Oceanography: The real sea change
What can pirates’ journals and centuries-old cookbooks teach modern-day ecologists? Mark
Schrope meets the researchers who trawl history books for deeper insights into marine ecosystems."
(Nature October 12, 2006)
"Kerry Black: Wave Maker"
(Outside December 2005)
"Dino-Era Earth Had Polar Ice, Low Sea Level, Study Says"
(National Geographic News  November 29, 2005)
Deep sea special--"The undiscovered oceans:
Dancing viperfish, spinning rings of plankton and seven-metre-high corals -
just about every journey into the abyss reveals more surprises"
(New Scientist  November 12, 2005)
"Meteorology: Winds of change--
Hurricanes can grow more intense in a matter of hours, but exactly why remains a mystery.
Mark Schrope flies into the eye of a storm to investigate"
(Nature November 2, 2005)

"Into the eye of the storm: As Hurricane Rita headed for the U.S. coast,
a rare trip into the gathering winds"
(Nature September 29, 2005)
"Welcome to Museum Titanic (Please Don't Touch)"
(Popular Science July 2005)
"Morgan's Rock Hacienda & Ecolodge:
San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua"
(Outside Traveler Summer 2005)
A Titanic Undertaking
Q&A: Robert Ballard
(PopularScience.com May 2005)
"Opening Davy Jones's Locker--Very Carefully:
Scuba-trained investigators are learning protocols for examining watery graves."
(Popular Science November 2004)
Lightning research: The bolt catchers
(Nature September 8, 2004)
"Treasure Island: An innovative platform brings Spanish shipwreck spoils to intrepid divers in the Florida Keys"
(Outside Traveler  Summer 2004)
"Hotel Oceana: An innovative dive outfitter lays plans to build
a futuristic platform resort-- right next to the reef"
(Outside May 2004)
"The Promise of Marine Biotechnology in Florida"
(Florida Sea Grant Publication, 2004)
"Wrangling Gators in the Glades"
(Popular Science January 2004)
"Deep Transmissions:
Armed with a revolutionary new tracking device, cave divers map threats to Florida's main water source"
(Outside October 2003)
"Underwater Airplane Takes Flight"
(Popular Science April 2003)
EDITED: Building Consensus: Toward An Integrated and Sustained Ocean Observing System
(a publication of Ocean.US March 2003)

"Mission #1: 2004: Let's Get Down
Be the first to bag the Seven Plummets—the deepest spots in each of the Seven Seas"
(Outside October 2002)
"Fish Flounder in Shrinking Gene Pool"
(New Scientist August 17, 2002)

"Troubled Waters: The oceans around the United States suffer from overfishing and pollution, but current government regulatory structures can hamper attempts to fix such problems.  Can two high-level commissions put things right?"
(Nature August 15, 2002) REQUIRES PASSWORD
"Future of Coral is Going Down the Pan"
(New Scientist August 10, 2002)
"First Naval Gun Turret to Rise From the Deep"
(NewScientist.com July 19, 2002)
All content for NationalGeographic.com's K-19 website including "K-19: The History," "Major Sub Disasters," "Evolution of Subs," and "Radiation Risk? Sunken Subs"
(NationalGeographic.com July 2002)
"Global Warming, Global Fever"
(New Scientist June 29, 2002)
"Taking the Ocean's Temperature"
(TechnologyReview.com June 28, 2002)
"Scientists Explore New Hydrothermal Vent"
(Discovery.com June 10, 2002)