Miriam Goldstein of the Oyster's Garter and Double X blogs (follow her on Twitter) is embarking on a sea-faring expedition!
SEAPLEX is a Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego project studying plastics - yes, including the rubber duckies - accumulating in the oceans, specifically in the North Pacific Gyre. Miriam is leading the team of PhD students and volunteers who will be studying various aspects of the plastics in the sea and their environmental impact.
Though the life at sea is hard and busy and they will not have much time (or access) to do so, they will try to keep us all updated via blog and Twitter, so start following them now.
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Miriam Goldstein of The Oyster's Garter will now be blogging at Deep Sea News.
Events
1969 - The first pulsar is discovered.
Births
In the 1960s, long before anyone ever heard of "World Music," a young South African artist by the name of Miriam Makeba made us fall in love with the music of her continent.
The eleventh edition of the Carnival of the Blue, the best of the last month's ocean blogging, is up at the ever inimitable Zooillogix. This month is complete with HOT MOLLUSK ACTION!1!!!!11!1!!!!!!11!
Life at sea is hard, but not usually busy. Especially if you're not crew. It's a long haul to the gyre.
Thanks Bora! If we see any duckies we will send them your way. :)
And Russell, true, on the way out. But we have round-the-clock sampling once we actually get out there, so that will keep us hopping.