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Mutiny on the Bounty
Written by: Bird-O
By the grace of God, "Providence" petrels were the saviour of ship-wrecked crew of the HMS Sirius, flagship of the first fleet. Photo by Chris Sanderson.
At length did cross an Albatross,
Thorough the fog it came;
As if it had been a Christian soul,
We hailed it in God’s name.
Long have seabirds held a place in our cultural and spiritual history. Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s Rime of the Ancient Mariner (extract, above) was published in 1798, when sailors still navigated by the stars and an intimate understanding of seabirds and the&hellip ...read more
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Project Lihou
Episode 6 – The House of Cards
Our ecosystem is a house of cards. The energy to build it comes from the sun and it’s founded on plants, algae and an entire food chain that feeds&hellip ...read more
Turtle-watching, Great Barrier Reef
The grainy quality of this video is on account of it being done, initially, under a filtered red light that cannot be seen by the female turtle. Loggerhead&hellip ...read more
Episode 5 – Mysteries of the Deep
THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT OCEAN ACIDIFICATION Article – Super Greenhouse Events Dr Matt Edmunds, Australian Marine Ecology. In the ancient past, back when dinosoars&hellip ...read more
Other Features
Spectacular Sei Whales
Spotlighting Antarctic Prions over a remote seamount in dead calm seas, whilst watching dozens of big luminous invertebrates drift by as bright as childs’ glow sticks; looking down on the&hellip ...read more
‘Living on the Edge’ Marine Science Forum
Living on the Edge The deep ocean We learnt about the largest environments on the planet. The abyssal sea floor at 5km covers more than half the earth and&hellip ...read more
The Countryside is Rock Music
A departure from the usual posts to this forum, I thought I’d mention the tour by British Sea Power in Australia this week. BSP are a highly acclaimed band&hellip ...read more