MetaFilter posts tagged with oceanography

AquaJelly & AirJelly

homunculus — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 11:20:24 -0800

All Hail Robo-Jellyfish! Behold Festo Bionic Learning Network's AquaJelly & AirJelly.

Alien Acolytes

Kronos_to_Earth — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 08:23:42 -0800

In the seas and in the air...the minions of our Alien Overlords are preparing the way....via

A perfect stealth invasion force.

nevercalm — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 06:24:50 -0800

The duck diaspora: thousands of rubber ducks condemned never to know the quietude of a suburban bathtub, which have instead spent 15 years wandering the world's oceans like aquatic Cains. Previously

Hurricane Data Smashed Offline by Katrina

3.2.3 — Wed, 31 Aug 2005 12:05:19 -0800

National Data Buoy Center (Google cache), "the premiere source of meteorological and oceanographic measurements for the marine environment" in the U.S., is located at the NASA Stennis Space Center on the Mississippi gulf coast, is a primary source of hurricane observational data, and is currently offline. At present, the U.S. spends only $50 million annually on ocean observations of vital socio-economic impact. The latest national commission for ocean policy recommended $4 billion annually, including the construction of a distributed, disaster-proof, national ocean observing system, as a component of a global system. The previous ocean commission report in 1969 resulted in the formation of NOAA and the passage of the Coastal Zone Management Act. Will Congress act? The E.U. has.

just keep swimming just keep swimming

ZachsMind — Sat, 15 Nov 2003 22:53:06 -0800

His name is Jean-Michel Cousteau! [dramatic chords] His father's name was Jack something, and like his father, Jean-Michel believes by working on things like Finding Nemo he, "can reach a far larger audience through entertainment in popular media than through innumerable press conferences, summits and reports. That is not to say that prestigious conferences and notable studies are irrelevant. They are critically necessary to validate the condition of the world’s oceans and bring opinion leaders together to share ideas and shape the collective political will." With this new sea-lebrity (haha! get it?), he hopes to help young people change the world. ...Well I just thought that was like totally rad and wanted to share with the virtual blue.