Navy Sounds
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Okay, this is not a portrait of a whale, art, or our oceans. It is a heads-up image about the US Navy’s test and training activities . . .
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Whales, Art & Warming Oceans - An Archived Blog
This “whales” blog ran from 2014 through October 2019. Please enjoy its posts for their focus on globe warming and our whales and oceans.
From 2019 to present, my blogging continued as
Personal Climate Choices:
How We Choose Climate Actions
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Greetings!
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As land-dwelling creatures it’s all too easy to forget about our oceans and how they’re doing. Luckily . . .
Read MoreThe Importance of Whale Poo
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Tucker: A Poo-sniffing Dog.
Good old Tucker is a whale researcher. He is trained to lead humans to where they can collect poo from the Northwest’s resident Orcas for analysis.
Read More5 Ways to Slow Down the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP)
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I expect that you’ve heard that our garbage is a big problem for ocean life; images of the Pacific Garbage Patch make me embarrassed to be human. Especially one who has drunk bottled water.
Read MoreWeather is Not Climate
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This blog has enjoyed a month’s vacation which turned out to be very hot for our island. For much of that time two ceiling fans revolved over my couch, ice water close at hand. From my horizontal perspective, I had time to ponder how local weather relates to climate change.
Read MorePostcard from a Vacationing Blog
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Enjoying a great salt water view; wish you were here. . .
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Summer Reading, Water View
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We don’t need to go further than the real estate ads to see how much people want to live by water. For some folks . . .
Read MoreStars in My Eyes
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Sometimes an artist can’t see what she’s making until it’s been done for a while. My latest piece, Filtered Beams, is hot off the encaustic press . . .
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The Seven Seas
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I’ve been assuming that whales sail the Seven Seas. But since most assumptions are flimsy at best . . .
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Watching Nature's Show
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Well, it’s spring and nature is doing her best to outshine herself here in the Northwest. Along with tulips blooming about three weeks early, the migration of whales has started up, and . . .
Read MoreHow Whales Hang Out
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Researchers have learned a lot about the social life of whales, including this sleeping behavior of sperm whales. Dr. Patrick Miller reported how groups hang out vertically just below the surface . . .
Read MoreReversible Art, Reversible Climate
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Some art is quite reversible as it’s being made. Some not so much. Not unlike what’s happening with our climate these days.
Read MoreDrones We Can Welcome
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Unlike the controversial drones of the U. S. military, drones for studying whales are receiving a warm welcome. Especially from scientists. They provided lovely videos . . .
Read MoreControversies = Look Again
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Proposed Whale Hunt
Things have changed. Human actions create threats to the planet. New ways arise to counter threats, challenging old ways. Controversies create new patterns, third parties pile on, side issues get mixed in. Proposed whaling by the Makah tribe . . .
Read MoreOrca Mommas
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It's a Girl!
The birth of a baby Orca in northwest waters has been a widely reported good-news story in Seattle lately. The news is especially . . .
Climate Art
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Here’s a belated holiday gift - climate change eye candy. Nathalie Miebach’s colorful Changing Water - Gulf of Maine embodies . . .
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