Hashtag: #SargassoSea
Video: Seaweed On Beaches After Strong Winds
A spokesperson for the Environment Ministry said the Sargassum seaweed washing up on our shores is due to the sustained strong winds over a period of several days, and while it is not an indication of pollution, staff from the Parks Department are doing what they can to keep up with cleaning the most popular beaches. “The seaweed washing up on... Read more of this article
Ming, Binns: Sargasso Sea London Meeting
This coming weekend [July 9/10] the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Environment, Planning and Infrastructure Strategy Dr. Derrick Binns and the Director of the Department of Environmental Protection Dr. Frederick Ming will travel to London to participate in an International Maritime Organization [IMO] event, to further advance the causes of the... Read more of this article
Dr. Tammy Trott to Attend ICCAT Conference
Senior Marine Resources Officer at the Department of Environmental Protection Dr. Tammy Trott will be attending the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas’ (ICCAT) intersessional meeting of the Standing Committee on Research and Statistics (SCRS) Subcommittee on Ecosystems in Miami, Florida next week. ICCAT is an inter-governmental... Read more of this article
Overseas Eel Research Ship Visits Bermuda
Last weekend saw the arrival of a few separate groups of individuals interested in the Sargasso Sea and its inhabitants. On Saturday the Walther Herwig III docked in St. George’s carrying a group of overseas scientists, led by Dr. Reinhold Hanel, who were on their way to map the spawning grounds of the European eel [scientific name: Anguilla anguilla],... Read more of this article
Director Appointed: Sargasso Sea Alliance
The Minister of Environment, Planning and Infrastructure Walter Roban pledged Government’s support for the Sargasso Sea Alliance Initiative last week during a celebratory reception at the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute (BUEI) on Tuesday. At the reception the Minister addressed a roomful of funders, scientists, educators and Government officials... Read more of this article
Videos: Generating Biofuel From the Sargasso Sea
During their Marine Science Day held today [Nov 20] Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences [BIOS] research technician Matt Bradfield explained research that BIOS is undertaking to generate alternative energy from marine algae from the Sargasso Sea. Calling it the “ultimate green fuel,” Mr Bradfield said that there are 1.3 million species of... Read more of this article
Pew Charitable Trusts Meet with Minister
Last week representatives from The Global Ocean Legacy initiative of the Pew Charitable Trusts met with Minister for the Environment, Planning and Infrastructure Strategy Walter Roban to discuss ways in which the organization can assist Bermuda and international partners in an historic effort to enhance the protection of the Sargasso Sea. This was an... Read more of this article
TIME: Dr. Sylvia Earle in the Sargasso
The video below shows Dr. Sylvia Earle, a famed American oceanographer with the nickname “Her Deepness”, who traveled to Bermuda recently along with a journalist from TIME Magazine. The video focuses on the Sargasso Sea, and the attempts to preserve it. Dr Earle is considered one of the best of the genre; she is a former Chief Scientist for the... Read more of this article
Scientists Explain Super Low Tides
The following is courtesy of BIOS: Bermuda has been experiencing unusually low tides for the past several months. This recent variation is due to the propagation of a large cyclonic (anti-clockwise rotating) mesoscale eddy through Bermuda’s local waters resulting in a local depression of mean sea level. Scientists at the Bermuda Institute of Ocean... Read more of this article
TIME & Top Oceanographer In Bermuda Waters
Dr. Sylvia Earle, a famed American oceanographer with the nickname “Her Deepness”, is in the Bermuda area this week along with a journalist from TIME Magazine. Dr Earle is considered one of the best of the genre; she is a former Chief Scientist for the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, is a National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence,... Read more of this article
Dr Wingate on Bermuda, Oil Spills & Animals
The Bermuda Environmental Alliance [BEA] has an article up in which noted conservationist Dr David Wingate recalls a previous oil spill decades ago; its impact on Bermuda and our animals as well as discusses the present day scenario. Researchers recently concluded that the oil spill disaster from the Gulf of Mexico explosion may pass by Bermuda in... Read more of this article
Low Eel Numbers Worry Scientists and Fishermen
There is concern in the European fishing community as millions of young eels who normally migrate through Bermuda waters making their way to Europe have failed to appear. The BBC saying “something has gone terribly wrong” and going on to say that marine scientists are baffled and fishermen are worried. The first sign of eel number reduction... Read more of this article
