WhaleTimes, Inc. | Ocean Science in Action!

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While many are counting down the minutes to 2021, WhaleTimes wants you to stop for a moment and celebrate  the beauty of ugly Hagfish Day!Why hagfish? Why not? That slime, those knots, that face! Hagfish represent all the wonderful, amazing, unusual, and beautiful things about the ocean.  While we re turning ourselves in knots metaphorically, they literally tie themselves in knots. While you re thinking, I can t believe they just said literally, hagfish could care less and oozed out another bucket of slime.Hagfish Day celebrates the beauty of ugly to give us a laugh and remind everyone that the ocean is in trouble. While the popular animals, like dolphins, penguins, and clownfish get a lot of attention, the ocean is filled with bizarre beauties that need our attention. Things like spewing shrimp,  fantastic fish, and some we just say, Goodness gracious what in the world is that? (Heteropods, you know who you are). On a serious note, WhaleTimes created Hagfish Day because human caused problems such as overfishing, pollution, and habitat destruction touch the lives of every animal in the ocean.  ALL of us are part of the problem. So let s have a good laugh, enjoy some slime time, and then be sure to figure out ways to become part of the solution to protect the hagfish and all the cool animals in the sea.Make some slime, share a Hagfish Day Bouquet and meet our Hagfish Day Stars:Snot Bombs (Aka Upside-Down Jellyfish)Melon-headed whalesGiant FrigatebirdHawaiian Monk SealAnd of course the lovely hagfishMeet other Hagfish Day Stars, experts, and have a good slime with some Hagfish Day activities Our Earth Day Celebrations might be smaller and quieter this year, and even with social distancing being the guiding rule, just being outside on a beautiful day is a wonderful way to celebrate the 50th anniversary of this unique day.How much do you know about Earth Day?  Find out by reading an excellent new book written by WhaleTimes own Christy Peterson, Earth Day and the Environmental Movement: Standing Up for Earth (Twenty First Century Books). It earned a starred review from Kirkus, as well as buzz from School Library Journal and Booklist.Earth Day and the Environmental Movement: Standing Up for Earth (Twenty First Century Books) On April 22, 1970, an estimated twenty million people held in a teach-in to show their support for environmental protections. This new celebration, Earth Day, brought together previously fragmented issues under the same banner. It was the largest nationwide event ever, and lawmakers took notice. But one day didn’t change everything. Fifty years after the first Earth Day, climate change remains a dire concern. The divide between political parties continues to widen, and environmental policy has become an increasingly partisan issue. The spread of disinformation has also made climate change a debatable idea, rather than scientific fact. A new generation of advocates continues the fight to make environmental policy a top priority for the United States and for nations around the globe.Order your copy today from your favorite bookseller. What is climate change? Why did it happen? What can I do? These are questions kids might ask parents. This National Geographic article, Talking to Your Kids About Climate Change, written by WhaleTimes Director Ruth A. Musgrave helps parents talk to their children about climate change. Posted in WhaleTimes Updates Comments Off on Climate Change, talking to your kids about it Our Journey into Midnight: Light and Life Below the Twilight Zone Virtual Research Mission has begun!Despite being the largest habitat by volume on the planet, the water column remains one of the most poorly explored environments. This is especially true once one moves below 1000 m into the bathypelagic realm. Join world renowned deep-sea explorers Dr. Sonke Johnsen, Dr. Tamara Frank, Dr. Edie Widder, Dr. Heather Judkins, and Dr. Heather Bracken-Grissom as they share the research and discoveries from the NOAA Ocean Exploration and Research supported expedition, Journey into Midnight: Light and Life Below the Twilight ZoneMeet the Journey into Midnight: Light and Life Below the Twilight Zone team: Gulf of Mexico, Wednesday, June 19, 2019: Dr. Edith Widder and Nathan Robinson called out into the deep to see what would answer. Something did, in a very big way. A GIANT SQUID!http://whaletimes.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/giant-squid-720x480-Journey-to-Midnight-NOAA-OER-research-cruise-Video-Courtesy-Edie-Widder-and-Nathan-Robinson.mp4This is only the second time a living giant squid has ever been caught on camera. And both times the videographer was Dr. Edith Widder. Both times Dr. Widder s special deep-sea camera system, called the Medusa, did what no ROV or submersible has been able to do.The Medusa is a stealth camera system that captures video footage in the deep. Because the Medusa uses red lights that are invisible to most deep-sea inhabitants and has no noise-generating thrusters, it can serve as a stealthy observer of light and life below the twilight zone. (It s design is to be unobtrusive, unlike an ROV or submersible.)How do you call a squid? Lights. In the deep, most animals use light. Animals use bioluminescence to find food,  communicate, and escape danger. The lights on the Medusa recreate the alarm lights of an atolla jellyfish. When startled, this jellyfish puts on a light show that beats anything in Vegas. Scientists believe the light show, like a car alarm, catches the attention of other predators. If the jellyfish is lucky, a larger predator will swoop in and eat whatever was trying to eat it. That allows the atolla jellyfish to slip away into the dark.The Medusa uses specially designed lights that mimic the color and pattern of the atolla s glowing scream for help.Science Team member and cephalopod expert, Dr. Heather Judkins (University of South Florida St. Petersburg) quickly identified it as a giant squid a 10-12 foot long juvenile giant squid.This exciting discovery, and the on-going research in the Gulf of Mexico midnight zone (below 1,000 meters/3,280 feet) are part of the Journey into Midnight: Light and Life Below the Twilight Zone research cruise funded by NOAA s Office of Exploration and Research.Read more about this exciting news: Here Be Monsters: We Filmed a Giant Squid in America s BackyardK-6 teachers, join WhaleTimes this fall for Creep into the Deep: Journey into Midnight and learn more about Dr. Widder (aka the Squid Whisperer), Dr. Judkins and the rest of this amazing research team and their discoveries in the Gulf of Mexico. Find out more.Creep into the Deep: Journey into Midnight education program and the Journey into Midnight: Light and Life Below the Twilight Zone research sponsored by NOAA-OER What s in the deep in the Gulf of Mexico?Our Journey into Midnight Science Team is in the Gulf of Mexico trying to answer, what lives in the midnight zone and does it glow?Here are couple animals they might meet along the way: Posted in WhaleTimes Updates Comments Off on Journey into Midnight coloring sheets The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration s (NOAA s) Office of Ocean Exploration and Research announces the:Journey into Midnight: Light and Life Below the Twilight Zone June 7-23, 2019Join our Science Team as they explore bioluminescence in the deepest parts of the Gulf of Mexico!  Despite being the largest habitat by volume on the planet, the water column remains one of the most poorly explored environments. This is especially true once one moves below 1000 m into the bathypelagic realm.From June 7 to June 23, 2019, join a team of deep-sea experts as they explore some of the deepest part of the Gulf of Mexico between 3,750 and 4,384 meters (12,303 and 14,383 ft) specifically to study bioluminescence and vision capabilities of the organisms that live there. The rest of the summer WhaleTimes will share their discoveries with you. What we learn is sure to be illuminating! Journey into Midnight Light and Life Below the Twilight Zone 2019 ExpeditionTuesday, June 4, 2019 at 4:00 PM EDTPlease register at:  https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/8902228179294145281Despite being the largest habitat by volume on the planet, the water column remains one of the most poorly explored environments. This is especially true once one moves below 1000 m into the bathypelagic realm.Join Dr. Edie Widder, world renowned deep-sea explorer and founder of the Ocean Research and Conservation Association (ORCA), as she shares the fascinating science behind the upcoming NOAA Ocean Exploration and Research supported expedition, Journey into Midnight: Light and Life Below the Twilight Zone.From June 7 to June 23, 2019, Dr. Widder and her team will explore bathypelagic depths (the water column below 1000 m) in the Gulf of Mexico to study bioluminescence and vision capabilities of the organisms that live there. What we learn is sure to be illuminating!This 60-minute webinar will provide an introduction to the expedition and associated education resources available online.Questions? Contact susan.haynes@noaa.gov.After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. Mark you calendars for the exciting NOAA-OER deep-sea cruise to Sigsbee Deep in the Gulf of Mexico.Ocean explorers Dr. Sönke Johnsen, Duke University; Dr. Tamara Frank, NSU; Dr. Tracey Sutton, NSU; Dr. Edith Widder, ORCA; Dr. Heather Judkins, USFSP; and Heather Bracken-Grissom, FIU will explore below 1000 meters.Hope you can join us.Find out more: Creep into the Deep: Journey to MidnightMore to come Posted in WhaleTimes Updates Comments Off on Journey into Midnight: Light and Life Below the Twilight Zone Posted in WhaleTimes Updates Comments Off on Spread the Love Save the Ocean

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