
World Oceans Day 2021
Tomorrow, June 8th, is World Oceans Day. This is the first World Oceans Day in the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development which runs from 2021 to 2030. World Oceans Day is a celebration of the ocean(s) and the role it plays in e…

2021 - 2030 United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development
As we are 2+ days away from turning the page on 2021, and would suspect everyone in the US is ecstatic about this given how 2020 has gone (except for a soon to be ex President), I wanted to take this opportunity to celebrate that on New Year's Day it…

Giving Thanks
Four years ago yesterday I landed in Honolulu, on the island of Oahu, as I was visiting my 50th state to watch my alma mater, UMass Amherst, play Hawaii in football on Thanksgiving Day. Great game even though UMass lost and the closest we have…

Beautiful Day
To quote U2, "It's a Beautiful Day" today! As I would hope most people are now familiar with, earlier today it was announced that Joe Biden was elected as the 46th US President. This bodes well for the ocean as under the current administr…

Labor Day 2020
Here we are at the unofficial end of summer, Labor Day weekend, and what a summer it has been given the COVID-19 pandemic. It's been hard on many beach towns and the full impact won't be known for several months. So while we'd like to rec…