Barbara Block: Tagging tuna in the deep ocean
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http://www.ted.com Tuna are ocean athletes -- fast, far-ranging predators whose habits we're just beginning to understand. Marine biologist Barbara Block fits tuna with tracking tags (complete with transponders) that record unprecedented amounts of data about these gorgeous, threatened fish and the ocean habitats they move through. TEDTalks is ... Read more
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- -: Barbara Block: Tagging tuna in the deep ocean
October 6, 2010 (over 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com Tuna are ocean athletes -- fast, far-ranging predators whose habits we're just beginning to understand. Marine biologist Barbara Block fits tuna with tracking tags (complete with transponders) that record unprecedented amounts of data about these gorgeous, threatened fish and t...
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- -: Conservationists@Google: Sea Shepherd Society
July 23, 2010 (almost 14 years ago)Established in 1977, Sea Shepherd Conservation Society (SSCS) is an international non-profit, marine wildlife conservation organization. Our mission is to end the destruction of habitat and slaughter of wildlife in the world's oceans in order to conserve and protect ecosystems and species. Sea ...
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- -: Can Sushi Give You Mercury Poisoning? - David Ewing Duncan
April 1, 2009 (about 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/03/25/David_Ewing_Duncan_The_Experimental_Man Science writer David Ewing Duncan comments on actor Jeremy Piven's alleged sushi-contracted illness by examining the risk mercury poisoning may pose to fish eaters. "Some people, it appears, have genetic sensiti...
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- -: FDA Inactive on Toxic Mercury Levels? - Jane Hightower
June 23, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/06/09/Diagnosis_Mercury_Money_Politics_and_Poison Dr. Jane Hightower, author of Diagnosis Mercury: Money, Politics and Poison, reads the FDA response to reporter Sue Kwon, who documented a significant increase of mercury in her blood after twenty days of ea...
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Carl Safina: The Oil Spill's Unseen Culprits, Victims
June 1, 2010 (almost 14 years ago)Carl Safina sheds light on how the oceans and ocean dwellers are negatively affected by oil spills due to humanity's demand for fossil fuels for energy.
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Dan Barber: How I Fell In Love With a Fish
February 1, 2010 (over 14 years ago)Dan Barber's romantic relationship with fish brings him to a natural fish farm and bird sanctuary that enlightens him about the global issue of food depletion.
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Barbara Block: Tagging Tuna in the Deep Ocean
April 1, 2010 (about 14 years ago)Barbara Block tags the giants of the deep blue ocean to observe their ocean pathways, behavior and spawning areas.
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Brian Skerry: Brian Skerry Reveals Ocean's Glory and Horror
April 1, 2010 (about 14 years ago)Brian Skerry shows photographs of underwater wonders and the human horrors we are causing to the ocean's majectic life forms.
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