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Genetically Engineered Salmon

If approved by the FDA, GE Salmon would be the first transgenic species allowed into our food supply. At least 30 House members and 14 senators have written the Obama administration either expressing serious concerns about the manner in which the FDA conducted its review of Aquabounty’s GE salmon, or calling for the outright prohibition of its approval for human consumption. So why isn’t the FDA listening?
Below the Surface: The Dangers of Genetically Engineered Salmon
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Check out Cynthia Hawkins Photography

http://www.cynthiahankins.com/

"Cynthia is passionate about the underwater world and her goal is to share that with you. She is a scuba instructor, underwater guide, and biologist. Most importantly she is an insightful photographer who gets the shots due to her observing and studying the underwater world everyday."

Bubble Ring at Main Ginnie

Happy New Year!

New Year = New Posts 

Underwater Thoughts continues into new the year with new posts. Expect new photos & short films featuring new locations around the state of Florida.  For now enjoy this potential groundbreaking research into water's strange ways, a preposterous idea that water has memory.

"Water -- just a liquid or much more? Many researchers are convinced that water is capable of "memory" by storing information and retrieving it. The possible applications are innumerable: limitless retention and storage capacity and the key to discovering the origins of life on our planet. Research into water is just beginning."

Join the Plastic Pollution Coalition

Plastic Pollution Coalition is a global alliance of individuals, organizations and businesses working together to stop plastic pollution and its toxic impacts on humans, animals and the environment. With its work, Plastic Pollution seeks to put plastic pollution at the forefront of global social, environmental and political discourse.

plasticpollutioncoalition.org/

Photo of the Day

"KOI"

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Video of the Brinicle on BBC Frozen Plant

Listen to Stones Throw artist Koushik!

"Koushik specializes in making that hazy, hip-hop-based downbeat sh*t that you could easily compare to contemporaries such as Four Tet (who released Koushik's first single on his Text label), RJD2, and DJ Shadow. What sets Koushik apart from the others is a beautiful '60s psych-pop element that tends to pervade throughout. It shows itself in the spacious panned strings, acoustic guitars, and harpsichords that fall in and out of each other; and the beats have a harder regimented classic true school hip-hop sound, that Fourtet and Prefuse tend to stray away from. But what I truly love about this record is Koushik's voice. His singing is soft and mixed way down in the center of the track, sounding like the voice choirs you'd hear on one of those old Percy Faith or 101 Guitars from the late-'60s. If you're a fan of any of the aforementioned artists, you need this record." – OTHER MUSIC, NYC

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Photo of the Day

"tres amigos"

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Can you fathom it?

Sharks are in trouble - they are at enormous risk of extinction due to overfishing, habitat degradation and the shark fin trade. It is estimated that over 200,000 sharks are killed each day, an unsustainable rate that has decreased some populations of shark by nearly 90%. This elimination of sharks is caused entirely by human activities, the consequences of which are broad ecosystem degradation. The lack of meaningful management and conservation plans have allowed this destruction to continue and grow as the worlds population puts more demand on shark products. 

3 Fathoms, a 501c3 non-profit organization, has recognized this dearth and seeks to pursue the research necessary to fill in the gaps.

Mission:

To promote and conduct innovative research of sharks and their habitats in order to provide relevant and comprehensive data toward sustainable management plans

Vision:

To create a reproducible model of least-invasive methodology that sets a new standard of ethics and resource use in shark research and that further adds to the limited knowledge of shark life histories and their value inspiring sustainable and meaningful conservation action.

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www.canyoufathomit.org/