Blue Frontier

Vast Ocean Parks, Humping Whales, Bay State Rockers, Dick Cheney and other Sea Monsters May 28, 2008 By David Helvarg Bush’s Next Blue Asterisk? In 2006 President Bush established a 1,200 mile long protected area in the waters of Northwest Hawaii between Kauai and Midway now known as the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument (Hawaiian for […]

Global Hunger, Dying whales, noisy fish and a day of hope May 1, 2008 By David Helvarg Food Riots and Fish Sticks Population growth, climate linked droughts, spiraling oil prices (for petroleum based fertilizers and food transport), commodity speculation on the Chicago Board of Trade and elsewhere — not unlike what went on in Britain […]

More melting ice, dead salmon, ocean daze, a hero dolphin and more March 28, 2008 By David Helvarg AMERICA’S 5th COAST Most people think of the United States as having three coasts, the Atlantic, Pacific and Gulf of Mexico. Midwesterners often correct their saltier neighbors by reminding them of our 4th coast along the Great […]

DYING SEAS, HOT ALGAE, NO MORE DEAD DUCKS, BROADWAY BOUND SHARKS AND FARR MORE Feb. 28, 2008 By David Helvarg DEPTHS OF DESPAIR The latest reports on the state of our global ocean are enough to make a hagfish gag. On Feb. 15 the Journal Science published a comprehensive review of the oceanic impact of […]

Slimed Eagles, Sea Stars come out, lice & sushi, swamp rats and more Jan. 25, 2008 By David Helvarg The Last Frontier I was flying on a C-130 Hercules out of Cold Bay Alaska last week, working on my Coast Guard book and yes, it was cold. The loadmaster had just winched a white Durango […]