When the BP well in the Gulf of Mexico blew out in 2010 and then was finally capped months later, there was room for optimism that the aftermath would not be as bad as feared. Fish were abundant because fishing had been closed, and most seemed to survive the oil itself. Marsh grasses were growing [...]
original blog posted in Huffington Post on 1/17/12: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/carl-safina/oil-and-herring-dont-mix_b_1211077.html When the Exxon Valdez ran aground in Alaska’s Prince William Sound, it unleashed a regional catastrophe whose effects continue to play out these two decades later. One such apparent effect was the subsequent collapse of the region’s herring. Now we have a new study of herring, [...]
Check your local PBS listings for the first two episodes of “Saving the Ocean with Carl Safina“. And look for Carl’s new book, which was released on April 19th: “A Sea in Flames: The Deepwater Horizon Oil Blowout“ Click here for upcoming events, media appearances and ongoing reviews for Safina’s new book, The View From [...]
January 11, 2011, NatGeo NewsWatch: Aboard ship in the Gulf of Mexico, Carl Safina talks with Sylvia Earle about the Deepwater Horizon oil spill and its aftermath. “It was a wake-up call,” says Carl, “and I hope we don’t hit the snooze button because it will happen again. There are thousands of rigs. There is [...]
The following article by Carl Safina appeared in Audubon Magazine’s Special Report: The BP Gulf Oil Spill. To view the original article, click here. Compared with a similar stretch of American coast or area of open ocean, the Gulf of Mexico has an unusually rich concentration of wildlife. Certain species that roam the open Atlantic [...]
The following op-ed by Carl Safina appeared on CNN.com July 28, 2010 Editor’s note: Carl Safina writes about how the ocean is changing and what it means for wildlife and for people. A MacArthur fellow, Pew fellow and Guggenheim fellow, he is adjunct professor at Stony Brook University and president of Blue Ocean Institute. His [...]
Text and photos by Carl Safina – click here to view photo gallery. You’d think that, with an ongoing environmental disaster caused by a foreign corporation, the U.S. government would be OK with letting the public see what’s going on. Land of the free, right? Well, not necessarily. Among the latest and most enraging developments [...]
July 4th. Dauphin Island, Alabama. Two-hundred-and-thirty-four years ago, The United States won its independence from, guess who: the British. Not so fast. At the end of the road is a public park clearly marked “OPEN.” It’s noon when I approach what looks like a little temporary trailer-style guard station at the entrance. A young guy [...]
Guest blog by Stephen Dishart, Executive Director, Blue Ocean Institute To view Carl’s TEDx Oil Spill lecture click here. Safina points to gross negligence as the cause of the spill With a remarkable agenda of speakers, the hottest topic on the planet and a crowd of environmental experts and others eager for the latest word [...]
Text and photos by Carl Safina – click here to view photo gallery. After flying to the site of the blowout, I drove to Grand Isle, Louisiana. Everywhere across the extensive marshes, in any sweep of view, tools of the oil industry pierced the skyline. Oil has hit heavily here. And the residents are not [...]
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