NOAA's HICEAS Survey has set sail

[Ino]

NOAA’s

2017 Hawaiian Islands Cetacean and Ecosystem Assessment Survey got underway yesterday;
https://www.pifsc.noaa.gov/hiceas/index.php

You can follow it here;
https://www.pifsc.noaa.gov/hiceas/follow_us.php

[HereOnThePrimalEdge]

Thanks Ino!
It's good to see examples of scientific research continuing in and around Hawaii. The map of 2010 cetacean sightings surprised me, so many different types of whales and dolphins across the island chain.

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[TomK]

Not sure if anyone's been watching a related TV series, but PBS has been showing a series called "Big Pacific" on Wednesday evenings. The episodes are available online. The videography is stunning although I've found the narrator a little boring; not quite the same as listening to David Attenborough and his special knowledge, but it's worth watching.

I've always found this stuff fascinating especially as all this happens while you're soaking up the sun on a Hawaiian beach and none of it is obvious in the ocean surrounding you.

http://www.pbs.org/program/big-pacific/

[Cagary]

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Originally posted by TomK

Not sure if anyone's been watching a related TV series, but PBS has been showing a series called "Big Pacific" on Wednesday evenings. The episodes are available online. The videography is stunning although I've found the narrator a little boring; not quite the same as listening to David Attenborough and his special knowledge, but it's worth watching.

I've always found this stuff fascinating especially as all this happens while you're soaking up the sun on a Hawaiian beach and none of it is obvious in the ocean surrounding you.



http://www.pbs.org/program/big-pacific/

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(Its too bad that there isn't a way to computer generate Attenborough's voice. He is 91 years old now, so unfortunately his narration days are numbered.)

-Veritas odium parit”(Terence 195–159 BC))-"Truth begets hatred".

[TomK]

Well, I know this is off-topic, but speaking as a UK national, Attenborough is a national treasure. A gentle soul but an expert naturalist and wonderful TV personality. I hope he keeps active for several more years but realize we're coming to the end of an era. If you haven't had the chance, Planet Earth II is worth watching and he's already involved in a new series which is a sequel to "The Blue Planet". The original Blue Planet series is my particular favorite.

[HereOnThePrimalEdge]

Let's hope NOAA's study is referenced by the Navy. It could prevent the next war.

On August 2, 1964 the USS Maddox was torpedoed by the North Vietnamese while on a spy mission. It was undamaged and two days later returned to the Gulf of Tonkin. That night sonar picked up another attack by 20 torpedoes. Afterward, the Maddox was unable to account for any enemy ships:

Maddox’s captain, John Herrick, sent a high-priority message to Honolulu within hours, declaring his skepticism that there were any enemies in the first place. "Suggest complete evaluation before any further action taken.”

Nevertheless, the U.S. Secretary of Defense, Robert McNamara, chose aggression over caution: He immediately advised airstrikes against North Vietnam. President Lyndon B. Johnson... took McNamara’s advice and made a swift public announcement of an “unprovoked attack” in international waters.

The actual sonar sightings? Possible schools of fish, cetaceans, or bio-luminescent Giant Pyrosomes:
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...ar/532893/

Four people are in a room and seven leave. How many have to enter again before it's empty?