Russia Takes Over Crimea’s Navy — of Dolphin
If you read Restricted Waters, you may have wondered if there was any truth to that part about marine mammals being used by the military. Absolutely. I wrote a little about it a […]
Category Archives: Themes in the Book
Shipwreck Buried in Old Documents
In Restricted Waters, Dr. Warren discovers a 300-year old document written by Spanish explorers, which provides an important clue that leads the team to look for the Fouling near the Cubbarros islands. We recently posted […]
Bacteria Gobble Up Oil Spills
When the Deep Water Horizon Oil Spill spewed almost 5 million barrels (nearly one and a half billion tons) of black, petroleum Oil into the ocean in 2010, no one […]
Snails Gobble Up Invasive Marine Vomit
Like the Fouling, an invasive sea squirt has spread around the world, covering hard surfaces like rocks along the shore, shellfish beds, pilings, and boat bottoms. Unlike the Fouling which is crusty and […]
What would really happen if shipping stopped?
If there was really a plague that shut down all the ports along the east coast of the US, tens of thousands of people would be out of work, and […]
All Solar-Powered Boat? You bet!
We just learned about this 102-foot catamaran that circumnavigated the globe under the power of the sun!Right now, it’s traveling the over 8,000 kilometers from Miami to Norway. Most of […]
Bermuda Triangle–A Real-Life Triad?
The Cubbarros Triad may not exist, but the idea for it sprang from the legend of the Bermuda Triangle, also known as the “Devil’s Triangle.” Centered between Bermuda, Miami, Florida, and […]
Cubbarros in Real Life
The most striking thing about Cubbarros is the nearly untouched pristine reef where endangered species grow large and healthy, and undiscovered marine life abounds. Although it’s only fiction, there are such places […]
The Fouling
What’s True: crusty fouling organisms and invasive species There are lots of fouling organisms–things that grow to cover ship bottoms, pilings, underwater equipment. Some are soft like certain kinds of […]
Seals and Dolphin as Spies
Dirk and Sully both know that navies from the United States and Russia use marine mammals for underwater missions. But did you know it’s true? More than 60 years ago, the […]
Ocean Invaders
Cargo ships carry more than cars and TV’s. They transport aliens, too! Alien species are plants and animals that make their way to a new environment where they don’t belong, […]
Fouling Spreads 42 Miles in One Day
Life is known to do some pretty remarkable things. Bacteria survive in sheets of ice, seeds can sprout after hundreds of year of dormancy, and butterflies migrate across continents. But […]
Marine Mammals Once Walked on Land
All animals that inhabit the land, from worms and slugs to insects, reptiles, birds and mammals, evolved from creatures that emerged from the sea. Animals with back bones, vertebrates, descended […]
Could Anyone Really Survive a Dive to 200 feet?
A diver who descends 200 feet beneath the surface of the water breathing air from a scuba tank is taking a big risk. Safety regulations for recreational divers limit them to 130 feet. Even specially […]
NOAA Denies Existence of Aquatic Humanoids
During the last week in June 2012, the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration issued a statement denying the existence of mermaids. NOAA has yet to release a statement denying the existence of […]
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