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The Scanner: On the Bright Side Edition

Posted Fri, Mar 19, 2010 by Emily Fisher to bluefin tuna, bowhead whales, chile, cites, earthquake, requiems, robots, scanner, ted danson, tsunami, weekly ocean news digest

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Happy Friday, ocean fans. It's almost spring, and a surfing alpaca exists in the world. Things are looking up.

Before we get to the week's best marine tidbits, an important announcement: Oceana board member Ted Danson will be answering questions live on CNN.com on April 1, so send your ocean queries in, stat!

Also, don't forget that today is the last day to take the Ocean IQ quiz for a chance to win prizes, including a trip with SEE Turtles.

This week in ocean news,

…Yes, CITES failed to deliver on bluefin tuna yesterday, but as Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Julie Packard pointed out, at least the conversation is changing. Bluefin is now in the same rhetorical realm as endangered land creatures such as tigers and elephants.

…Deep Sea News wrote a requiem for a robot -- the Autonomous Benthic Explorer (ABE) that was lost at sea last week during a research expedition to the Chilean Subduction Zone. On a recent dive, ABE had detected evidence of hydrothermal vents. At the time of its loss, ABE had just begun a second dive to home into a vent site and photograph it.

Oceana In Christie’s First-Ever Green Auction

Posted Thu, Feb 18, 2010 by Andy Sharpless to a bid to save the earth, andy sharpless, art, benefits, celebrities, christie's green auction, earth day, ted danson

I’d like to give you a sneak peak at the first international green charity auction to be held on the 40th anniversary of Earth Day, April 22, 2010.

Christie’s International has invited four leading nonprofits to be the beneficiaries of its first charity auction for conservation: Oceana, Conservation International, the Natural Resources Defense Council and the Central Park Conservancy. Between us, we work on all seven continents – and, of course, the oceans in between.

A Bid to Save The Earth will include a live auction at Christie’s New York City space in Rockefeller Center as well as a silent auction conducted online at Charity Buzz. Every item up for bid is donated, and Christie’s is waiving all its usual fees to allow the maximum impact for the beneficiaries.

Ted Danson: 'a great egret in a topcoat'

Posted Mon, Jan 25, 2010 by Emily Fisher to becker, bored to death, curb your enthusiasm, entertainment, gq magazine, ocean book, publishing, style, ted danson, television

In this month's GQ, Oceana founding board member Ted Danson sounds off on his roles on Bored to Death, Curb Your Enthusiasm and his forthcoming awareness-raising book about the world's oceans.

And don't miss the accompanying photo slideshow -- Danson looks as dapper as ever in a series of gray suits. 

As the writer notes, "Danson carries his six-foot-two frame gracefully, like a great egret in a blue cashmere topcoat." An apt description, if ever there was one.

Oceana Takes on Copenhagen

Posted Mon, Dec 7, 2009 by Emily Fisher to climate change, copenhagen, ocean acidification, ted danson, the arctic

Oceana sent a group of representatives to the climate negotations in Copenhagen, which officially gets underway today.

So what message will we be sending? Oceana will be presenting a Google Earth tour of the Arctic, narrated by board member Ted Danson. The video tour highlights the impacts of climate change on Arctic people and ecoystems, particularly melting sea ice, ocean acidification and increasing industrialization. You can take the video tour At Google's Copenhagen landing page.

As Danson urges, "The science is sound, the law is clear, and the need for policy change is indisputable. The United States must take immediate action to reduce carbon dioxide emissions to protect the public health and welfare of the Arctic and ultimately, the planet. We must also takea  precautionary, science-based approach to decisions about industrial activities in the Arctic. That way, we can ensure that the Arctic ocean, and the resources it provides, are there for future generations."

Ted Danson, "TV's Silver Fox"

Posted Thu, Nov 19, 2009 by suzannah to cause celeb, sexiest man alive, ted danson

Ted Danson on the Ranger

We're all big fans of Ted Danson here at Oceana, and we definitely appreciate all he's done as a dedicated Oceana board member. Still, it's pretty cool to see Ted get some outside validation - today from Salon.com in its own version of People's Sexiest Man Alive.

That's right, Salon has named Ted as one of its Sexiest Men Living, calling him "TV's silver fox." Salon notes Ted's impressive turns on "Curb Your Enthusiasm," "Damages" and "Bored to Death," calling him "this year's Alec Baldwin."

I'd like to add suave oceans savior to Ted's list of accomplishments. Congrats Ted!