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Current Press Release:
Carl Safina is Lead Scientist for the Gyre Expedition, Southwest Alaska
June 2013
On June 7, an international team of scientists, artists and educators will launch an expedition to study the global marine debris crisis from one of the most breathtaking places on the planet: southwest Alaska. The Gyre project is a collaboration between the Anchorage Museum and Alaska SeaLife Center, in partnership with several national and Alaska-based organizations…More
Photos for Current Press Release:
Marine debris in Bulldog Cove on the western shore of Resurrection Bay, Alaska, 2011. Accumulation of assorted plastic debris including Styrofoam, liquid containers and high seas driftnet floats. Image credit: Kip Evans.
Artist Pam Longobardi, scientist John Maniscalco and scientist Carl Safina on a Gyre planning trip in Resurrection Bay, Alaska, 2011. All are part of the Gyre expedition that will launch on June 7, 2013. Image credit: Kip Evans
Recent Press Releases:
Blue Ocean Institute Names New Fellows
February 21, 2013
The View from Lazy Point Wins 2012 Orion Book of the Year Award
May 2013
1st Annual Saving the Oceans Photo Contest
April 2012
Be Happy Launch
January 2012
Recovery & Hope: Year End Letter from Carl
December 2011
Recent Media Coverage:
Blood Ivory
Article by Carl Safina, International Herald Tribune
February 2013
PBS Show Saving the Ocean Returns to TV
Article, Boston Daily
February 2013
Square One: New England Fishery Managers Trying to Un-do Decades of Protection
Article, National Geographic Ocean Watch
February 2013
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