The crazy thing is that practical solutions exist. We don't need to perpetuate these problems. I think our hardest job is to convey a sense of optimism, show how things can get better, and get people to invest in solutions. — Mark Powell Copy Share Image
Scientists blame the audience for being too stupid, shallow, or lazy to understand. There has been a fascinating debate in the blogosphere lately about… — Mark Powell Copy Share Image
Oceans need more attention because climate change IS an ocean issue. Our oceans will be the first victim, and sea life will suffer dramatically.… — Mark Powell Copy Share Image
We're [Ocean Conservancy group] trying to convince people it's a bad idea to catch fish faster than they can reproduce. That should be a… — Mark Powell Copy Share Image
The crazy thing is that practical solutions exist. We don't need to perpetuate these problems. I think our hardest job is to convey a… — Mark Powell Copy Share Image
Beneath the ocean surface, bad things are happening. Increasing CO2 makes ocean water more acid, and that threatens to dissolve the shells of some… — Mark Powell Copy Share Image
My constant fear as a writer as that I will fail to convey the gravity of living. I know that to some degree that… — Mark Powell Copy Share Image
“He is awake with only the low burning of the lamp when he hears the dream coming, speaking, so that he answers in voice.… — Mark Powell Copy Share Image
We scientists can argue forever about important topics like slightly different flavors of vanilla ice cream. Consider the silliness of this debate: one group… — Mark Powell Copy Share Image
Cordings make the best Covert coats, corduroys, moleskins and all the accoutrements. When I need a covert coat I get it from Cordings rather… — Mark Powell Copy Share Image
“Writing is a passion, to write you simply have to just let it flow and get on with it!” — Mark Powell Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, there's a big, bad new bully threatening ocean animals, climate change. We might save fish only to have them starve because of climate… — Mark Powell Copy Share Image
The social aspect of blogging is just as important as the content, so to borrow a phrase from the 1960s: the medium is the… — Mark Powell Copy Share Image
“Ernest sat in one corner with the claw of a hammer in his mouth and ran his tongue over the ridges, tasted the iron… — Mark Powell Copy Share Image
Much of the attention on oceans has portrayed oceans as a villain. Warm water strengthened Hurricane Katrina that pounded Louisiana. Rising sea level will… — Mark Powell Copy Share Image
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