January 1st - January 15th 2005

Mon., 1/3 Why People Don't Care About Oceans: Although the ocean is vital to our health and welfare, many people just ignore it.

Tue., 1/4 Phone Home: Oceanographers have created an ocean observatory that can continually beam data home.

Wed., 1/5 Limp Lobster: Lobsters get stressed out too. When they do, they are prone to a range of lethal and somewhat human-sounding ailments.

Thurs., 1/6 Drugs in Seawater: Hormones, antidepressants, and other drugs go down the drain, and into streams, lakes, and oceans after you use them.

Fri., 1/7 Narwhals: Often described as the unicorn of whales, the challenges facing this small whale will require far more than magic to stabilize the arctic population.

Mon., 1/10 U.S. Seaweed Chemical Warfare: Scientists have detected the chemicals that seaweed produce to protect themselves from the bacteria and viruses that live in the oceans.

Tue., 1/11 Volcanoes and El Ninos: Using climate data from ice cores, corals and tree rings, scientists confirmed that volcanic eruptions in the tropics can spur an el-nino event.

Wed., 1/12 A Stellar Decline in Sea Lions: Steller Sea Lions are bigger and stronger than the California Sea Lion, yet the Steller has suffered a decline, while the California population remains constant.

Thurs., 1/13 Sea Lions: Terms of Endurance: California and Steller Sea Lions have been found on the rocky shoreline of the Pacific Ocean for generations.

Fri., 1/14 Surface Weather/Deep Sea Life: Marine scientists did not think surface weather had much of an effect on deep-sea life, until they received the results of a long-term study.