January 16 - 31, 2008

Wed., 1/16      Vertical migration: One of the greatest animal migrations on earth happens every night, with animals too small to see.         

Thu., 1/17       Dangerous debris: Thousands of tons of abandoned fishing nets and gear litter the world’s oceans, snaring and starving fish and marine mammals.

Fri., 1/18         Debris cleanup: Marine debris threatens sea life and coral reefs that are hundreds of years old.            

Mon., 1/21      Coral bleaching: Scientists think heat, solar radiation, and pollution are responsible for killing coral reefs around the worl.      

Tue., 1/22       Coral’s cruising cuisine: Coral is stationary; it just sits on the sea floor and waits for dinner to drift by.

Wed., 1/23      Swimming dinosaur: During the Jurassic period, dinosaurs ruled the earth, and the Ichthyosaurs ruled the sea.    

Thurs., 1/24   Travels with plastic: Manmade marine debris is sailing the high seas and washing up on distant shores.  

Fri., 1/25        Sea otter decline: Sea otters are dying from mysterious infectious diseases which appear to be linked to human activity.

Mon., 1/28       Lost city: The largest and strangest underwater chimneys ever found have been discovered four miles down in the middle of the Atlantic ocean.

Tue., 1/29       Charleston bump: This small hill on the ocean floor near South Carolina, interferes with the gulf stream and is teeming with fish.

Wed., 1/30       Secret undersea forests: Deep-sea corals come in tropical colors and live hundreds of feet down on dark, cold, and rocky sea floors worldwide.

Thu., 1/31       Saving the secret forests: Deep-sea coral have been damaged by fishing practices that rake the sea floor to capture bottom-fish.