Category: Ocean Science

The Green Sea Turtle : Narrated by Dr. Neil Burnie

January 11, 2025 Published by

Ocean Vet Bermuda: Episode 5 – The Green Sea Turtle (Narrated by Dr. Neil Burnie)

Ocean Vet returns with a very special never before seen episode. Before Neil’s death in 2015 he was able to complete the voice over for one episode of Ocean Vet, The Green Sea Turtle. This episode was never released for broadcast until now. Apr 8, 2020. After Dr Neil Burnie’s tragic death, the narration for the series was completed by Michael Douglas.

In this episode Neil deploys his veterinary skills to help save Bermuda’s Green sea turtles. Neil and the Ocean Vet team work alongside the longest standing turtle research project in the world; the Bermuda Turtle Project. Follow the team as they capture and release wild green sea turtles. The team collect blood samples, measurements, and attach fin tags to these adorable animals. This data can be used to monitor their health and populations. Finally they attach a satellite tag to a mature turtle. The tag will record data on the turtles oceanic migrations. Neil also works with Bermuda’s turtle stranding network. This organisation rescue and re-release injured turtles back into the wild.

OCEAN TECH – Mission 1 #Bermuda @OceanTechGlobal

July 24, 2017 Published by

Ocean Tech – a collaborative marine research project, global education programme and media campaign. Bringing together the world’s top marine scientists with unique military grade autonomous underwater vehicles to undertake the most advanced analysis of marine ecosystems. The data aims to determine critical habitat for marine species to justify the establishment of marine protected areas around the world.

Phase 1 of Ocean Tech takes place in Bermuda. The waters around Bermuda play a vital role in the lives of many species of fish and mammals including galapagos sharks, dusky sharks, tiger sharks, spotted eagle rays, giant tarpon and humpback whales. The autonomous underwater vehicles we will use are capable of closely following and filming the animals, and for the first time by using onboard sensors, scanners and cameras we will be able to reveal a complete picture of how each species interacts with its environment. This data can then be used to justify marine protected areas at policy level.

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Our goal is to collaboratively inspire children and adults to become better stewards of the marine environment both in Bermuda and around the world.

Ocean Tech is a Bermuda Registered Charity No. 980. The charity operates unique marine research missions that provide scientific data to help develop areas of marine protection. The first mission is taking place in Bermuda during 2018 and 2019.

 

#PlasticTides #Bermuda @plastictides #StandUpAgainstPollution

August 29, 2014 Published by

Four people paddleboard around Bermuda for ten days. Their plan? Expose the rampant plastic pollution that threatens Bermuda and the unique and fragile ecosystem of the Sargasso Sea.

Episode 2 – The gang take their first water sample, talk about plastic trash they found on the beach, and find themselves in a gnarly situation out on the water.

Episode 3 – A reef catches Gordon off guard and a camera is lost to Davy Jones’ Locker, but thanks to some quick thinking and ingenuity, the team is able to fix the the board and move on with the expedition. The next day, they take their first trawl sample, using the first-of-its-kind manta trawl designed by the wonderful scientists at the Plastic Ocean Project based out of Wilmington. Dr. Robbie Smith weighs in on plastic pollution and its effects on the delicate ecosystem in the Sargassum Sea.

Episode 4 -The final installation of the Bermuda four-part series. The Plastic Tides gang continue there journey around the island paradise. They collect samples, encounter a brutal headwind that forces them to go through St. George’s, speak with the kids that will change the future, are followed by fierce-some sharks, and push through a final headwind for the last 3 miles of the journey.

The Plastic Tides Team is composed of four young adventure conservationists aiming to raise awareness of plastic pollution. The standup paddleboards serve as a home and as a vehicle for scientific data collection – a novel approach to this pervasive problem.

The Team: Gordon Middleton, Christian Shaw, Celine Jennison, Julian Rodriguez

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100 Steps to a Plastic-Free Life – Do you think it’s possible to live life without plastic? Or to at least live with less of it?  Check out this list of plastic-free and less plastic alternatives and see for yourself!

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#Bermuda Reef Watch 2014

June 10, 2014 Published by

Citizen scientists survey coral reefs located across the entire Bermuda lagoon. Information is collected on reef environmental conditions, the status of fish population and on the condition of sessile and mobile reef organisms such as hard corals and lobsters. By surveying again in subsequent years we hope to provide a public source of information on the condition of our vital coral reef habitats and the fishes they support. – Bermuda Bream

BIOS – The Science of SCUBA

April 5, 2013 Published by

So what happens if your drop your favorite anchor overboard? Why does everything look kind of funny underwater? And why do SCUBA divers wear something that looks suspiciously like a set of bagpipes? All these questions and more are answered by our BioNauts!

The Explorer program is a week long course offered by the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences, aimed at introducing young adults to the marine environment through field trips, classroom activities and SCUBA diving.

For more information, please visit: http://www.bios.edu/education/ocean_academy

Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences

 

“The Warwick Project” #Bermuda – Marine Archaeological Excavations 2011 @BIOSstation

February 5, 2012 Published by

The Warwick was a 16th century English Merchantman which sank in Castle Harbour, Bermuda in 1619

On October 20th, 1619, en route to Jamestown Virginia, the merchant ship “Warwick” belonging to Sir Robert Rich, the Earl of Warwick made a scheduled stop in Bermuda. The Warwick’s arrival was an important event for the island. On that voyage, the ship was charged with delivering Captain Nathaniel Butler, the new Governor of the nascent colony. Apart from delivering Butler, the Warwick was to carry supplies and settlers to the struggling colony at Jamestown, Virginia, and collect colonial products, mostly tobacco, for return to England.

While the Warwick was in port, a devastating hurricane wreaked havoc on the islands of Bermuda. Amongst the victims of the tempest, was the Warwick which sank at its anchorage in Castle Harbour. (P. Bojakowski)

The Warwick entering Castle Harbour

“The Warwick entering Castle Harbour”. Painting by Stephen Card circa 1980 ( Private Bermudian collection)

Almost 400 years later, the National Museum of Bermuda, Texas A&M and the University of Southampton are undertaking a three year project lead by Piotr Bojakowski, in a joint educational initiative with the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences and students from the BIOS Ocean Academy to scientifically excavate the sunken remains of the Warwick.
The Warwick is located in the shallow, protected waters of Castle Harbour. A good portion of the starboard side of the ship is still preserved from near the keel to an upper deck and has never been fully excavated, recorded, or analyzed until now.

The Warwick Project (full report)

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A shipwreck afforded settlers an opportunity to better their lives with salvaged goods. And most Bermuda settlers were involved in wrecking-no matter what their station in life. Even Nathaniel Butler (Governor of Bermuda 1619–1622) got into the act.Butler began his career in Bermuda, ironically, with a shipwreck. In 1619, the Bermuda Company sent him to the island aboard the Warwick. The ship, owned by the Earl of Warwick, went down in Castle Harbour. –
Teddy Tucker

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Water MovesThe Egg! BIOS Viral Video

February 5, 2012 Published by

Every video producer would love nothing more than a simple 60 second, one-shot take that goes viral.

Here it is …

The Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences presents “The Egg”, a video short from the 2011 BIOS Explorer program’s “Water Moves” series.

Since its embedding in Japan at popular sites such as livedoor.jp and gigazine.net  in November of 2011 this video has been seen almost 350,000 times.

Water Moves: The Egg!”Watch what happens when we crack open a raw egg 60 feet (20 meters) below the surface! For more information about why the egg behaves like it does, as well as further videos in the series, visit us at www.bios.edu“

Go Figure!

 

#Bermuda ‘s Alternative Energy – Sargasso Sea Algae Biodiesel

January 11, 2012 Published by

There are many ways to make biodiesel but one of the more interesting and worth exploring is how to make it using ordinary algae from the sea.

Bermuda’s Sargasso Sea marine algae could revolutionize the fuel of the future. Scientists are a step closer to uncovering the most productive algae in Bermuda to make Biodiesel.  

Dr.Michael Lomas, a researcher for the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences, is trying to make it a viable reality and has made considerable progress towards the development of a program in alternative energy based on Algal Biodiesel.

This Bermuda Environmental Alliance Production with expertise from the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences proposing alternative energy sources has also been part of the “Daily Planet” segment on Discovery Channel Canada.” 

BIOS complete article: Research: Algal BioDiesel

  • bermuda-bea.org (BEA) Bermuda Environmental Alliance  
  • bios.edu (BIOS) Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences 

Bermuda Environmental Alliance

Other Articles of interest:

Greenrock Says: Protecting the sea that surrounds our Island 

Greenrock is working with other environmental groups as part of the Bermuda Alliance for the Sargasso Sea (BASS) with the goal of establishing part of the Sargasso Sea as the world’s first international marine reserve … 

 

Bermuda Underwater Cave Environment & Sea Creatures

January 5, 2012 Published by

Bermuda’s authentic caves hold clues to ice age and sea level rise, and also shelter unique cave adapted species found nowhere else on the planet …

This  Bermuda Caves video is part of a documentary series featured in an abridged mini-series on Discovery Channel Canada. It was created and produced by the Bermuda Environmental Alliance (BEA) to raise awareness about Bermuda’s natural environment.

Children on the island are now benefiting from the December 2011 launch of six, 30 minute environmental documentary videos which are being distributed  to schools across the Island as a learning resource.

Bermuda’s Water Catchment, Return of the Ghost Bird (cahows), Bermuda’s Mystical (underwater) Caves, Bio-diesel from the Sargasso Sea Algae, trash reduction and the Cooper’s Island regeneration project are the topics covered in the documentaries.

Bermuda Environmental Alliance

 

 

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