Category: Oceans

Living On A Self-Sufficient Sailboat For 10 Years

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Brian and Karin Trautman have been living on a sailboat for 10 years, and their boat is set up so they can be off the grid in remote places for months at a time with solar and wind power providing electricity, a water maker that turns saltwater into freshwater, multiple freezers and loads of storage space for food, and even a small washing machine on board!

They’ve sailed SV Delos – a 53′ sloop rig ketch – 83,000 nautical miles which is the equivalent of circling the earth at the equator more than 3 times. Their latest adventures include sailing as a family with their 6-month baby, Sierra, and outfitting the boat with a heater so they can explore the Arctic this summer after several years in the Tropics.

Australia’s Great Barrier Reef Shows Record Devastation

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This clip from Al Jazeera covers new aerial surveys of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, reflecting the most widespread and severe bleaching the coral reef has experienced.

The damage follows record high temperatures in February. James Cook University scientists issued a dire warning about the threat posed by climate change to the world’s largest living organism. They say temperatures over the next month are critical to how the reef recovers.

Let’s hope this Covid-19 worldwide slow down helps the reef recover quickly.

Team Visits Thwaites Glacier

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The Thwaites Glacier, also referred to as the Doomsday Glacier, is closely watched for its potential to raise sea levels. Along with Pine Island Glacier, it is part of the “weak underbelly” of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, due to vulnerability. This hypothesis is based on both theoretical studies of the stability of marine ice sheets and observations of large changes on these two glaciers. In recent years, both glaciers have retreated and melted at an alarming rate.

For years, scientists have watched the Thwaites Glacier from a distance, but in November 2019, a team set out to investigate what is happening below.