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Strong J Fleet @ St. Maarten Heineken Regatta, And A GREEN Event Too! - JBoats.com March 5, 2010

The Patagonian Express - Cruisingworld.com March 4, 2010

Please, Dispose of Your Hidden Pollution Properly - Eco-ri.org March 3, 2010

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Mad Mariner's MadCast: With David Rockefeller Jr. - Blogtalkradio.com March 3, 2010

Plum TV's Interview of SfS CEO Dan Pingaro at Natucket Race Week

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Half of Earth's Life May Lie Below Land

Scientists estimate that nearly half the living material on our planet is hidden in or beneath the ocean or in rocks, soil, tree roots, mines, oil wells, lakes and aquifers on the continents. They call it the "subsurface biosphere," a dark world where the sun and stars don't shine. Some call it Earth's basement.
"Earth's habitable zone extends to depths of hundreds or thousands of meters," Katrina Edwards , a microbiologist at the University of Southern California , Los Angeles , told a December conference of the American Geophysical Union in San Francisco . "The organisms that live in this environment may collectively have a mass equivalent to that of all of Earth's surface dwellers and may provide keys to solving major environmental, agricultural and industrial problems."

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2010 Ocean Guardians

Sailors have a deep connection to the water. A life long sailor, David Rockefeller Jr. founded Sailors for the Sea in 2004, after working on the Pew Ocean Commission. We need your help to strengthen our organization, and we invite you to become part of Sailors for the Sea as an Ocean Guardian. Please read about our Programs & Projects to learn more about what your membership will empower.

Garbage In, Garbage Out

From Conservation Magazine


"When a single swath of ocean contains more plastic than plankton, the simple act of taking out the trash becomes a grueling scientific challenge."

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