Thriving Oceans

It is sad but most definitely true that I was completely in the dark.  And I am hoping that the first thing that pops to your mind is not ocean or wildlife conservation.  But before we all start throwing out a potential subject matter, I’ll let you know.  Thriving Oceans was one of 400 reader nominations for Seed Media Group’s Research Blogging Awards 2010 honoring the outstanding bloggers who discuss peer-reviewed research.  And I am even more humbled to discover that out of all the nominations Thriving Oceans was a finalist for the Best Conservation or Geophysical Blog.  What an honor!

Briefly, the reason I found myself in the shadows is an ongoing landlubber conservation effort for burrowing owls.  Yes, with my alter ego I find myself routinely wandering areas out of the salty water, but still working to spark conservationism.

Thanks to everyone for the nomination and all the votes.  So let’s get going with some research blogging, a little ocean conservation, and by all means “Let’s Get Ocean Responsible.”

Cheers to the other finalists and winner…what a great list to be connected with in 2010.

Winner: Highly Allochthonous

Finalists:

• Ecographica
• Southern Fried Science
• Dave’s landslide blog
• In Terra Veritas
• Thriving Oceans
• Voltage gate
• ConservationBytes