Gone Fishin'

Paralichthys dentatus (Summer Founder)
Image from Supertock.com

Great article here on summer flounder, otherwise known as fluke.  The article also addresses a warming North Atlantic Ocean and fisheries management.  Summer flounder are a nice success story in terms of fisheries management.  After the collapse of stocks in the late 1980s due to overfishing (of course; what else?), NOAA imposed strict quotas.  While those quotas were painful for quite some time, they did allow time for the summer flounder stocks to rebound.  And they've rebounded rather nicely.

Scientific American - Fluke

And here a great short video on flounder & fluke camoiflage skills.

ENSO - El Nino Brewing in the Pacific

Sea Surface Temperatures.  Image Credit - NOAA

Follow the link to superb article about the various effects of El Ni o from NOAA:

NOAA Climate - El Nino

And a NASA video:

Here's a link to a new article posted on Scientific American's webstie regarding the relationship between this potentially strong El Nino and the fire-ravaged areas of the western United States.
Scientific American - El Nino and Severe Flooding Potential