Where have you found good long streaming/mp3 sources for nature sounds, like rainfall or oceans or crickets? This question was asked and partially answered before (in 2005 and again in 2006) but here we are almost in 2010 so I figure there must be some new stuff out there. [more inside]
posted by math on Dec 28, 2009 - 8 answers

Topical Resortfilter! We're planning a vacation for sometime in 2010, and I have in my mind's eye the image of a every particular kind of resort in a tropical paradise. You've probably seen it before.... [more inside]
posted by kbanas on Nov 4, 2009 - 18 answers

What is this 80s cartoon about some possibly magical woman who lived under the ocean? [more inside]
posted by Dormant Gorilla on Oct 5, 2009 - 8 answers

Satellite photos: what interesting features can be seen or measured in them (or other aerial photos), and where can I get a supply of images? [more inside]
posted by k. on Sep 30, 2009 - 12 answers

The seas are rising. Climate change has made it inevitable. I have a strange question... Assuming that world sea-level rises by 1 metre over the next hundred years - Would it be possible to cordon off a section of land, somewhere in the centre of a continent, and flood it to create an artificial ocean, thus reducing the consequences of the sea rise? [more inside]
posted by 0bvious on Sep 18, 2009 - 30 answers

Is there any way of determining what percentage of ships arrived safely at their destinations - or did not - during a given period in history? [more inside]
posted by AngerBoy on Jul 16, 2009 - 14 answers

Tidepooling near Boston? [more inside]
posted by Sublimity on Jun 18, 2009 - 10 answers

My sister and I want to take a cheap cruise over the summer. I'm 22, but she's 19. Are there cruise lines that let you drink at 19 in international waters? Also, does anyone have any recommendations for cheap-ish (doesn't have to be dirt cheap, just reasonable) and fun cruises?
posted by slowcat on May 10, 2009 - 14 answers

Is there a book or museum or resource that specifically lists the stories of people who survived in Lifeboats? [more inside]
posted by rileyray3000 on Apr 21, 2009 - 4 answers

Are there any areas of the coastal United States where one can live on the oceanfront relatively cheaply? [more inside]
posted by iamisaid on Mar 3, 2009 - 30 answers

I found a strange ocean plant at Montaña de Oro. Can you help identify it? [more inside]
posted by Korou on Feb 24, 2009 - 2 answers

Can anyone identify this mysterious sea creature? My sister saw four of them swimming at the surface in Boca Raton, FL. They were undulating like squids; when contracted they look like black slugs, when stretched they look like that fellow in the photo. An entire crowd formed to watch, as they were so very weird.
posted by miffed on Jan 22, 2009 - 7 answers

I need to find a freight forwarder that can arrange all of the details for door-to-door shipping of a 20' x 8'6" ISO standard cargo container from the west coast of the USA to Pakistan. [more inside]
posted by thewalrus on Nov 20, 2008 - 1 answer

Can Startech's syngas power a ocean capable ships engine? I am trying to determine if you could power an ocean going ship with syngas.
posted by Mr_Zero on Sep 28, 2008 - 9 answers

Are there natural disasters in the deep ocean? [more inside]
posted by Flunkie on Aug 30, 2008 - 15 answers

If everyone in the world got in the ocean at the same time, how much would sea levels rise? [more inside]
posted by doift on Aug 18, 2008 - 16 answers

At what point along the East Coast is the Gulf Stream closest to the shore? [more inside]
posted by littleredwagon on Jul 3, 2008 - 6 answers

Help me find a beach getaway in Texas that's cheap and easy enough to let me do it a few times a year when the mood strikes me. I hate flying and driving, so my options are limited to places that are serviced by Greyhound or regional bus companies. No out-of-the-way small towns, but most big towns are go. [more inside]
posted by freshwater_pr0n on Jun 14, 2008 - 5 answers

About six months ago I found a German website (English language) with an excellent guide to the various types of ISO cargo containers, their specifications/schematics and operational tips of how to load and secure cargo. I've lost the link and can't find it again... [more inside]
posted by thewalrus on Jun 5, 2008 - 2 answers

Please help me identify this fish that I found in NYC along the Hudson River. [more inside]
posted by funkiwan on Jun 2, 2008 - 5 answers

I have booked room on a freighter from Pusan to Long Beach. I'm now looking for some tips advice on what to pack and or things I need to prepare myself for during my ten days at sea. Anyone taken the slow boat home before?
posted by vagabond on Apr 24, 2008 - 10 answers

Please help me identify a fish that washed up on a Pacific Ocean beach in Oregon. [more inside]
posted by efalk on Apr 17, 2008 - 7 answers

Surf's-up-filter: I need the body of a surf god, for mainly functional purposes (although I'm sure the side benefits will be great, too). [more inside]
posted by allkindsoftime on Apr 14, 2008 - 12 answers

Please tell me about your experience with Helio, the cell phone provider... [more inside]
posted by FergieBelle on Mar 23, 2008 - 2 answers

Can you think of any good video clips of waveforms in space that you've seen? They don't necessarily have to be copyright free (this is for a personal project), but they do need to be good quality and accessible to me within a few days - I'm doing this project at DVD resolution, 720 X 480... [more inside]
posted by wavejumper on Jan 17, 2008 - 3 answers

I am looking for a Maine coast restaurant with a really awesome ocean view. It needs to open be year round as I am looking to go around New Years. Preferably it's not more than an hour north of Portland and south of it is even better. Oh and good food too! :)
posted by fx3000 on Dec 18, 2007 - 9 answers

Help, I can't swim the front crawl stroke without becoming completely exhausted in less then 20 seconds. [more inside]
posted by ShootTheMoon on Aug 31, 2007 - 33 answers

What are the quietest, least crowded public beaches within an hour and a half drive of Princeton, NJ? [more inside]
posted by amro on Aug 30, 2007 - 12 answers

Planning a honeymoon. Can you help me find a place outside the continental U.S. that has bungalows on the water? Or if not, what about lots of shallow clear lagoons/secluded spots? (Mountains a plus!) I'm in Michigan and don't want to fly all the way to Bora Bora, which seems to have that - anything closer that is comparable? [more inside]
posted by GenTso on Jul 17, 2007 - 17 answers

What can I do, from the big changes on down to the minutae, to make a difference? I want a more environmentally conscious lifestyle! [more inside]
posted by iamkimiam on Jun 13, 2007 - 33 answers

Hi all :) I've decided that its time I found a permanent place to rest my head at nights. Apartment living has been fun but acknowledging the fact that I'm knocking on 30's door... its time I bought a home. Now, not a home in a traditional sense. Rather, a condominium. Preferably one with an ocean view :) [more inside]
posted by seeminglyshy on Apr 2, 2007 - 8 answers

What in the world is this? I found a lot of them on a beach in Vietnam, and I've seen them in Thailand too. [more inside]
posted by borkingchikapa on Mar 3, 2007 - 9 answers

Where's the best place to skinnydip in Oahu? [more inside]
posted by unknowncommand on Oct 23, 2006 - 4 answers

Waterfilter (heh) — so, I have a couple of water-related questions born of a drunken debate among friends. First: what is the difference between a coast, a beach, and a shore? Second: is Puget Sound part of the Pacific Ocean, an entirely separate body, or some freakish combination of the two? Finally: when Seattleites go down to the Sound, are they going to the coast, the beach, the shore, or something else? [more inside]
posted by jdroth on Mar 29, 2006 - 41 answers

Where can I find a non-batshitinsane version of this map? [more inside]
posted by odinsdream on Oct 13, 2005 - 17 answers

Somewhere Beyond The Green: I'm assembling a playlist with a "Deep Blue Sea" theme. [more inside]
posted by fandango_matt on Aug 1, 2005 - 45 answers

How do undersea (and trans-ocean) fiber optics communication cables and trunks terminate? Do they rise out of the beach like a giant mass and snake into some building or does it branch out under sea and connect underground? Question kind of prompted by curiosity about this outage.
posted by phyrewerx on Jun 28, 2005 - 8 answers

How do I get into competitive sailing? Primarily multi-hull open ocean regattas? (mi) [more inside]
posted by omidius on Jan 26, 2005 - 4 answers

Internet infrastructure: how does the physical infrastructure of the internet cross oceans? Is all of the data transmitted by communications satellites, or are there big-ass intercontinental cables running across the ocean floor? And if there are big-ass intercontinental cables, how are they maintained? [more inside]
posted by COBRA! on Mar 31, 2004 - 9 answers