[Coral-List] Exclusive Interview: Capt. Philip Renaud, Executive Director, Living Oceans Foundation, Global Reef Expedition

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Tue Mar 17 22:54:43 EDT 2009


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EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF LIVING OCEANS FOUNDATION
CAPT. PHILIP G. RENAUD, U.S. Navy (Ret.)

NEW YORK, NY (March 17, 2009)* - Next year, an epic, three-year sea journey
is set to begin -- the Global Reef
Expedition<http://www.globalreefexpedition.com/>:
Science Without Borders®, a mission that will circumnavigate the globe,
taking an inventory of the planet's coral reefs. Beset by climate change,
overfishing, pollution and human development, these "rainforests of the sea"
are in danger. It will take an extensive and comprehensive study -- and the
participation of many nations -- to truly assess how they're doing and what
should be done to protect them.

Not since the famed oceanographer Jacques-Yves Cousteau took to the seas in
his mobile laboratory Calypso in the early 1950s has a journey of this
magnitude been undertaken. And this important mission is being led by
Captain Philip G. Renaud, USN (Ret.), who for the past five years has been
serving as the Executive Director of the Living Oceans
Foundation<http://www.livingoceansfoundation.org/>,
a private operating foundation started by HRH Prince Khaled bin Sultan of
Saudi Arabia dedicated to the preservation of the world’s marine
environments.

Now, 13.7 BILLION YEARS <http://www.13point7billion.org/>, a daily blog
covering daily news reports on conservation, natural science, animal rights
and the environment has launched an exclusive 5-part interview with Captain
Renaud, who discusses Global Reef Expedition, diving with the prince,
President Obama and what we can all do to help save our oceans.

Capt. Renaud’s career in oceanography began at the Naval Academy where he
earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Oceanography in 1979.

During his distinguished 25-year career in the Navy, Capt. Renaud served as
the oceanographer for the  aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt, the lead
oceanographer for the Commander, Second Fleet, and finally the Commanding
Officer of the Naval Oceanographic Office.

13.7 BILLION YEARS was launched in 2008 by artist, writer and environmental
activist Reynard Loki as an armchair activist blog "covering daily news on
conservation, natural science, the environment and animal rights -- with
quick and easy ways to get informed and involved."

13.7 BILLION YEARS takes its name from the age of the universe. On March 9,
2008, the New York Times reported on research that has provided the most
precise age of the universe to date: 13.73 billion years, give or take 120
million years.


Read part 1 of the exclusive interview at
http://www.13point7billion.org/2009/03/137-billion-years-exclusive-interview.html
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CONTACT:

Reynard Loki
Editor-in-Chief
13.7 Billion Years
http://13point7billion.org
13.7billion at gmail.com
(917) 543-6328


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