ASSIGNMENT: OCEAN WILDERNESS

(Phytoplankton bloom in the Gulf of California. Via Visible Earth. Credit: Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSF.)

I'm headed offshore�and off the grid�into the Gulf of California, aka the Sea of Cortez, through late April, helping out with some field research and working on a new Mother Jones piece.

Please browse the archives until I return with new images and stories. 

And please email me links to any interesting ocean news/developments, so I can catch up when I get back: julia.whitty@gmail.com.

Here's where I'll be after meandering a while by boat. Some of you recognize the landmarks and seamarks for tiny Isla Rasa.