I do not eat fish. I never have (knowingly) and I never will. As a child it was because I was a picky eater. As I have grown and my tastebuds have changed I now eat many things. Fish is still not on my menu. There are so many things you can do to help …
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Sunscreen
Summer is NOT over people. You can always use protection from the sun. What kind of sunscreen are you using? Whats in it? The first ingredient in most sunscreens is oxybenzone or avobenzone. Sunscreen is super important to keep your body safe from UV rays. A sunburn can ruin a vacation, and skin cancer can …
La Plage
Firstly, yeah I haven’t posted in a few weeks. I was vacationing with my family in Canada. This post is about Canada and rivers. Read it or don’t! Oh Canada. Let me set the scene for you. You’re standing on a dirt driveway. To your right a fiery sunset, to your left a purple sky …
Waters on Driftwood
“I am asked sometimes, how did you get to be a biologist? How did you get to be a scientist? How did you get to be an explorer? And I say, it’s really easy. You start out as a little kid, and then you never grow up.” -Sylvia Earle. This is my short story about …
La Jolla
California. *Sigh* my birthplace and more. My family would occasionally make a trip to visit the pacific. If you know me, you know that my memory is like a black hole and I remember next to nothing. But some light memories reach out from that black hole for me to recall. One year we were …
Hello Mile High Mermaids!
My name is Molly Waters. I was born in San Diego, raised in Massachusetts and I live in Colorado. I have two degrees in Marine Biology and I am finding creative ways to use my education in a land locked state. Why the hell do I live here? Who the hell cares? The photo below …
Mile High Marine Biologist 