Well, first of all, I first heard about the Bloop from a friend who was interested in cryptozoology in 2004. I first ran into the recordings themselves (of the Bloop, Julia, Train, and Slowdown) in 2006. If you read New Scientist, you can find similar reports from the same period as the CNN article. It shows up in pulpy fiction as a neat unsolved phenomenon as early as 2004 and 2005. It got written up by other web sites like this one well before.
But setting all this aside: You're really telling me that the NOAA is in cahoots with Paramount? Come on.
If you liked Heavy Weather you'll love Mother of Storms. Even more terrifyingly plausible now that we're well on our way to "naturally" triggering a runaway methane release, we won't need a nuclear strike on the arctic ice shelf like in the book.
A lot more fanciful, but The Swarm also features the attempted eradication of humanity by means of runaway greenhouse effect via arctic methane release.
Ooh! Ooh! I have something to contribute, finally!
The Swarm: A Novel https://www.amazon.com/dp/0060859806/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_gm5ZCbNY2QNR9
you might find The Swarm an entertaining read.
Sounds a little bit like "The Swarm", by Frank Schatzing.
The Swarm.
http://www.amazon.com/Swarm-Novel-Frank-Schatzing/dp/0060859806/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1319563954&sr=8-2
The Swarm .. a doomsday scenario novel .. a fun read .. if you're into that kind of stuff
http://www.amazon.com/Swarm-Novel-Frank-Schatzing/dp/0060859806/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1278665246&sr=8-1-spell
Well, first of all, I first heard about the Bloop from a friend who was interested in cryptozoology in 2004. I first ran into the recordings themselves (of the Bloop, Julia, Train, and Slowdown) in 2006. If you read New Scientist, you can find similar reports from the same period as the CNN article. It shows up in pulpy fiction as a neat unsolved phenomenon as early as 2004 and 2005. It got written up by other web sites like this one well before.
But setting all this aside: You're really telling me that the NOAA is in cahoots with Paramount? Come on.
If you liked Heavy Weather you'll love Mother of Storms. Even more terrifyingly plausible now that we're well on our way to "naturally" triggering a runaway methane release, we won't need a nuclear strike on the arctic ice shelf like in the book.
A lot more fanciful, but The Swarm also features the attempted eradication of humanity by means of runaway greenhouse effect via arctic methane release.
The Swarm has started!
A good book and worth a read if it hasn't been read. http://www.amazon.com/The-Swarm-Novel-Frank-Schatzing/dp/0060859806