Jacques and team in the Arctic John Denver talks about how he composed Calypso, and released this 1994 video inspired by his friend Jacques Cousteau Jacques and team in the Amazon A grouper dances the waltz with a Cousteau Society diver. The Calypso through many expeditions Manta rays, planes, helicopters, and dive team during the Cousteau expedition to the … . . . → Read More: Jacques Cousteau YouTube Video Roundup
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By Dr. M, on  April 15th, 2009  2 comments  Archaeology, History, and Art, Books/Media, Conservation & Environment, Education, Expeditions, Gadgets & Gear, Scientist!  aqua long, calypso, Cousteau, Expeditions, Jacques Cousteau, John Denver, scuba By Dr. M, on April 15th, 2009 7 comments Education, Scientist! advocate, alien, creative solutions, deep sea, discovery, Eureka, exploration, Google, inquiry, Marine Biologist, New Species, ocean, offshore observation systems, Science, search phrases, travel I regularly check out the Google search phrases and terms for how people arrived at DSN. A few days ago I saw that someone asked the question in the above post. Obviously, I was intrigued by the question. I think it reminded me that I am privileged to do this. Although I speak of … . . . → Read More: Things You Get To Do When You Are A Marine Biologist?
By Dr. M, on April 15th, 2009 12 comments Biodiversity, Bringin' It, Critters, New Research, Scientist!, Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls Arthropoda, Crustacea, Hydrothermal Vent, molecular phylogeny, scientific article, Shrimp, species KZ is now among the scientifically published. Occurring this week in the Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington is “A new species of Alvinocaris (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea: Alvinocarididae) from hydrothermal vents at the Lau Basin, southwest Pacific, and a key to the species of Alvinocarididae”, Kevin’s very first published paper! I might add … . . . → Read More: Kevin Zelnio…New and Improved…Now With 30% More Shrimp!
By Dr. M, on April 15th, 2009 3 comments Archaeology, History, and Art, Gadgets & Gear, Nautical Terms and Phrases, Vessels and Equipment block and tackle, chock, deck, hold, pulley, rigging, Sailor, tackle, wedgy Items packed so tightly together as to prevent movement. A chock is typically a wooden wedge used to secure moving objects on deck and in the hold. A block and tackle is the pulley system used to hoist the rigging. However, the phrase appears to stem from when the no more free rope exists and … . . . → Read More: Nautical Term/Phrase Wednesday: Chock-A-Block
By Kevin Zelnio, on April 14th, 2009 Leave a comment Biodiversity, Education, TGIF: Pictures & Movies Museum, Natural History, Sant Ocean Hall, Smithsonian, USNMNH, Voice of America Can’t make it to DC anytime soon, like me? Voice of America has a nice video tour of the Sant Ocean Hall at the Smithsonian NMNH. I love seeing the kids get all into it! Check it out online at www.ocean.si.edu. . . . → Read More: “Marine Mysteries” At Sant Ocean Hall
By Peter Etnoyer, on April 14th, 2009 3 comments Biodiversity, Conservation & Environment, Megavertebrate leatherback turtle, Mr Leatherback, sea turtle Mr Leatherback has a MySpace page and a YouTube page. I love this guy. He’s on Facebook and Twitter. He’s been just about everywhere in a green pleather suit to save his species, and he’s got a website to prove it. We have a word for this kind of dedication… . . . → Read More: How far will a turtle go to save his species?
By Peter Etnoyer, on April 14th, 2009 3 comments Biodiversity, Conservation & Environment, Coral, Fish Anemone, clownfish, Geoff Jones, Kimbe Bay, Kimbe Island, larval dispersal, Marine Protected Area, MPA Science, Papua New Guinea, Sergio Planes, Simon Thorrold Since the first observations of transoceanic dispersal in marine snails (Scheltema 1971), long distance transport for marine animals has been a kind of Holy Grail for marine conservation science. Marine protected area (MPA) networks make sense to coral lovers, for instance, because most coral reef fish have pelagic larval durations exceeding 30 days. Lobster … . . . → Read More: Finding Nemo by DNA parentage analysis
By Dr. M, on April 13th, 2009 Leave a comment Adaptations, Biodiversity, Environmental Sciences, Geology, Life Science, Microbes, New Research, Scientist!, Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls anoxic, brine, Gulf of Mexico, Metabolism, methane, Microbe, microbial, National Science Foundation, noxious, oil and gas, origins of life, primordial, seep, Texas A&M University, University of Georgia …takes more than a Red Bull. You got to have the right metabolic pathways. NSF highlights the work of Samantha Joye of the University of Georgia who studies how microbes survive and thrive in a deep, dark, noxious, oxygen-depleted, super-salty ecosystems that may be like the primordial ooze that life originated from. This work … . . . → Read More: Thriving In Extreme Conditions
By Dr. M, on April 13th, 2009 6 comments Adaptations, Conservation & Environment, Critters, Environmental Sciences, Geology, New Research, Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls acid, acidity, atmosphere, carbon cycle, carbon dioxide, carbonate, Crab, deep sea, form, hydrolysis, mussel, ocean acidification, pH, plankton, shells, Southern Ocean, Volcano Two recent papers in Nature GeoScience demonstrate the real effects of ocean acidification. For those not in know, there is an ongoing decrease in the pH of the oceans from carbon dioxide released by humans into the atmosphere. From 1751 to 1994, the pH of the world’s oceans has dropped by 0.1, an considerable … . . . → Read More: Ocean Acidification, Not Good For Living
By Dr. M, on April 13th, 2009 5 comments Scientist! economy, Florida State University, masters, ph.d., recession, university Word from Tallahassee is that oceanography may be out at FSU! Florida State administrators this afternoon released a draft of proposed wide-sweeping cutbacks at the university, based on current reductions in state revenue. If enacted, they would dramatically alter the university as we know it. Twenty-one degree programs at FSU would be eliminated, including … . . . → Read More: Oceanography On the Chopping Block
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