The haka is the traditional dance form of the Maori of New Zealand. Dances may contain stamping of the feet, slapping of the thighs, pounding of the fists, smacking of the elbows. This is accompanied with rhythmic shouted accompaniment sometimes taking the form of yells or battle cries. Maori War Dances … . . . → Read More: TGIF: Maori War Dance
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By Dr. M, on  September 17th, 2009  3 comments  Archaeology, History, and Art, Deep Sea Music, Scientist!, TGIF: Pictures & Movies  Dance, Danish, Expedition, Galathea, Galway, haka, Iceland, Maori, New Zealand, Torbin Wolff, tradition, war dance By Dr. M, on September 17th, 2009 3 comments Nautical Terms and Phrases brass monkey, cannon balls, cold, freezing, nautical, Sailing, tall ship A special one for Kevin Z’s time aboard a tall ship… On ships, cannon balls were sometimes stacked in what was called a monkey, usually made from brass. When it got really cold the monkey would contract, forcing some of the cannon balls to fall off. . . . → Read More: Nautical Phrase/Term Wednesday: Freeze the B@!!$ Off A Brass Monkey
By Dr. M, on September 16th, 2009 One comment Bringin' It, Conservation & Environment, Dumping, Environmental Sciences, Industry & Government carbon dioxide, geoengineering, iron fertilization, ocean fertilization, phytoplankton From Nature Adding iron to the ocean is not an effective way to fight climate change, and we don’t need further research to establish that, say Aaron Strong, Sallie Chisholm, Charles Miller and John Cullen. In the face of seemingly accelerating climate change, some have proposed tackling the problem with geoengineering: intentionally altering the planet’s physical … . . . → Read More: Ohh! Ocean Fertilzation Snap!
By Dr. M, on September 16th, 2009 2 comments Carnivals & Link Love, Conservation & Environment, Giant Isopod Brian Linton, business, flippy floppies, Giant Isopod, green, I'm On A Boat, lobster, ocean conservation, recycle, Sand Shack, trash The Sand Shack is an environmentally friendly brand of apparel and accessories founded in Cape Cod. The company was started by Brian Lintonin 2006. After reading about Brian at the Sand Shack page I am convinced his picture may be next to the word entrepreneur, or maybe even overachiever, in the dictionary. “Brian was … . . . → Read More: Sand Shack For Your Flippy Floppy Needs
By Dr. M, on September 16th, 2009 4 comments Expeditions, Scientist! Beagle Project, Darwin, Duke, oceanography, Sailing, Science, tall ship Duke News and Communications just put up a press release about the Beagle Project! “In an inspiring mix of 19th and 21st Century technologies, a Duke Marine Lab researcher will play the role of Charles Darwin on an upcoming oceanographic cruise off the coast of Brazil.” . . . → Read More: Kevin Z…21st Century Darwin
By Kevin Zelnio, on September 16th, 2009 One comment Conservation & Environment, Uncategorized fishing, GreenPeace, International Law, tuna In the how to achieve conservation goals and police international waters within the bounds of international law and without harming the life of a ship’s crew or damage to privately owned property (and thus causing even more pollution and debris in the ocean) corner we have Greenpeace. In the other corner, well, those other … . . . → Read More: Greenpeace Intercepts Tuna Trawler – Doin’ it Right
By Dr. M, on September 15th, 2009 Leave a comment New Research, Vessels and Equipment autonomous underwater robot, Biofilm, biofouling, Hull Bug, office of naval research, robot how about this little gem from (video) the US Office of Naval Research. ONR recently conducted tests with a developmental ship hull grooming robot, called the Robotic Hull Bio-inspired Underwater Grooming (HULL BUG) tool. The HULL BUG is similar in concept to a autonomous robotic home vacuum cleaner or lawn mower and incorporates the … . . . → Read More: And speaking of autonomous underwater robots…
By Dr. M, on September 15th, 2009 7 comments Vessels and Equipment benthic, benthic rover, cabled observatory, deep sea, Ken Smith, MARS, MBARI, Monterey Accelerated Research Syste, Monterey Bay, oxygen consumption, respiration, rover Send that data right over. The absolute coolest gadget to hit deep-sea science is is the Benthic Rover, the deep-sea equivalent of the Spirit and Opportunity. The Benthic Rover, the brain child of deep-sea biologist Ken Smith, and brought to life by engineers at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, is approximately of small … . . . → Read More: Benthic Rover, Benthic Rover
By Dr. M, on September 15th, 2009 One comment Biodiversity, Conservation & Environment conservation, ERDG, flip 'em, horseshoe crab, Limulus, stranding The Ecological Research & Development Group (ERDG), a non-profit wildlife conservation organization founded in 1995 with the primary focus conserving the four remaining horseshoe crab species, announced the flip’em campaign. Our Just flip ‘em! program is designed to bring attention to the hundreds of thousands of horseshoe crabs (Limulus polyphemus) who die each year from … . . . → Read More: Just Flip ‘em
By Dr. M, on September 15th, 2009 2 comments Biodiversity, Books/Media, Carnivals & Link Love, Education, Fish, Gadgets & Gear, New Research, Scientist!, Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls, Vessels and Equipment Adrian Glover, cabled observatory, Darwin Center, David Attenborough, live feed, Lonndon, Natural History Museum, Prince William, Thomas Dahlgren, underwater observatory, video It has been a long year waiting to announce this. Last year Dr. Adrian Glover, long time DSN fan from the Natural History Museum in London, showed me a live feed of camera mounted on a dead harbor porpoise from 30m in a fjord on the west coast of Sweden. As we set there … . . . → Read More: Video Feed Live From 30 Meters
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