Deep Sea Tweets for February 23rd, 2010
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Below is a summary of tweets from February 23rd, 2010 @eclecticechoes: Whales gangin up on poor squid! RT @RayBeckerman: Sperm whales ‘corral deep squid’ http://bit.ly/aqgGiX #DSN – 23 Feb 10 14:36 @jkolez: RT @kzelnio: RT @NatureNews: We <3 coral: Red Sea corals mapped in unprecedented detail http://bit.ly/aa1Eux #DSN – 23 Feb 10 13:24 @kzelnio: RT . . . → Read More: Deep Sea Tweets for February 23rd, 2010

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Open Lab 2009 is Out!
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For a mere $15.50 you can own science blogging pure gold! Including Deep Sea News’ winning contribution, among many more! Broadcast Spawn!Tweet#call_to_action h4{padding:0px 5px;}For a mere $15.50 you can own science blogging pure gold! Including Deep Sea News&#8217; winning contribution, among many more! Broadcast Spawn!Tweet

Ocean Bloggers Continue to Make a Difference in Kid’s Lives
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Received this nice letter from a teacher whose project we funded during our Donor’s Choose drive last Fall. Dear Kevin Zelnio, Thank you so much for helping to bring the ocean to our midwest classroom. The majority of our first grade students have never been to the ocean, and likely won’t be going there anytime . . . → Read More: Ocean Bloggers Continue to Make a Difference in Kid’s Lives

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Deep Sea Tweets for February 22nd, 2010
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Below is a summary of tweets from February 22nd, 2010 @kzelnio: RT @BomaiBlat: Bomai Cruz: Deep Sea Tailings Approved http://is.gd/8XlCj #DSN – 22 Feb 10 21:42 @DolphinSeeker30: RT: @kzelnio: RT @boingboing Curiosity shop in a whale’s belly Boing Boing http://is.gd/8WrSO #DSN – 22 Feb 10 18:22 @kzelnio: RT @boingboing Curiosity shop in a whale’s belly . . . → Read More: Deep Sea Tweets for February 22nd, 2010

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11 Ocean Photographers You Should Know
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I was very excited when Pelfusion posted 35 Underwater Photographs That Stand Out. Unfortunately most of the photographs feature models underwater in flowing dresses or pseudocharismatic large cats.  Far less than half of the photographs contain the actual denizens of the sea. What’s up with that? So without further delay, DSN introduces our ten favorite . . . → Read More: 11 Ocean Photographers You Should Know

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Seafaring Part of Human’s Ancient Past
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Komos Beach on the south coast of Crete, near Matala Source: Own photo. Crete, 2004 Photographer: Arne Nordmann (norro), Germany From Wikimedia Commons In case you didn’t know Crete is an island.  Shocking, I know but stay with me.  Crete has been an island for five million years.  What happens when you find a quartz . . . → Read More: Seafaring Part of Human’s Ancient Past

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Helluva Halibut
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Ginormous halibut from Cousteau Society's World Ocean Census. Picture taken c. 1910 at Provincetown, MA. (click image) Perusing the internet for maps, I came across the Cousteau Society’s World Ocean Census. They have several extracts available to read online. I clicked on Extract 4: Painting a Picture of the Past – Whaling Logs, Menus and . . . → Read More: Helluva Halibut

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Deep Sea Tweets for February 21st, 2010
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Below is a summary of tweets from February 21st, 2010 @DrCraigMc: Seafaring part of human's ancient past http://bit.ly/cYvxpy #DSN – 21 Feb 10 23:58 @DrCraigMc: Finding Giant Deep-Sea Protists #DSN http://bit.ly/d28iHC – 21 Feb 10 21:07 @loveofscience: RT @DrCraigMc: Stop Hatin' On the Blobfish! #DSN http://deepseanews.com/2010/02/stop-hatin-on-the-blobfish/ – 21 Feb 10 18:14 @DrCraigMc: Stop Hatin' On . . . → Read More: Deep Sea Tweets for February 21st, 2010

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The Continued Phenomena of Global Draining
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The Continued Phenomena of Global Draining Dr. M, National Institute of Ocean Fluctuation Research, Deep-Sea News Way, Suite 100, Timbuktu 20501 Recently, Southern Fried Scientist (2010) provided the first data demonstrating global draining.  This alarming trend was until recently unrecognized  by the scientific community (reviewed in Southern Fried Scientist 2010).  Southern Fried Scientist states that . . . → Read More: The Continued Phenomena of Global Draining

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Stop Hatin’ On the Blobfish
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Across the internets a movement is surfacing.  Its nothing short of a smear campaign.  Across the web it is becoming fashionable to hate on the blobfish. Neatorama…Back in 2006, we blogged about Mr. Blobby, the ugliest fish ever John Kaus at the Chicago Tribune and LA Times…With its humanlike face, the blobfish is a creature of . . . → Read More: Stop Hatin’ On the Blobfish

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