I spent a summer as an undergraduate in Port Fourchon, Louisiana conducting field work. Some of my fondest memories surround that summer I spent in 130% humidity and 130˚ heat. Like many others, I’ve intently watched a human tragedy take its tole and a potential environmental diaster unfold. Below I provide … . . . → Read More: The Gulf Of Mexico Oil Spill: A Timeline
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By Dr. M, on  April 29th, 2010  68 comments  Conservation & Environment, Geology, Industry & Government, Oil Spills, Uncategorized  British Petroleum, Deepwater Horizon, Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana, offshore oil rigs, oil rig, oil slick, Oil Spill By Kevin Zelnio, on April 26th, 2010 Leave a comment Fish, New Research body size, fish, research blogging, researchblogcast, Trophic Ecology Each week Dave Munger, Razib Khan and I discuss a recent paper from ResearchBlogging.org. This week was my turn to choose and we discussed the following recent paper: Shackell, N., Frank, K., Fisher, J., Petrie, B., & Leggett, W. (2009). Decline in top predator body size and changing climate alter trophic structure … . . . → Read More: ResearchBlogCast #4: Decreasing Predator Size Increases Prey Numbers
By Kevin Zelnio, on April 24th, 2010 One comment Biodiversity, Fish, New Research, New Species, Paleobiology 6-Gill Shark, Anatomy, Bathykorus bouilloni, Cnidaria, fossil, Hydrozoa, jelly, jellyfish, Ostracod, Raskoff, shark, The Tide Pool KAZ – A new occasional series modeled from Ed Yong’s Pocket Science where I will briefly report a few cool studies and tell you why I think they are cool! ———————————- Kevin Raskoff from Monterey Peninsula College (where I got my start in science!) describes a new genus and species of jelly. Named Bathykorus … . . . → Read More: The Tide Pool: New Jelly, Misplaced 6-Gill, Old Ostracods
By Kevin Zelnio, on April 24th, 2010 Leave a comment Fish, Vessels and Equipment Neptune Canada, rattail Serioulsy though, I cannot get enough of the Neptune Canada youtube channel. You won’t find this stuff on Animal Planet kids. Loving it! Whats your favorite caption? I kind of think “Hey man what’s your problem? Just trying to dance here. What? Ocean not big enough for you?” . . . → Read More: And the Rattail Was All Like ‘Dude! Just Trying to Get a Drink Here’
Hat tip to Michael Barton, FCD. . . . → Read More: TGIF: Desert Island
By Kevin Zelnio, on April 20th, 2010 2 comments Ecology, New Research, Seamount biogeography, Biome, Blue Marble, Mountains in the Sea, NOAA, oceanography, Peter Etnoyer, Seamount Peter Etnoyer is a deep sea coral habitat specialist with NOAA’s National Center for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) in Charleston, SC. He returns to Deep Sea News to deliver this important report on an exciting new development in deep sea science. The journal Oceanography published a new full-color thematic … . . . → Read More: Guest Post: The Largest Habitats on Earth
Now as a podcast in iTunes ( search “ResearchBlogcast” in the iTunes store)! This week we tackle a paper on the DASH diet and its affect on coronary health in women. This week its my turn to pick the paper. Anything strike your fancy on ResearchBlogging.org lately? . . . → Read More: ResearchBlogCast #3
By Kevin Zelnio, on April 20th, 2010 Leave a comment Fish, Ramblings Drinking, MBARI, MLML, Moss Landing I’m heading off for the rest of the week to work at Dr. M’s old stomping grounds, MBARI. I’ll be staying at the Moss Landing Marine Laboratories dorm as well. If anyone is in the area and wants to grab lunch or dinner and possibly an awesome drinkathon rowdy pub crawl civil get together … . . . → Read More: Heading to Monterey!
By Kevin Zelnio, on April 20th, 2010 3 comments Environmental Sciences deep sea, Hydrophone, NOAA, PMEL, Sound The NOAA Vents program of the Pacific Marine Environmental lab in Oregon has released some haunting sounds picked up by their underwater autonomous hydrophone array. Save the “Upsweep” sound for last for maximum spookiness! Makes one wonder how much we really know is going on down there. Some of these must be sounds produced by … . . . → Read More: Mysterious Sounds from the Deep
Planning on attending the Deep-Sea Biology Symposium in Iceland this June? From the Symposium website There has been intensive interest for the 12th Deep-sea symposium. Nearly 250 people have registered for the symposium. It appears that we will have double sessions on all days except the day of the excursion. Those that have offered oral … . . . → Read More: The 12th Deep-Sea Biology Symposium…in Iceland?!
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