John Stewart interviews Captain Richard Phillips of Maersk Alabama, which was hijacked by Somali pirates last year. The ship was carrying aid to the region. The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c Richard Phillips www.thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor Tea Party Hat tip to gCaptain. . . . → Read More: TGIF: Maersk Alabama Edition
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By Kevin Zelnio, on  April 9th, 2010  Leave a comment  Archaeology, History, and Art, Bringin' It, Vessels and Equipment  Captain Rich Phillips, Daily Show, John Stewart, Maersk, pirates, Somalia Taken on my morning bike commute to work from the Beaufort drawbridge. All the news on the Earth's largest environment. By Dr. M, on April 6th, 2010 Leave a comment Conservation & Environment, Dumping, Industry & Government, Uncategorized, Vessels and Equipment Australia, coal, coral reef, Great Barrier Reef, oil In part two of unintended series on oil… Unless you live under an oil covered rock you probably already know that a Chinese ship carrying 65,000 tons of coal ran aground off Australia near the Great Barrier Reef. A bit more problematic is the 950 tons of oil on board leaking onto the surround reef. … . . . → Read More: Oil: Not just for autos but coral reefs as well
By Dr. M, on April 6th, 2010 5 comments Conservation & Environment, Industry & Government, Uncategorized Democrat, Drilling, Obama, offshore, oil, policy, Politics, Republican Last Wednesday, Obama in a very surprising move, unveiled plans for large swaths of the ocean off the East Coast, eastern Gulf of Mexico, and Alaska to be drilled for oil and gas for the first time. Specifically the plan allows areas from Delaware to central Floria, the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas, and swath 125 … . . . → Read More: Oil: From the offshore to onshore, From the deep sea to coral reefs
Xenogere has the latest edition of the Circus of the Spineless up! Its nicely written and has lots of excellent links to invertagoodness in it! . . . → Read More: Circus of the Spineless #49 is Up!
Pattra Chaisawat is an Industrial Design student at the Academy Of Art University in San Francisco. He is doing a class project on hand-held GPS unit product design, specifically for the marine scientist. I know many (if not most) of our readers are GPS aficionados so please take 2-5 minutes and fill out … . . . → Read More: Hand-Held GPS and You!
By Kevin Zelnio, on April 5th, 2010 Leave a comment Carnivals & Link Love, New Research research blogging, researchblogcast Dave Munger, Razib Khan and I are trying an experimental weekly podcast over at ResearchBlogging.org. Check it out and let us know what you think! This week we discussed the following excellent paper: Brown, J., Morales, V., & Summers, K. (2010). A Key Ecological Trait Drove the Evolution of Biparental Care and Monogamy in an … . . . → Read More: Researchblogcast
By Dr. M, on April 5th, 2010 4 comments Biodiversity, Ecology, Life Science, New Research, Scientist! Biodiversity, bioturbation, canyon, competition, Ecology, Macrofauna, Monterey Canyon, ROV, Sediment I am very excited today! My new paper in the journal Ecology will be coming out in April on the regulation of biodiversity in the deep sea. NESCent is issuing a press release (below) written by our very talented, Communications Director Robin Smith. Above is a high-definition Youtube video we put together for the … . . . → Read More: When the dinner bell rings for seafloor scavengers, larger animals get first dibs
By Kevin Zelnio, on April 4th, 2010 Leave a comment Ramblings, TGIF: Pictures & Movies animation, Ocean Monster, oil rig Its bad enough being alone at sea, but having to actually deal with the sea… sheesh. Happy Monday! Oceansize from Oceansize Team on Vimeo. Hat tip to @petermello. . . . → Read More: Oceansize
By Kevin Zelnio, on April 3rd, 2010 Leave a comment Ecology, New Research, Zooplankton climate change, deep sea, food availability, Ken Smith, MBARI A nice, new video produced by MBARI about Dr. Ken Smith’s research: “The vast muddy expanses of the abyssal plains occupy about 60 percent of the Earth’s surface and are important in global carbon cycling. Changes in the Earth’s climate can cause unexpectedly large changes in deep-sea ecosystems. Based on 18 years of studies, MBARI’s … . . . → Read More: Climate Change and Food Availability in the Deep
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