The folks over at Tugboat Printshop have put together a 22-woodcut series themed “The Deep Blue Sea”. The woodcuts are truly one-of-a-kind and imaginative! I would love to decorate my kids’ rooms with these. Check out all 22 designs, there is something for everyone in there! Broadcast Spawn!Tweet#call_to_action h4{padding:0px 5px;}The folks over at Tugboat Printshop . . . → Read More: ‘Ocean Explorer 3000′ and Other Beautiful Nautical Woodcuts!
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The Revolution of Science Through SCUBA, a symposium “to celebrate the scientific contributions and value of scuba as research methodology,” will be webcast live Monday and Tuesday. The agenda is really impressive – it’s pretty much a who’s who in SCUBA-related underwater research. Some of my personal highlights include Larry Madin, who pioneered blue-water diving . . . → Read More: The Revolution of Science Through SCUBA
By Dr. M, on  May 22nd, 2010  12 comments  Biodiversity, Conservation & Environment, Oil Spills  Biodiversity, deep sea, Drilling, Oil Spill, pollution, seafloor, Toxicity The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is now over a month in duration and continues to worsen. Estimates of the total oil flowing from the damage were estimated initially at 5,000 barrels per day. Now the 26,000 estimate by FSU professor Ian MacDonald looks more plausible. Moreover, the greatest impact of the current . . . → Read More: Anatomy of an ecological catastrophe: what to expect in the deep Gulf of Mexico
By Dr. M, on May 20th, 2010 9 comments Oil Spills Deepwater Horizon, Louisiana, marsh, oil, oil slick, Oil Spill Today marks the 1 month anniversary since the blowout, explosion, and the death of 11 on Deepwater Horizon drill rig. The First Brown Pelican covered in oil dies at Louisiana refuge More haunting photographs of oil on Louisiana marshes U.S Government orders British Petroleum to put all Gulf oil spill data on Internet Florida has . . . → Read More: Oil Spill Update
I'm On A Boat poster by Tatsumi67 Public Radio International’s The World Science podcast has a regular series featuring Music in Science, and they asked me what music we listened to last August on SEAPLEX. When I squealed “I’M ON A BOAT!” they were a bit confused at first, but then they boldly went for . . . → Read More: Flippy-floppies take PRI’s The World
Today’s been a day of pretty bad news in the Gulf. If you need a little cheering up, please enjoy these baby sloths. (What, they’re terrestrial? SHHHHH I won’t tell if you won’t.) Meet the sloths from Amphibian Avenger on Vimeo. Broadcast Spawn!Tweet#call_to_action h4{padding:0px 5px;}Today’s been a day of pretty bad news in the Gulf. . . . → Read More: Sloth chaser
From CBS… It may be the most disturbing site yet: the first heavy sludge now oozing into the marshes of Louisiana as the slick continues to grow in size out in the gulf. CBS News correspondent Kelly Cobiella reports it’s an ominous sight. The oil is thick and black and stretches about a quarter mile . . . → Read More: And the heavy sludge arrives
By Dr. M, on May 18th, 2010 One comment Conservation & Environment, Oil Spills barrels of oil, Gulf of Mexico, offshore drilling, oil, oil consumption, oillspill, reserves One doesn’t need to look very far to find someone pondering the future of offshore drilling. The recent catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico is a stark reminder of the high-risk, high-payoff game the future could be. You know the risks…loss of fishing and tourism revenue, human life, human health, declining ecosystem function, diminishing biodiversity, . . . → Read More: Should We Even Bother With Offshore Oil? A Look at the Numbers
Last night, I posted a satellite image of a tendril of oil moving southeast. Today, NOAA head Jane Lubchenco has confirmed that some oil has reached the Loop Current and is headed towards Florida. From NPR: NOAA Administrator Jane Lubchenco says that aerial surveys show the main oil slick is dozens of miles from the . . . → Read More: Oil Confirmed in Loop Current, Could Reach FL May 26; Tarballs Found in FL
Each week Razib Khan, Dave Munger and I discuss an article that was recently blogged on at ResearchBlogging.org. I was on vacation this last weekend with my family in Ocracoke, NC. While I was working on my tan and trying to prevent my over-enthusiastic 3 year old from drowning in the Atlantic Ocean, Krystal D’Costa . . . → Read More: ResearchBlogCast #6: Bullying and Emotional Intelligence
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