Newsweek broaches this subject discussing the move by China to being exploring the mining of massive sulfide deposits, i.e. hydrothermal vents. Samantha Smith from Nautilus,…
View More Is Deep-Sea Mining Bad?Month: September 2010
Hidden Oil and Gas Plumes in the Gulf
Mile O’Brien reports for Science Nation, an online by the National Science Foundation (NSF), on the plume tracking expedition of Samantha Joye. Read the accompanying…
View More Hidden Oil and Gas Plumes in the GulfOil on beaches “doesn’t stay gone”
Seeing as I seem to be living, eating and breathing this Gulf Oil Spill (figuratively, I hope, although the proximate air of New Orleans air…
View More Oil on beaches “doesn’t stay gone”Parler Heureux Comme Un Jour Des Pirates
Happy September 19, also known as Talk Like a Pirate Day! Personally, I’m rather fond of French pirates. There’s a certain elegance in being forced…
View More Parler Heureux Comme Un Jour Des PiratesCrown-of-Links
Starfish fight scientists back with… MUCUS! And LOTS of it! Details at the oozyliscious Echinoblog. Of maps and octopuses. ‘Nuff said. Over at ye Old…
View More Crown-of-LinksI’m on a boat, and, its goin’ fast, and…
My first week in the Gulf of Mexico has been a whirlwind of labwork, long drives, and airports, but its been a productive trip so…
View More I’m on a boat, and, its goin’ fast, and…Why Glycolysis Sucks! Formate 4-Evah!
The basic energy molecule for life is ATP, adenosine triphosphate. It fuels all those cellular reactions that life needs. To produce one mol of ATP…
View More Why Glycolysis Sucks! Formate 4-Evah!The Oil’s Impact On the Gulf
A recent article in New York Times indicates that the Gulf of Mexico avoided the worst of our predictions and recovery is already abound. Marsh…
View More The Oil’s Impact On the GulfNOM NOM NOM
Ahhh… Indian Summer in San Francisco. Warm, fog-free days. King salmon begin their run back into the Sacramento River. Tourist crowds thin a bit. And…
View More NOM NOM NOMCrepiduLinka fornicata
In a bold move that the world should pay close attention to, the small island nation of Kiribati closed off all 150,000+ square miles of…
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