Whoever can tell me what this image is and represents (be as detailed as possible) wins a $10.00 gift certificate to Noadi’s Etsy Store which…
View More DSN Random Figure Contest #1Month: February 2011
Some Vehicles For the Morning Commute
Up first the is the The Neptune Sport Micro. At 12 knots, you will be able to outrun any forces of good. All that power comes…
View More Some Vehicles For the Morning CommuteNPR’s oil spill Hat Trick
Once again this week, NPR was subtly poking us all with a stick—“Hey, remember that oil spill that happened last year?” I love NPR. ‘Fog…
View More NPR’s oil spill Hat TrickSea Shanty Saturday: Chicken on a Raft
In honor of Southern Fried Scientist & Bluegrass Blue Crab’s new chickens, I give you the popular mock-shanty “Chicken on a Raft.” Written by British…
View More Sea Shanty Saturday: Chicken on a RaftKrill Sex
Make sure you go read Hannah’s post on krill sex in the deep sea. Find out why should care about where Antarctic krill get it…
View More Krill SexWorld’s Tiniest Aquarium
via Pictures of the day: 22 February 2011 – Telegraph.
View More World’s Tiniest AquariumDSN Scientist In Residence Jarrett Byrnes On Biodiversity and Ecosystem Function
In my last post, I showed that ocean food webs are being re-written by human driven extinctions and invasions. In particular, most species that have…
View More DSN Scientist In Residence Jarrett Byrnes On Biodiversity and Ecosystem FunctionOil Spill Update: Deep-Sea Degradation
More bad news from the oil spill front. University of Georgia marine scientist Samantha Joye reporting findings from her fifth Gulf of Mexico expedition since the…
View More Oil Spill Update: Deep-Sea DegradationWild Oysters Functionally Extinct?
Add this to your growing list of Earth going to hell Enjoy your shucking while it lasts. Wild oysters are now “functionally extinct” in many…
View More Wild Oysters Functionally Extinct?Tide Pool: Cephalopods, Ash, and Sulphur Are to Blame
An occasional series where we briefly report 3 new studies and tell you why they are cool! Heightened biodiversity may make an ecosystem more stabile…
View More Tide Pool: Cephalopods, Ash, and Sulphur Are to Blame