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By Dr Bik, on  March 10th, 2011  One comment  Biodiversity, Ecology, Invertebrate Wars, New Research, Open Access  Biodiversity, deep sea, molecular phylogeny, nemtodes Sometimes I am stunned by the vastness of the internet, as well as the brief 15-nanoseconds of fame that go along with most of its content. The other day I discovered the ‘Charlie the Unicorn’ videos on YouTube, after (ironically?) having a conversation with a real three-dimensional human. I was excited by this hilarity … . . . → Read More: Deep-sea additions to the Nematode Tree of Life
By Miriam Goldstein, on March 9th, 2011 One comment Scientist! Coral, Coral Reef Alliance, Ocean Doctor, Podcast, Rick MacPherson, Smithsonian As always, Rick is too modest to post about his own adventures…but fortunately I keep tabs on him through Coral Reef Alliance’s e-newsletter. Rick just went on Dr. David Guggeheim’s Ocean Doctor podcast to talk about the Coral Reef CSI program, in which crimes against coral reefs are investigated and prosecuted. “The Coral Reef CSI … . . . → Read More: RickMac’s adventures
The last month’s ocean science writing is up at Oceanographer’s Choice for your viewing. Go read dammit! . . . → Read More: Carnival of the Blue XLV is up!
By Kevin Zelnio, on March 7th, 2011 2 comments Conservation & Environment, Fishing bottom trawling, deep sea, Oceana, Pacific Ocean Super congrats to our friends at Oceana, who report on their blog The Beacon today that negotiations to protect over 16 million square miles of deep seafloor have paid off in a fantastic international and multi-organizational collaboration! “Fantastic news from the international negotiations we told you about last week: the talks concluded on Friday … . . . → Read More: 16.1 Million Square Miles of Deep Seafloor Protected in North Pacific
Bug Girl has the latest Circus of the Spineless up at her fabulous blog! Lots of great nuggets in there. And well, Spring is in the air, so you know what that means *wink wink nudge nudge*. Next month is slated to be held at Zen’s place, the Neurodojo. Send your submissions to doctorzen at … . . . → Read More: Circus of the Spineless #60 is up!
After three weeks in the field, I thought I’d ease back into my DSN responsibilities with a little fluff. To wit: Have you heard that Queen Latifah has been chosen to appear as Ursula the sea witch from Disney’s The Little Mermaid for an upcoming magazine ad campaign? Yeah, neither had I. At first I … . . . → Read More: Ursula Re-Imagined
By Dr Bik, on March 5th, 2011 4 comments Oil Spills BP, citizen science, Deepwater Horizon, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Oil Spill Although most of the media has now forgotten about that oil spill thing that happened last year, I’m consistently impressed by strength of ongoing citizen science projects in the Gulf of Mexico. I met Michael Sturdivant by chance last year while I was collecting samples along the Florida panhandle. Michael is heavily involved with … . . . → Read More: Citizen Science to track lingering oil in the Gulf
Pretty much the most awesome bedroom ever. The Deeplings’ secret headquarters looks just like this! (via Metafilter) Designer Steve Kuhl fulfills every boy’s fantasy with this insanely cool pirate ship bedroom. The six-year-old occupant from Minnesota chose between a space ship, race car, castle, and … . . . → Read More: Avast sleeping! Haul the main closet!
By Miriam Goldstein, on March 2nd, 2011 Leave a comment Scientist! Funding, library, Scripps, Scripps library, sio A couple weeks ago, I wrote about the Scripps library being closed due to budget problems. Nothing’s changed with the budget situation, but many people at Scripps and in the science community as a whole are working to mitigate this sad situation. Here’s the updates: Scripps library director Peter Bruggeman commented on my previous post … . . . → Read More: Scripps library update
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