If I ever write a popular environmental book, I am going to call it “I Hate Thoreau’s Bastard Children: Why Modern Environmental Writing Sucks.” The…
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One year after the oil started
One year ago today, the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded, killing 11 workers and causing oil to gush into the Gulf of Mexico for three…
View More One year after the oil startedOil Spill anniversary: Show me the money…and data!
One year ago today, all hell broke loose in the Gulf. From scientists’ perspective, last year’s massive oil spill only just unlocked gates of Hades;…
View More Oil Spill anniversary: Show me the money…and data!The end of whaling in Japan?
UPDATE: No sooner did I post this did I find out it’s a hoax. Of course, this reaffirms a long held tenet of mine: when…
View More The end of whaling in Japan?Why is a successful NSF science education program being cancelled?
Just a few months ago in his State of the Union address, President Obama called for more science education. As always, this is desperately needed…
View More Why is a successful NSF science education program being cancelled?Scientist in Residence: My ‘Seascape of Fear’
Eric Heupel is a graduate student at University of Connecticut in Oceanography. He keeps a personal blog at Eclectic Echoes and Larval Images, and used…
View More Scientist in Residence: My ‘Seascape of Fear’Whale Bone-Devouring Worm Into More Than Just Whales
We have a long history of being HUGE fans of the “bone-devouring zombie worm from hell”. Osedax species were described less than 10 years ago…
View More Whale Bone-Devouring Worm Into More Than Just WhalesBook Review: Open Laboratory 2010
For the lay science enthusiast and the scientist interested in fields other than their own alike, there are few better perspectives you could get on…
View More Book Review: Open Laboratory 2010DSN Scientist in Residence Eric Heupel Revisits Gulf of Mexico Dolphin Mortality Event
Eric Heupel is a graduate student at University of Connecticut in Oceanography. He keeps a personal blog at Eclectic Echoes and Larval Images, and used…
View More DSN Scientist in Residence Eric Heupel Revisits Gulf of Mexico Dolphin Mortality EventTGIF: Study Biology in Tromsø
This is my favorite video this week. My kids were cracking up watching it too. The Norwegians were part of Randy Olson‘s film workshop. Like…
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