The New York Times has a great article out this week, as we near the year anniversary of the Macondo Well blowout and the ensuing horror of the Gulf oil spill. What has emerged in studies so far is not a final tally of damage, but a new window on the complexities of the gulf, … . . . → Read More: Deepwater Horizon: Science progresses, a year later
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By Dr Bik, on  April 14th, 2011  One comment  Oil Spills  BP, Deepwater Horizon, Gulf of Mexico, Oil Spill By Dr. M, on April 13th, 2011 2 comments Adaptations, Biodiversity, Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls chemosynthesis, Deep South, Hydrothermal Vent, Lammellibranchia, Methane Seep, ship wreck, Southern Boy, U-boat, World War I Dear Readers, In the summer of ‘06 I, a Southern gentleman in my finest white linen suit*, find myself in the lower portion of England. The heat smothers me. Now if I found myself in the land of Delta Blues, I would quench my thirst with a mint julep. But alas, I’m in the Queen’s … . . . → Read More: A Southerner Relays Tales of Ship Wrecks and Worms
By Miriam Goldstein, on April 13th, 2011 3 comments Archaeology, History, and Art, Life At Sea cats, kittens, life at sea, Military, United States Navy, US Naval Institute The US Naval Institute has a photo gallery of cats and the sailors that dote on them. I am utterly undone by seagoing kitties with tiny hammocks! A couple of my favorite photos from the site are below – click here for the rest. (Via Metafilter). . . . → Read More: “I can haz capstan ride?” Cats at sea!
After being pulled away from my online life for quite a while, I regret that my first post back is not happy news. With apologies for sticking my neck into Miriam’s territory, but University of Hawaii researchers have recently modeled the projected path of debris that was washed out to sea following the March … . . . → Read More: Japan Tsunami Debris Sloshing Around The Pacific
By Miriam Goldstein, on April 12th, 2011 One comment Plastic green sand beach, hawaii, marine debris, plastic pollution, SEAPLEX I have a new post up at the SEAPLEX blog (where I put all my marine debris stuff). A couple weeks ago I was lucky enough to go to Hawaii for the 5th International Conference on Marine Debris. (You can see my tweets at @seaplexscience, or the conference hashtag #5imdc.) This was my third … . . . → Read More: Plastic pollution on Hawaii’s famed green sand beach
By Kevin Zelnio, on April 11th, 2011 One comment Conservation & Environment, Deep Sea Music Jackson Browne, sylvia earle Of Jackson Browne is one of my musical heroes. And it goes to show that great songwriting goes hand in hand with a love and respect of our oceans! The Sylvia Earle Alliance posted this video of him singing his song “If I Could Be Anywhere” at TEDxGPGP. He wrote this last April on … . . . → Read More: Jackson Browne Would Be on the Ocean
By para_sight, on April 10th, 2011 14 comments Conservation & Environment, Industry & Government, Megavertebrate, Oil Spills, Opinion, Uncategorized Deepwater Horizon, dolphins, Gulf of Mexcio There’s a lot of press happening right now about an “unusual mortality event” underway in the northern Gulf of Mexico involving dead dolphins, particularly young ones (see for examples here, here and here). Much of the drama that drives these stories to the front page arises out of potential links to the Deepwater Horizon oil … . . . → Read More: Cold hard data vs warm baby dolphins
By Miriam Goldstein, on April 10th, 2011 7 comments Vessels and Equipment dolphins, help us ahhhh, robot Via Aili C-F, who asks “What happens when the dolphins discover this technology and then the dolphin robots attack???” Well, it might look something like this. In the words of Dr. James Aoki, “I believe I speak for the entire human race when I say, ‘Holy fuck.” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VB1nfDBDMdU . . . → Read More: Fish-driven robot!
My grandmother, Edith Goldstein (“Nana”), passed peacefully away in her sleep on Tuesday night at the age of 99. She was known for her intelligence – she did the New York Times crossword in pen until the end, even the Sunday edition – and for her sharp tongue. Though she was always a part … . . . → Read More: For my grandmother, who was born at the wrong time
By Dr. M, on April 7th, 2011 8 comments Expeditions, Vessels and Equipment Richard Branson, Virgin Oceanic, Virign Dear Sir Richard Branson, I don’t know if you read DSN. Probably not. That’s fine. I realize you are probably busy making making money.If you happen to stumble here. Please, please, please, please, please take me along. I have all the necessary prerequisites. If you don’t think I should participate please read comments below (Note: Readers … . . . → Read More: Dear Sir Richard Branson
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