Sixty two moons orbit Saturn. The sixth largest of these at just 300 miles in diameter is Enceladus named after one of the giant children, the Gigantes, of Gaia. The Gigantes came existence when blood of a castrated Uranus fell to the ground. Enceladus, the Greek giant not the moon, was pierced and disabled … . . . → Read More: The Ocean Moon of Saturn
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By Dr. M, on  June 29th, 2011  Leave a comment  Environmental Sciences, Geology  astronomy, Cassini, Enceladus, moon, planet, Saturn By Dr. M, on June 29th, 2011 Leave a comment Bringin' It, Education defensive end, football, marine biology, marine science, Miami Well this brings a smile to my face. St. Thomas Aquinas defensive end Jelani Hamilton (6-foot-5, 250 pounds) committed to the University of Miami on Monday, citing his interest in the field of marine biology and Miami’s prowess as a leading research facility via STA’s STA’s Jelani Hamilton eyes marine biology at Miami: Jelani Hamilton eyes … . . . → Read More: Marine Science For The Win!
Robert Benz and his buddies were fishing Sunday about 12 miles offshore from Port Salerno when they spotted something floating in the water. It turned out to be a 23-foot long giant squid. The main part of the body was about 11-feet long, but with its two long tentacles, it barely fit in the … . . . → Read More: Giant Squid Found off Florida
By Kevin Zelnio, on June 29th, 2011 One comment Conservation & Environment, Fishing, Scientist! Guardian, Jason Hall-Spencer, Overfishing Recently discovered a fabulous new marine tweep, the British Oceanographic Data Centre {follow @BODC on twitter} (a national facility for preserving and distributing oceanographic and marine data), who has been tweeting some interesting links from the other side of the pond. They brought to my attention this morning a new article by marine biologist … . . . → Read More: Reforming “17th Century Ideas of Marine Exploitation”
By Dr Bik, on June 28th, 2011 One comment Conservation & Environment, Oil Spills BP, Deepwater Horizon, Gulf of Mexico, NOAA, Oil Spill, restoration, seafood safety I have to say, I’m pretty impressed with NOAA. If you’ve been to their homepage lately, you’ll notice that the key Deepwater Horizon links have been inserted into a nice little banner across the top of the site. The historic archive! Restoration Projects! Seafood Safety! I’d like to think that Deep-sea News had something … . . . → Read More: Deepwater Horizon: Resources and Restoration
By RickMac, on June 26th, 2011 5 comments Biodiversity, Bringin' It, Education, Life Science, Opinion, Ramblings, Scientist! Happy Pride Weekend to everyone! Here in San Francisco, I’m hunkered down in the office prepping for field work in Mexico, but through my open window I can hear the cheers of the crowd from the SF Pride Parade just a couple of blocks away. This post has spent a long time languishing in … . . . → Read More: Minorities in Ocean Sciences: The LGBT Pride Weekend Edition
By Kevin Zelnio, on June 22nd, 2011 Leave a comment Deep Sea Music Falmouth International Sea Shanty Festival, Guardian, Sea shanty I’ve always chalked it up to a lifetime of experience battling the confines of the sea and the ports, plenty of grog and good company. But the Guardian’s Laura Barton traveled to the Falmouth International Sea Shanty Festival to find out for herself. The result? A nice perspective of the shanty and the festival … . . . → Read More: What Makes a Good Shanty?
PLEASE! Someone send me to cover Salmonstock! This sounds great! From the Press Release they sent me: Salmonstock is a celebration of Alaskan salmon and the people who depend upon them. Itʼs also about the power we have in protecting our resources and our livelihoods. Stand up and join your fellow Alaskans in our fight for the wild … . . . → Read More: Salmonstock
“If you can’t beat them, eat them!” Enrique Gili discusses at Miller-McCune how our best offensive against the spread of invasive lionfish might be the fork and knife. Even NOAA encourages consuming lionfish (pdf) from the Atlantic seaboard. D’ya like dags? He’s got 101 uses for shark puke. Radioactive leaks found at 75% of US nuclear … . . . → Read More: Around the Ocean (Blogs)
From the ever-entertaining comic Married to the Sea. . . . → Read More: TGIF: Anchors are just as fun!
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