via Hurricane Irene: Prepare for a Category 4 ‘major hurricane’ – latimes.com. Hurricane Irene continues to grow in strength and ferocity and is now on track to become a Category 4 hurricane, authorities said. Fueled by warm waters and nothing to slow it down, the hurricane is taking a path that will likely skirt . . . → Read More: Hurricane Irene: Prepare for a Category 4 ‘major hurricane’
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By Dr. M, on  August 23rd, 2011  2 comments  Natural Disaster, Weather  earthquake, end times, Hurricane, Irene giant squid nearly four metres [13.1 ft] long has been found washed up on Farewell Spit View Larger Map via Giant squid found on beach – news – dominion-post | Stuff.co.nz. Broadcast Spawn!Tweet#call_to_action h4{padding:0px 5px;}giant squid nearly four metres [13.1 ft] long has been found washed up on Farewell Spit View Larger Map via Giant squid found on beach – news – dominion-post |… It’s the end of summer, when many folks are either going on vacation or cranking hard in the lab before the school year starts again. I like to listen to podcasts while I drive or work, and two of my favorites are Escape Pod, with weekly science fiction stories, and Podcastle, with weekly fantasy . . . → Read More: Salty sci-fi stories for summer
By Dr Bik, on August 21st, 2011 2 comments Education, New Research Funding, NSF, Tree of Life, visualization I finally made it to Lake Placid. Yes, after a 6 hour drive drinking iced coffee and belting out some Gaga, I’m super excited to be here. This week, I am one of 35 scientists selected to attend a National Science Foundation “Ideas Lab” focused on Advancing and Visualizing the Tree of Life (AVAToL). The . . . → Read More: NSF Ideas Lab on Advancing and Visualizing the Tree of Life
By para_sight, on August 20th, 2011 2 comments Expeditions, Life At Sea, Megavertebrate, New Research, Uncategorized Georgia Aquarium, whale sharks Sorry I’ve been a bit quiet lately, but this whale shark fieldwork thing has a way of consuming every available moment. I’ll get to some new content soon, but in the meantime, the weather is here, I wish you were beautiful! Praying to Argos, the mighty satellite god Broadcast Spawn!Tweet#call_to_action h4{padding:0px 5px;}Sorry I’ve been a bit . . . → Read More: Postcard from Mexico
A water spout was recorded this morning just down the road from us in Wilmington, NC. In fact, we had just moved from Carolina Beach to Beaufort less than 2 weeks ago! Luckily, it wasn’t a very damaging spout but that spot was only a 10 minute drive from our old house! Anyways, pretty cool . . . → Read More: Carolina Beach Water Spout Today!
By Kevin Zelnio, on August 18th, 2011 4 comments Adaptations, Invertebrate Wars Flower Hat Jelly, Jellies, jellyfish, NEAQ, New England Aquarium, Olindias formosa Some cool pics and the video (below) from the NEAq’s Exhibit Galleries Blog on Flower Hat Jellies (Olindias formosa, one of my favs!). Head there to learn more! Broadcast Spawn!Tweet#call_to_action h4{padding:0px 5px;}Some cool pics and the video (below) from the NEAq’s Exhibit Galleries Blog on Flower Hat Jellies (Olindias formosa, one of my favs!). Head there to learn more! Broadcast Spawn!Tweet By Dr. M, on August 17th, 2011 3 comments Adaptations, Cephalopods!, Life Science, Mating & Reproduction, New Research, Open Access competition, egg, oviduct, Reproduction, sex, sperm, squid All sperm are not the same. Among fruit flies the longer the reproductive tract of the female the longer the sperm. In tiny crustaceans called ostracods, sperm length can range from several hundred micrometers to several millimeters. And here is some trivia for your next cocktail party, sperm in ostracods can even be longer than . . . → Read More: There Is More Than One Way To Impregnate A Squid
By Miriam Goldstein, on August 17th, 2011 27 comments Biodiversity funny names, puns, scientific nomenclature Sure, the purpose of scientific names is to provide taxonomic clarity, but some of them just sound awesome. This post was inspired by the Australian crayfish, Cherax destructor, which sounds like a comic supervillian. (Thanks to RickMac for pointing me its way – yabbies indeed.) Crepidula fornicata is simply descriptive at what those slipper shells . . . → Read More: What are your favorite scientific names?
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Preemptive Conservation Communication Through the Lens of Negative Comments
California Anchovy Engraulis mordax. Photo CC by Flickr user briangratwicke. Its a bit of a circular title, but I think it is honest. Marine scientists are constantly shouting at walls of reporters and news consumers that everything is fucked (pardon my french, but its not untrue). And well, it sort of is. But how do . . . → Read More: Preemptive Conservation Communication Through the Lens of Negative Comments