Our badass 454 sequencing reveals awesome deep-sea insights
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By , on November 30th, 2011 One comment   New Research, Uncategorized   , , , , , ,  

Make no mistake about it — I am shamelessly pimping out our lab’s new paper, written by yours truly. In fact, the title of this blog post was actually an alternate name for the manuscript (although I’d love to see the reviewer comments on that title). Technology is absolutely ridiculous these days. My iPhone is . . . → Read More: Our badass 454 sequencing reveals awesome deep-sea insights

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The 2011 Hurricane Season in 4.5 minutes
The 2011 Hurricane Season in 4.5 minutes avatar

By , on November 29th, 2011 One comment   Natural Disaster, Weather   , , , , , ,  

From NOAA Visualizations on YouTube: The 2011 Atlantic hurricane season officially ends on Nov. 30 and produced a total of 19 tropical storms of which seven became hurricanes, including three major hurricanes. This level of activity matched NOAA’s predictions and continues the trend of active hurricane seasons that began in 1995. From Arlene to . . . → Read More: The 2011 Hurricane Season in 4.5 minutes

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A lot of times you don’t win by doing the right thing…
A lot of times you don’t win by doing the right thing… avatar

By , on November 28th, 2011 Leave a comment   Fishing   , ,  

… but sometimes you can. The Perennial Plate Episode 62: A day in the Life from Daniel Klein on Vimeo. Via The Atlantic: Diving for sea urchins off the coast of southern California is just another day in the life for the The Perennial Plate, a web series about sustainable food created by Daniel Klein . . . → Read More: A lot of times you don’t win by doing the right thing…

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Sharks Need Your Vote!
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By , on November 28th, 2011 5 comments   Bringin' It, Carnivals & Link Love, Fish   , , ,  

My ocean blogging colleague, David Shiffman – known as “Why Sharks Matter” on twitter and the blog Southern Fried Science – is in the lead for an amazing opportunity: a $10,000 blogging scholarship! You can vote for him to win here and you are allowed to vote once per day. I should mention that voting . . . → Read More: Sharks Need Your Vote!

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Striking image of plastic pollution in Philippines
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By , on November 27th, 2011 Leave a comment   Plastic   , ,  

This striking image of plastic pollution in the Philippines won first prize in the Ocean In Focus Conservation Photo Contest. First Prize goes to Peri Paleracio of Quezon City, the Philippines, for his picture of a boat in the Philippines with plastic and trash pollution suspended in the water. This over-under shot illustrates the . . . → Read More: Striking image of plastic pollution in Philippines

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TGIF – Octopus Sends Dead Crab as Warning to Humanity
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By , on November 25th, 2011 11 comments   Cephalopods!, TGIF: Pictures & Movies   ,  

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TGIF – The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
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By , on November 25th, 2011 One comment   Books/Media, TGIF: Pictures & Movies   , ,  

Right, enough of the folksy stuff, time to get metal.  Or at least, what used to be metal, back when metal was, well, metal.  To that end, I give you Iron Maiden: “Old English Geezers interpreting even older English geezer’s epic poetry about spooky maritime stuff”.  Given the length of said poem/track, I’ve skipped to . . . → Read More: TGIF – The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

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TGIF – All creatures great and small
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By , on November 25th, 2011 Leave a comment   Biodiversity, Fish, TGIF: Pictures & Movies   ,  

Two diversity videos for this TGIF One of my favourite scenes from that wonderful bit of BBC crack-for-marine-biologists: “Blue Planet”. This sailfish scene plays out in January/February in the same location as the afuera whale shark aggregation I have written about And check out this gorgeous tiny goby, just 10mm long, a new species of . . . → Read More: TGIF – All creatures great and small

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TGIF – Shameless fuzzy face
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By , on November 25th, 2011 One comment   Biodiversity, Megavertebrate, TGIF: Pictures & Movies   , , , ,  

I’m at work today, but took some time out to take a few photos.  To wit, Floyd the harbour seal says “Happy Thanksgiving”, or rather “Please give me another tasty herring” This is why tube worms will never rule the airwaves I know how much my fellow deeplings just love shameless marine mammal adoration.  I . . . → Read More: TGIF – Shameless fuzzy face

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TGIF – Salt Water by Zoe Boekbinder
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By , on November 25th, 2011 Leave a comment   TGIF: Pictures & Movies   , ,  

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