Shane deRolf’s “The Sea I See” whimsically addresses issues of marine diversity in the best traditions of Dr. Seuss. Share it with your kids! Initially commissioned by the Georgia Aquarium for its 4R program, Shane now has a Kickstarter project aiming to turn “The Sea I See” into a book. If you’re looking for an . . . → Read More: TGIF – The Sea I See
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By para_sight, on  December 22nd, 2011  8 comments  Opinion  core values, culture, culture of science, Education, Megafauna, ocean literacy, Open Access, Science Communication, Science Outreach When the DSN crew gathered for our inaugural retreat recently, one of the core values we agreed on was “promoting ocean literacy”. This value is something that just about everyone in marine science agrees on (example, example, example), but what does it really mean? Marine scientists and marine educators have an intuitive sense of what . . . → Read More: Promoting Ocean Literacy – a DSN Core Value
By Dr. M, on December 21st, 2011 16 comments Adaptations, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Ecology, Environmental Sciences, New Research, Uncategorized beta diversity, Carbon, deep sea, diversity, flux, marine snow Oh the dark deep sea is frightful,
But the food not so delightful,
But since we’ve got no place to go,
Let It Marine Snow! Let It Marine Snow! Let It Marine Snow! The deep-sea floor is a patch mosaic of habitats In the late 1960’s, two marine biologists, Howard Sanders and Robert . . . → Read More: Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow
By Miriam Goldstein, on December 21st, 2011 4 comments Art, Books/Media Carl Zimmer, science gifts, Science Ink, Tattoo Dave Wolfenden's jellyfish tattoo I’ve had a copy of Science Ink: Tattoos of the Science Obsessed, written by Carl Zimmer, sitting on my desk for a few months now. Once people see it, they can’t stop flipping through the pages and pages of science-themed tattoos, gasping and chuckling and sighing happily. It is scientist crack. . . . → Read More: Last minute holiday presents: Science Ink
By Miriam Goldstein, on December 19th, 2011 3 comments Carnivals & Link Love, Natural Disaster, Plastic marine debris, OSCURS model, physical oceanography, SCUD model, tsunami Estimation of debris path created with OSCURS model. The colors are years after the tsunami. Click through for more information. Map courtesy of J. Churnside (NOAA OAR) and created through Google. Debris from the 2011 Japanese tsunami is headed towards Hawaii and the North American west coast. For those concerned, several new sources of information . . . → Read More: Japanese tsunami debris link roundup
By Miriam Goldstein, on December 19th, 2011 6 comments Education, Opinion core values, culture of science, DSN mission, humor, TWSS If someone listened in on the conversation in the Deep Sea News underwater lair, they might conclude that we were a bunch of scatological mind-in-the-gutter sex fiends in need of serious Freudian analysis. They would not be wrong. Never have six people over legal drinking age so enjoyed “That’s what she said” jokes. All of . . . → Read More: Reverently irreverent: a Deep Sea News core value
By Kevin Zelnio, on December 18th, 2011 Leave a comment Mating & Reproduction Mating, mating behavior, Portunid Crab, Portunus pelagicus, Reproduction, swimming crab Hat tip DSN YouTube archivist Chris M. I love the ominously dramatic music as they bury themselves in the mud while getting it on. Broadcast Spawn!Tweet#call_to_action h4{padding:0px 5px;}Hat tip DSN YouTube archivist Chris M. I love the ominously dramatic music as they bury themselves in the mud while getting it on. Broadcast Spawn!Tweet By Dr. M, on December 16th, 2011 One comment Environmental Sciences, Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls Bacteria, Christmas, hydrogen sulfide, Hydrothermal Vent, marine snow, MBARI From Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute…In the ocean, there are places where it looks like it is snowing. These magical places are near undersea volcanic activity. The snow particles are clumps of bacteria that use chemicals to make food. Chemicals they use include hydrogen sulfide, which is toxic to virtually all other life. Most . . . → Read More: TGIF: Marine Snow
By Kevin Zelnio, on December 15th, 2011 Leave a comment Climate Change Gulf Stream, oceanography, WHOI, Wood's Hole From Wood’s Hole Oceanographic Institute YouTube Channel. Broadcast Spawn!Tweet#call_to_action h4{padding:0px 5px;}From Wood’s Hole Oceanographic Institute YouTube Channel. Broadcast Spawn!Tweet By Kevin Zelnio, on December 15th, 2011 One comment Conservation & Environment, Industry & Government conservation, Gulf of Mexico, Laura Bush, Texas “When we do more to preserve our marine resources and wildlife habitats, we have a firm foundation to provide better access for all people to enjoy our beautiful Gulf of Mexico.” These words were penned by former First Lady of the United States, Laura Bush, in a well-written and moving letter in the Houston Chronicle. . . . → Read More: Laura Bush, Advocate for the Gulf of Mexico
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