In early 2010, DSN comprised of just Kevin and I. We discussed plans of expanding and made up a wish list of bloggers to assimilate…
View More Wishing Miriam fair winds and a following seaMonth: January 2013
To take arms against a sea of troubles: my life in blogging, and farewell
I started blogging in 2007, at my mother’s deathbed. This isn’t the story I usually tell. I usually say that I always liked to write,…
View More To take arms against a sea of troubles: my life in blogging, and farewellOcean staircases and salt fingers, the curious case of double diffusion
These are salt fingers. The eerie fingerlike structures are caused by sinking blobs of warm, salty water interleaving with rising blobs of cold, fresh water.…
View More Ocean staircases and salt fingers, the curious case of double diffusionThe Deeplings at Science Online
A shoal of Deeplings will be attending this week’s Science Online conference in North Carolina. If you’ll be there, come say hi to Craig, Al,…
View More The Deeplings at Science OnlineGiant Squid Linkfest
To get you prepped for the large unleashing of Discovery Channel’s Looking for the Giant Squid this Sunday below is all the required reading. First…
View More Giant Squid LinkfestA field guide to privilege in marine science: some reasons why we lack diversity
After I successfully defended my Ph.D., and as I and packed up my belongings to move across the country for a new job (more on…
View More A field guide to privilege in marine science: some reasons why we lack diversityThe Astrolabe Molluscs
One of my favorite blogs BiblioOdyssessy which features illustrations from historical texts has post today containing hand-coloured illustrations of molluscs and other invertebrates collected during…
View More The Astrolabe MolluscsHow to hold the entire ocean in your hands
Got global bathymetric data? Check? Got a 3D printer? Check. Then you can make yourself a model of the ocean that you can hold in…
View More How to hold the entire ocean in your handsDisco Scallops Know How to Boogie Even if They Aren’t Scallops
In the videos above and below you see the Electric Flame Scallop, also called the Disco Scallop. Technically its not a scallop. Its not in…
View More Disco Scallops Know How to Boogie Even if They Aren’t ScallopsSperm Whales Be Messing With My Robot
An very large and unlikely visitor happens by during ROV operations. My favorite part is when you can see the tether, linking the ROV to…
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