I am admittedly a huge invertebrate nerd. But there’s a lot more going on in the ocean than can be caught with a plankton net. For this week’s TGIF, check out super awesome Scripps alumna and MIT post-doc Melissa Garren on the glory and the mystery oceanic microbes. Broadcast Spawn!Tweet#call_to_action h4{padding:0px 5px;}I am admittedly a huge invertebrate nerd. But there’s a lot more going on in the ocean than can be caught with a plankton net. For this week’s TGIF, check…
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By Miriam Goldstein, on  May 18th, 2012  2 comments  Microbes, TGIF: Pictures & Movies  Melissa Garren, Microbes, microbiologist, microbiome, TED By Miriam Goldstein, on May 15th, 2012 5 comments Scientist! behind the scenes, Halobates, marine debris, media coverage, North Pacific Gyre, plastic pollution, sea skaters You might have seen the headlines last week: Big rise in North Pacific plastic waste, Plastic in ‘Great Pacific Garbage Patch’ increases 100-fold, Ocean Trash is a Lifesaver for Insects, and so forth. These were based on a paper that I wrote with two co-authors, which came out in Biology Letters last week. Because the . . . → Read More: Pacific plastic, sea skaters, and the media: behind the scenes of my recent paper
By Miriam Goldstein, on May 13th, 2012 One comment Deep Sea Music, Megavertebrate harp seal, Music, Parry Gripp, pinniped Happy Sunday, everyone. Music by Parry Gripp, via Metafilter. Broadcast Spawn!Tweet#call_to_action h4{padding:0px 5px;}Happy Sunday, everyone. Music by Parry Gripp, via Metafilter. Broadcast Spawn!Tweet #SciFund is back and bigger than ever. During the month of May, 75 scientists are campaigning to raise awareness and funding for their research. There’s an entire page of cool and important aquatic biology projects – check them out, and donate to win fun prizes! Broadcast Spawn!Tweet#call_to_action h4{padding:0px 5px;}#SciFund is back and bigger than ever. During the . . . → Read More: The return of #Scifund 2: fund cool aquatic biology projects!
By Miriam Goldstein, on May 5th, 2012 8 comments Best of, Conservation & Environment, Natural Disaster, Weird Fukushima, Honshu tsunami, spam, tsunami Please enjoy this delightful piece of comment spam that we received at here at DSN. I’ve redacted the contact information but left the rest as is. Who wouldn’t trust Savy Pappy with a Fukushima reactor? I’m sending them $100,000 right now! American People, Global Community, Ladies and Gentlemen We are the Freedom consultants firm. [address]. We . . . → Read More: Amazing Fukushima-related spam
By Miriam Goldstein, on May 4th, 2012 5 comments Cephalopods!, TGIF: Pictures & Movies Invertebrate Wars, Octopus, Seagull The always epic Alex Warneke (a.k.a. A-Pain) made us a little nerd-gift based on the gull-vs-octopus battle. Happy Friday! Broadcast Spawn!Tweet#call_to_action h4{padding:0px 5px;}The always epic Alex Warneke (a.k.a. A-Pain) made us a little nerd-gift based on the gull-vs-octopus battle. Happy Friday! Broadcast Spawn!Tweet By Miriam Goldstein, on May 2nd, 2012 18 comments Fishing fisheries, Sardines, seafood, Steinbeck, sustainable fishery Sardines school off Baja California. Photo by Jon Bertsch. http://www.thalassagraphics.com/blog/?p=167 I only eat anchovies with Caesar salad, and am rather fond of the tiny fish that add a bit of strong flavor to the romaine lettuce. I’m unusual for wanting to get even that close to the tiny, oily fish – sardines, anchovy, menhaden – . . . → Read More: How to eat sardines sustainably
By Miriam Goldstein, on April 24th, 2012 Leave a comment Oil Spills BP, Deepwater Horizon, Gulf of Mexico, Oil Spill Last Friday was the 2 year anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. The ramifications of the vast amount of oil and dispersant polluting the Gulf are still becoming clear, but the problem hasn’t gone away, nor is it likely to. The New Orleans Times-Picayune rounded up official statements from . . . → Read More: BP oil spill 2-year anniversary: link roundup
By Miriam Goldstein, on April 16th, 2012 7 comments Archaeology, History, and Art Age of Sail, history, shipping, tall ship Ben Schmidt made this wonderful visualization of shipping from 1750-1850 using ship log data. (H/T Metafilter). It’s long, but worth watching. You can see the infamous Triangle Trade, the effect of the American Revolutionary War, the rise of British colonial sea power, and more. This is a must-see for any fan of Patrick O’Brian’s Master . . . → Read More: One hundred years of shipping: 1750 to 1850
By Miriam Goldstein, on April 4th, 2012 3 comments Fishing, Megavertebrate Bluefin, Commercial Fisheries, National Geographic, tuna, Wicked Tuna As a followup to Monday’s post on the National Geographic Atlantic bluefin-hunting reality TV show Wicked Tuna, I wanted to highlight some other perspectives. Please go ahead and post those I missed in the comments. From the Center for American Progress (h/t Cameron Coates): Bluefin tuna is one of the poster children for overfishing. . . . → Read More: Wicked Tuna link roundup
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