This week 4,000 ocean scientists are descending upon the very landlocked Salt Lake City for the 2012 Ocean Sciences Meeting. This meeting, co-sponsored by The Oceanography Society, the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography and the American Geophysical Union, is one of the biggest in ocean science and is only held every other year. . . . → Read More: Deep Sea News at Ocean Sciences Meeting 2012
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By Miriam Goldstein, on  February 19th, 2012  Leave a comment  Scientist!  Meet the Deeplings, Ocean Sciences Meeting, Salt Lake City By Miriam Goldstein, on February 15th, 2012 4 comments Fish, Fishing cod, fishery, Gulf of Maine, NEFSC, NOAA, stock assessment Image by Ray Troll The Gulf of Maine cod fishery was deemed to be on its way to recovery in 2008, with a chance of reaching “rebuilt” status by 2014. This was great news for this historically and economically important (and very tasty) fishery. Then, this year, fisheries scientists working on the 2011 stock assessment . . . → Read More: How did Gulf of Maine cod suddenly go from “recovering” to “overfished”?
By Miriam Goldstein, on February 13th, 2012 8 comments Scientist! career, job, Marine Biologist, marine biology By the excellent Jarrett Byrnes By the excellent Jarrett Byrnes By Miriam Goldstein, on February 2nd, 2012 4 comments Books/Media, Cephalopods! Books, Cephalopod, Human-Nature Interaction, Porn, Reproduction, sex, Tentacle By Eric Schwaner via DeviantArt Warning: This post is rated PG-13 and is safe for work, but contains links to NSFW adult-only content. Click at your own risk. Most marine scientists remain blissfully unaware of the existence of tentacle-themed pornography, which originated from Japan. The paths of people who work with real life tentacle-creatures and . . . → Read More: Interview: New anthology of tentacle porn reaches for marine conservation
By Miriam Goldstein, on January 30th, 2012 7 comments Life At Sea, Megavertebrate, Scientist! acoustic, Alexis Rudd, dolphins, graduate school, hawaii This is a guest post from Alexis Rudd, who is a doctoral student at the Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology on the island of O’ahu. Her research uses sound to study the distribution and behavior of dolphins and whales in Hawaii, in partnership with Young Brothers interisland shipping company. It seems as though most people . . . → Read More: Guest Post: True Confessions of a Dolphin-Loving Marine Biologist
By Miriam Goldstein, on January 26th, 2012 4 comments Nautical Terms and Phrases Age of Sail, rigging, sails, tall ship An absolutely charming video that explains the different rigs of tall ships. (Thanks Rachel W!) An absolutely charming video that explains the different rigs of tall ships. (Thanks Rachel W!) By Miriam Goldstein, on January 17th, 2012 One comment Critters, Mating & Reproduction apophallation, banana slug, Mollusc, sex This is a repost from my former blog The Oyster’s Garter and was originally published on March 24, 2008. I’m re-posting in honor of Kate Clancy‘s & Scicurious‘ Sex, gender and controversy: writing to educate, writing to titillate session at Science Online 2012, since this is one of the silliest bits of sex-related writing I’ve ever . . . → Read More: Perverted cannibalistic hermaphrodites haunt the Pacific Northwest!
By Miriam Goldstein, on January 9th, 2012 7 comments Gadgets & Gear, Life At Sea gear review, pants, Red Ants Pants, Women in Science As I hope you are unaware, yesterday was the annual No Pants Subway Ride. I am shocked, SHOCKED that these people can make light of pantlessness, a serious condition that affects 7 out of 10 female marine scientists*. Oh, sure, no pants on the New York subway is easy, but when you are retrieving . . . → Read More: Gear Review: Red Ants Pants (Work Pants for Women)
By Miriam Goldstein, on December 26th, 2011 Leave a comment Archaeology, History, and Art Eliza Carthy, Sea shanty In case you need a little salt with your holiday sugar rush, here’s Eliza Carthy’s version of “Rolling Sea.” In case you need a little salt with your holiday sugar rush, here’s Eliza Carthy’s version of "Rolling Sea." 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
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