LSDG: An Acronym Consuming A Field
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You may never heard of LSDG (although some of you may have heard of LSD but I make no judgement here) but a lot scientific thought and time is spent contemplating it.  In fact Google Scholar returns 113,000 published papers on the subject.  Why are there millions of pages dedicated to this subject? Because it . . . → Read More: LSDG: An Acronym Consuming A Field

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Is the Ocean a Mirror? or Why is the Ocean Blue?
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All You Have To Do Is Just One Thing
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By volume, land makes up only 0.5% of the earth, the shallow seas 21%, and the deep 78.5%. Yet, we are beginning to have a detrimental impact on the deep, perhaps the last pristine part of planet. Although we know little of this environment, our presence is already there. I urge you in 2008 to help us fight for the deep sea. . . . → Read More: All You Have To Do Is Just One Thing

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Architeuthis is Only Separated By 3 Degrees from Kevin Bacon
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How to Save The Ocean
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PETM, Volcanoes, and #18 in 25 Things You Should Know
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25 Things You Should Know About the Deep Sea: #17 Vent May Be the Womb of Life
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25 Things You Should Know About the Deep Sea: #16 Bioluminescence is the predominant source of light in the deep.
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25 Things You Should Know About the Deep Sea: #15 Living in The Deep Requires Biochemical Adaptations
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25 Things You Should Know About the Deep Sea: #14 The Deep Sea Is Not Stable
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The first new 25 Things at Sb! So grab a cup-o-joe and read on! The extremes of the physical deep-sea environment (temperature, pressure, and lack of light, low food) are more than a challenge for deep-sea organisms. Unfortunately, there is one more-disturbance. In ecology, hypotheses for how biodiversity is maintained generally fall into two categories, . . . → Read More: 25 Things You Should Know About the Deep Sea: #14 The Deep Sea Is Not Stable

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