Exciting things have been happening in the Deep-sea community these past few years – we’re gaining online momentum! My bookmarks are filling up with more and more links, fueling my lunchtime and late-night procrastination.. Marine scientists and Deep-sea fanatics alike will be keen to keep tabs on some of these resources, which often fly under . . . → Read More: Extra, Extra! Getcha bookmarks ready and keep track of Deep-sea research!
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, Kim, Holly, and me. (Sadly, Rick and Kevin can’t make it.) We’ll be joined by many equally lusty ocean compadres. Come say hi! You can find us at our . . . → Read More: The Deeplings at Science Online
Deep-sea biology fans can geek out this week by following the proceedings of the 13th Deep-sea Biology Symposium taking place in Wellington, NZ (3-7th December) – the tweets have already begun to roll in under the hashtag #dsbs2012! Word on the street is that there are ~200 deep-sea biologists attending, and the one and only . . . → Read More: Deep-sea researchers convene at #dsbs2012 this week in New Zealand
By Dr Bik, on  June 23rd, 2012 Conferences, Microbes, New Research, Organisms archaea, Bacteria, Drinking, eukaryotes, Microbes, microbiology, ocean, viruses [View the story "#asm2012 - A Scientific Feast of Ocean Microbiology!" on Storify]
I think it’s fair to say that when most folks think about conservation, or biology in general, money is not the first thing that pops into their heads. Indeed, many people I know in those fields consider money, commerce and economics to be somewhat foreign, a necessary evil perhaps, to keep society going and keep . . . → Read More: For sale?: one reef, well-loved
By para_sight, on  September 24th, 2011 Conferences, Coral, Education, Expeditions, Life At Sea, New Research Aquarius, coral reefs, Florida Keys, Georgia Aquarium, georgia tech, Reefbase, UNCW Ten days ago I had a conversation with Dr. Mark Hay from Georgia Tech where he was at the Aquarius ReefBase habitat on the bottom of the Florida Keys and I was at the ice breaker for the annual Association of Zoos and Aquariums meeting hosted at Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta. We were talking about . . . → Read More: A conversation with Mark Hay aboard the Aquarius habitat
By para_sight, on  September 14th, 2011 Conferences, Ecology, Education, Environmental Sciences, Expeditions, Fish, Life At Sea, New Research, Vessels and Equipment Aquarius, AZA, Georgia Aquarium, georgia tech, NURC, Reefbase, UNCW The Association of Zoos and Aquariums is holding its annual conference in Atlanta this week (Twitter #AZA2011) and at tonights iceabreaker event at Georgia Aquarium, we’re going to try a live cross to the Aquarius ReefBase habitat off the Florida Keys. ReefBase, which is a NURC and UNCW initiative, is the only underwater lab in . . . → Read More: ReefBase broadcast tonight!
This week I’m at the 5th International Marine Debris Conference in Honolulu, HI. (Oh, the things I do for science!) As you might know, I study the accumulation of plastic debris in the North Pacific, otherwise known as the “Great Pacific Garbage Patch YARRRR.” From the conference website: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and . . . → Read More: Live from the 5th International Marine Debris Conference
By Dr. M, on  January 14th, 2011 Carnivals & Link Love, Conferences, Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls Hydrothermal Vent, London, molluscs, mollusks, Natural History Museum, science meetings An upcoming meeting was brought to my attention. Let’s just say the subject made me squeal a bit. I’m as giddy as school kid with a new Aquaman lunchbox. Molluscs! Symbioses! Vents! It may be way more awesomeness that one meeting deserves. You scientist types should definitely attend this one because the only thing that . . . → Read More: Mollusks Who Take Advantage of Others and the Scientist Who Study Them
Beginning this morning and running through December 10th, the 16th edition of the Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP16) will attract political and environmental delegates from around the globe to move on those climate change decisions that were previously made at COP15 in Copenhagen. Hopes are that . . . → Read More: Cop16 Climate Talks Resume In Cancun
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