The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report put out by the Centers for Disease Control makes for fascinating reading sometimes. One came out recently that contains three startling case reports linked to clam beds on the US east coast, but they do not involve, as you might expect, infectious diseases. In the first case a member . . . → Read More: You want mustard with that clam?
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By para_sight, on  May 16th, 2013  Leave a comment  Dumping, Industry & Government, Weird  clams, Delaware, Dumping, munitions, mustard gas, New York, sulfur mustard, USAF By Dr. M, on April 3rd, 2013 3 comments Biology, Conservation & Environment, Crustacean, Ecology, Industry & Government Growing up in Arkansas, in the epicenter of Tornado Alley, a sound has coded on my psyche. When I hear this sound my breathing accelerates, adrenaline levels rise, and a tightness emerges in my gut. The sound of the sacred tornado siren (above), a cultural icon in the South and Midwest, will elicit a . . . → Read More: Loud Noise Makes Crabs Even More Crabby
By Dr Bik, on March 30th, 2013 One comment Biology, Conservation & Environment, Environmental Sciences, Gadgets & Gear, Habitats, Organisms, Special biology, conservation, fish, Giant Squid, physical oceanography, Pinterest, sharks, taxonomy, whales Be worried – us marine scientists are officially taking over the internet. I’m super excited to announce the launch of Deep Sea News on Pinterest. We’re still working out the kinks…and trust us, these new things can get pretty kinky (#TWSS). Bear with us as we build up our visual smorgasbord, and be sure to . . . → Read More: Announcing the DSN Pinterest empire!
By Alex Warneke, on March 27th, 2013 4 comments Conservation & Environment ecotoxicology, hormesis, Pollutant Even though my first love will always be chemical ecology, I often find myself dabbling in the exotic realm of ecotoxicology. It’s kind of dangerous and sometimes sexy and I think that’s why I am drawn to it. Paracelsus is his name. Toxicology is his game.Source: WikimediaCommons For the most part, experiments in ecotox are . . . → Read More: Hormesis: Why drinking in moderation might actually improve your game
Kids, we all know that crack is bad for your body. And when it comes to sea ice, the same policy applies. Too much crack is whack. Starting in mid-February a bunch of giant cracks in sea ice, or leads, began forming in the Beaufort Sea. Now a couple of leads are not unusual, but . . . → Read More: This ice crack is whack.
By Dr. Martini, on March 26th, 2013 25 comments Gadgets & Gear, Plastic, Vessels and Equipment currents, gyres, ocean, Plastic, technology I’m just going to come out and say it, any project that touts itself as the “World’s first realistic Ocean Clean-up Concept” is just asking to be torn apart. “The Ocean Cleanup” is the brainchild of a 19-year old Boyan Slat. He proposes using the oceans themselves to clean up plastic. By setting up a . . . → Read More: The Ocean Cleanup. The newest of the new plans to remove marine plastic.
By Dr Bik, on March 16th, 2013 5 comments Conservation & Environment, Fish, Fishing, New Research, Open Access, Organisms, Scientist! altmetrics, ciatations, fisheries, peer review I loves me some metrics. That’s why I’m addicted to this new PLoS ONE paper, published by Trevor Branch at the University of Washington. Also, because Figure 1 is a Wordle: “Word clouds showing the relative frequency of words (A) in Worm et al. [7], (B) in the press release associated with Worm et al., . . . → Read More: Media hype gets you more citations? Well, it did for this fisheries paper.
By Alex Warneke, on March 7th, 2013 Leave a comment Conservation & Environment, Education Connectivty, Film 1.01 billion users. Damn…that Zuckerberg guy really hit gold with the whole “Facebook” thing didn’t he? Source: Wikimedia Commons What is it about Facebook though? What makes it so enticing that over one-seventh of the global populace decided to jump on the social media bandwagon? Oddly enough, I think the answer is quite . . . → Read More: The Environmental (Dis)Connection
By Dr. Martini, on March 7th, 2013 2 comments Climate Change, Education, Scientist! climate change, peer review, Rap, scientists What happens when non-scientists continually distort the facts on climate change? Climate scientists fight back with this amazing angry rap video! Featuring real climate scientists talking about real science. They even rap about peer review. And they even call out other scientists for letting others put words in their mouth. I heart this SO HARD. . . . → Read More: Hell yeah! “I’m a climate scientist” An epic rap.
By Dr. M, on March 1st, 2013 56 comments Conservation & Environment, Industry & Government Paul Watson, Sea Shepherd, whaling And no not in the romanticized, like to drink, and wears eyepatches kind of way. In the our activities put people’s live and ships endanger on the high seas kind of way. “When you ram ships, hurl glass containers of acid, drag metal-reinforced ropes in the water to damage propellers and rudders, launch smoke . . . → Read More: Sea Shepherd, Without A Doubt, Pirates
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