Brittle stars, a sea pen, and sea cucumber dealing with the lack of energy on the deep-sea floor. Photo courtesy of MBARI If energy is the currency of life then deep-sea organisms are in a long-term recession. Energy comes in three major forms important for life: solar radiation in the form of photons, thermal kinetic . . . → Read More: The Great Recession of the Deep Oceans
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By Dr. M, on  September 4th, 2012  3 comments  Adaptations, Climate Change, Conservation & Environment, Ecology, Evolution, Organisms By Miriam Goldstein, on August 29th, 2012 12 comments Oil Spills, The Basics  Caribbean, Curacao, ecosystem services, Kristen Marhaver, mangroves, Oil Spill This is a guest post from Dr. Kristen Marhaver. Kristen is a Postdoctoral Scholar at the University of California at Merced, who lives full-time and studies coral reefs on the Caribbean island of Curaçao. She is an occasional blogger, frequent photographer, and a 2012 TEDGlobal Fellow. After seeing her grim photos of the Curaçao oil . . . → Read More: Guest Post: Crude oil insults in the Caribbean
By Dr Bik, on August 28th, 2012 One comment Conservation & Environment, Fishing, Reviews documentary, Japan, movies, Overfishing, Sushi, sustainable fishery, Tokyo You might have guessed by now that I’m a *bit* obsessed with sushi. When I visited Japan for the first (and second) time, I bolted straight to Sushi Zanmai located outside the Tsukiji fish market. I ordered the salmon. It was transcendental. This weekend I was bowled over by the documentary “Jiro Dreams of Sushi“, . . . → Read More: Jiro Dreams of Sushi, and so do I
By para_sight, on August 22nd, 2012 9 comments Conservation & Environment, Industry & Government, The Basics conservation, indonesia, marine conservation, Mexico, Philippines, sustainable ecotourism, whale shark Practically nothing was known about the biology of whale sharks up until about 15 years ago. Since that time there has been a veritable explosion of interest in the world’s largest fish. As we have learned more about them, some surprising aspects of their life history have emerged, including a tendency to be far more . . . → Read More: Whale shark ecotourism: the good, the bad and the ugly
By Miriam Goldstein, on August 20th, 2012 27 comments Plastic, Reviews, The Basics marine debris, Pacific Garbage Patch, plastic pollution The real Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Photo by Miriam Goldstein, 2010 EX1006 cruise. O thin men of Haddam, Why do you imagine golden birds? Do you not see how the blackbird Walks around the feet Of the women about you? – “Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird”, Wallace Stevens ————- I would like to . . . → Read More: Three Ways of Looking at the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
By Miriam Goldstein, on August 14th, 2012 6 comments Natural Disaster, Plastic Honshu tsunami, Jan Hafner, Japanese tsunami, marine debris, Nikolai Maximenko, plastic pollution, SCUD model, tsunami, windage My marine debris buddy Nick Mallos of Ocean Conservancy pointed me to this beautiful animated model by Nikolai Maximenko and Jan Hafner of the University of Hawaii. This animation shows how wind affects the rate at which debris from the Japanese tsunami moves across the Pacific. It is a mathematical model that incorporates a great . . . → Read More: How wind-blown Japanese tsunami debris may move across the Pacific
DSN’s very own para_sight is on the Weather Channel with Meteorologist Julie Martin discussing several sightings of great white sharks off the coast of the Northeast and whether warmer temperatures may be to blame. via Warmer Weather Means More Sharks. . . . → Read More: Warmer Weather Means More Sharks
By Dr Bik, on July 18th, 2012 4 comments Conservation & Environment, New Research, Oil Spills, Uncategorized BP, Deepwater Horizon, Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana, Oil Spill, salt marsh Another oil spill study hot off the presses! This new Silliman et al. PNAS paper is looking at the effects of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill on heavily-impacted salt marsh ecosystems around Barataria Bay, Louisiana. In contrast to our own badass study looking at oil impacts on sandy Gulf Coast beaches, marshlands provide a . . . → Read More: Gulf oil spill suffocated marsh grasses, enhanced erosion
By Archie Teuthis, on July 17th, 2012 4 comments Conservation & Environment, Expeditions, Fish, Organisms Alaska, Bering sea, DeepWorker, Egg Cases, GreenPeace, John Hocevar, Skate, Waitt Institute, Zemchug Canyon Our colleague John Hocevar is out in the Bering Sea right now studying the seafloor communities there with Greenpeace and the Waitt Institute. John has shared new finds with us before and was kind enough to share a really cool new discovery with DSN readers! Enjoy! ————————————————————————————– A Little Skate Nursery Rhyme Jackie and her . . . → Read More: Guest Post: Nursery Rhymes for Skates
By Kevin Zelnio, on June 28th, 2012 Leave a comment Conservation & Environment, Fishing, Industry & Government, Opinion & Editorial Accountability, BLOOM, Claire Nouvian, fishing, Intermarché, trawling The post title was exclaimed by French oceanographer Philippe Cury upon hearing the news that a tiny non-profit organization won a major battle with a large multinational corporation. Despite the backdrop of the overwhelming disappointment surrounding Rio+20, French deep-sea biologist extraordinaire Claire Nouvian and her small nonprofit BLOOM (who have an adorable logo!) made huge . . . → Read More: “Small Victories Win Big Wars”
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