An occasional series where we briefly report 3 new studies and tell you why they are cool! A new report from Lambert et al. reports on a new fossil sperm whale skull, teeth, and mandible from Peru. Dating back to the 12-13 Mya from the Middle Miocene, Leviathan melvillei possessed a 3 meter (~10 feet) . . . → Read More: The Tide Pool: Super Sperm Whales, Extinction Debts, and Vent Conservation
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By Dr. M, on  July 5th, 2010  4 comments  Conservation & Environment, Geology, Industry & Government, Mining, New Research, Open Access, Organisms, Scientist!, Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls  Azores, conservation, extinction debt, fossil, Hydrothermal Vent, insects, mining, Miocene, Paleobiology, raptor, species-area, sperm whale, sulphide deposit, The Tide Pool By Dr. M, on June 30th, 2010 3 comments Environmental Sciences, Gadgets & Gear, Geology, Oil Spills blowout, BP, modeling, Oil Spill, plume, pollution Blowouts and the subsequent dispersion of oil and gas in deep and shallow water differ immensely. In shallower waters, expelled gas will contribute to the buoyancy of the plume, which quickly rises to the surface. The rising gas bubble plume and the water it traps govern the size and shape of the resultant slick. When . . . → Read More: The Complex Science of Predicting Oil Plumes
By Dr. M, on June 16th, 2010 4 comments Biology, Ecology, Environmental Sciences, Geology, Scientist!, Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls hms challenger, Iceland, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, scuba diving, Silfra, Thingvellier Valley Mid-Atlantic Ridge: From Wikimedia Commons Map showing the Mid-Atlantic Ridge splitting Iceland and separating the North American and Eurasian Plates. The map also shows Reykjavik, the capital of Iceland, the Thingvellir area, and the locations of some of Iceland's active volcanoes (red triangles), including Krafla. From Wikimedia commons You can thank the major ocean spreading . . . → Read More: Sometimes My Job Is Real Nice
By Dr. M, on May 31st, 2010 11 comments Conservation & Environment, Environmental Sciences, Fishing, Geology, Industry & Government, Oil Spills, Uncategorized British Petroleum, Coast Guard, Deepwater Horizon, drill, Gulf of Mexico, offshore drilling, oil slick, Oil Spill Via the Daily WhatThe newest update is that British Petroleum’s ‘top kill’ (animation, description from engineers) and ‘junk shot’ will join ‘top hat’ in the list of failed attempts. Early news of the ‘top kill” teetered for a few days between progress, stopping of the leak, progress, hesitation, and failure with no one really knowing . . . → Read More: Oil Spill Update: May 31st 2010
The Gulf of Mexico oil spill continues to worsen. Choppy seas and unfavorable winds have hindered cleanup efforts, and fishing has been suspended from Lousiana to Florida. While all the news coverage mentions that this is an environmental catastrophe, few articles have gone into details on exactly what that means. Here’s a brief summary of . . . → Read More: Anatomy of an ecological catastrophe: what to expect in the Gulf
By Dr. M, on April 29th, 2010 68 comments Conservation & Environment, Geology, Industry & Government, Oil Spills, Uncategorized British Petroleum, Deepwater Horizon, Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana, offshore oil rigs, oil rig, oil slick, Oil Spill Photo from the gCaptain Blog I spent a summer as an undergraduate in Port Fourchon, Louisiana conducting field work. Some of my fondest memories surround that summer I spent in 130% humidity and 130˚ heat. Like many others, I’ve intently watched a human tragedy take its tole and a potential environmental diaster unfold. Below I . . . → Read More: The Gulf Of Mexico Oil Spill: A Timeline
By Dr. M, on March 21st, 2010 4 comments Conservation & Environment, Geology, Industry & Government, Vessels and Equipment India, International Seabed Authority, manganese, mining The National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT) in India’s motto is “The Technology for Harnessing the Wealth of the Ocean Starts Here.” In April, NIOT will start the next phase of fields trials at 1000m for deep-sea mining equipment. Trials of the crawler were already successfully completed at 500 meters. Why such the interest in . . . → Read More: Unfortunate News of the Week
By Dr. M, on February 15th, 2010 One comment Biology, Cephalopods, Coral, Ecology, Environmental Sciences, Geology, Natural Disaster, New Research, New Species, Organisms, Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls Coral, deep sea, Eel, finches, friends, isopod, offshore, onshore, origin of life, orign What is the origin story of deep-sea organisms? For decades, we thought shallow coastal waters were the cradle of marine life repeatedly pumping species into the deep. This is the simplest story. The more complex origin story involves multiple anoxic events, catastrophic events, survival of the fittest, so on and so forth with species originating . . . → Read More: Reconsidering the Origins of Marine Life and All Life
By Kevin Zelnio, on February 3rd, 2010 Leave a comment Environmental Sciences, Expeditions, Geology, Vessels and Equipment Antarctica, David Honig, Ice Breaker, LARISSA, Larsen Ice Shelf, oceanography, R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer, sea ice, Sediment, Weddell Sea David Honig is a graduate student in marine science at Duke University in the lab of Dr. Cindy Van Dover. He is participating in LARISSA, a 2 month multinational expedition to study the causes and consequences of the ice shelf collapse. He will be posting regular updates on the expedition exclusively for Deep Sea News . . . → Read More: Dispatches from Antarctica – First Month’s Progress
By Dr. M, on December 21st, 2009 One comment Expeditions, Geology, Natural Disaster, New Research, Pictures and Movies, Scientist!, Seamount eruption, Pacific, video, Volcano All captured in video by scientists exploring 1220m (4000ft) beneath the surface in Pacific Ocean near Samoa the previous summer. The lava erupting from the West Mata volcano is predicted to be the hottest lava erupting one Earth. [googlemap lat="-15.284185114076433" lng="-172.08984375" width="500px" height="500px" zoom="2" type="G_SATELLITE_MAP"]Samoa[/googlemap] . . . → Read More: Deepest Underwater Volcanic Eruption
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