Geology

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Biogeography of the Deep Sea

“There is absolutely nothing to restrict the geographical ranges of animals in the deep sea. Dr. Wallich, the pioneer of deep-sea research, eighteen years ago…

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NE Pacific Expedition Day 8 & 9

Kevin Zelnio September 4, 2009 Asteroid Barnacle Caldera Coral echinoderm Gastropod Gorda Ridge Hydrothermal Vent inactive hydrothermal vents invertebrates Juan de Fuca lava flow North Cleft President Jackson Seamount Rusticles Sea Star stormy seas Weather

[mappress] We dove Wednesday on North Cleft (45.030268, -130.182166), a massive ravine over 100 meters deep and a few hundred meters wide formed by the…

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Pacific Northwest Expedition

Dr. M August 24, 2009 Expedition lava Pacific Northwest Pacific Ocean ridge Seamount Volcano

Just a reminder that Chris Mah (from Echinoblog) and I will participating in Leg 5 of the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute’s expedition to the…

Expeditions Geology Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls

The Creation of a New Deep-Sea Feature

Dr. M August 18, 2009 AGU California EOS Geology hydrate Hydrothermal Vent landslide methane minerals New Hampshire NOAA Okeanos Explorer plume

A recent oceanographic survey on the NOAA ship Okeanos Explorer led by James V. Gardner, a marine geologist at the University of New Hampshire, discovered…

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National Geographic is Draining Your Oshunz!!

Kevin Zelnio August 8, 2009 Calcium Carbonate CGI Drain the Ocean Grand Bahama Bank Johnson Sea Link JSL Landscape Mud Volcanoes National Geographic

Tommorrow, National Geographic Channel is premiering a really cool special highlighting the various features on world’s seafloor called Drain the Ocean. I had the good…

Expeditions Geology Seamount Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls

2009 Pacific Northwest Expedition

Dr. M August 5, 2009 Expedition lava Pacific Northwest Pacific Ocean ridge Seamount Volcano

Myself and Chris Mah (from Echinoblog) will particpating in Leg 5 of the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute’s expedition ot the northern Pacific. Leg 5…

Environmental Sciences Geology

Who are you calling a niche blog?

Peter Etnoyer August 2, 2009 blogging mainstream media New York Times niche blog Through the Sandglass Washington Post

One of my favorite remarks from the reviews of Deep Sea News over the years was “… gotta love them niche blogs”. I don’t see…

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Easy Big Fella

Dr. M June 28, 2009 Age of Fishes armor Arthrodires computer model Devonian Dunkleosteus force fossil jaw Ohio placoderms predator shark

Way before even your great-great-grandpappy was born and Ohio was ocean instead of cornfields, it was the “Age of the Fishes”. During this Devonian (400-360…

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Amazing Growing Deep-Sea Volcano

Dr. M May 12, 2009 National Geographic Rota-1 video Volcano

When put in water, volcanoes may increase in size From National Geographic: The science team, led by Bill Chadwick of Oregon State University, reports the…

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Thriving In Extreme Conditions

Dr. M April 13, 2009 anoxic brine Gulf of Mexico Metabolism methane Microbe microbial National Science Foundation noxious oil and gas origins of life primordial seep Texas A&M University University of Georgia

…takes more than a Red Bull. You got to have the right metabolic pathways. NSF highlights the work of Samantha Joye of the University of…