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Announcing the DSN Pinterest empire!

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…

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Is Marianas Trench A Lifeless Void?

Dr. M March 27, 2013 Bacteria Cameron Challenger Deep exploration hadal James Cameron JAMSTEC marianas trench Microbes Trench

When he made his historic solo dive into the Mariana Trench last month, James Cameron brought back images and descriptions of a “lunar like” marine…

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Guest post: The stunning deep-water biodiversity of the Bear Seamount

Alistair Dove September 6, 2012 fish Michelle Staudinger New England Octopus seamounts squid

I’m delighted to present this guest post from Dr. Michelle Staudinger, a post-doc at the University of Missouri Columbia and stationed at the National Climate Change…

Microbes Organisms Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls

In the oceans, aliens lie hidden and waiting

Holly Bik April 26, 2012 16S Bacteria DNA Microbes rRNA sulfur Thiomargarita namibiensis

The real title of the paper is “Multiple self-splicing introns in the 16S rRNA genes of giant sulfur bacteria”. But who’s going to fall out of…

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What knowledge of the deep sea tell us about life on other planets

Dr. M March 9, 2012

We as humans have three fundamental questions. Where do we come from? Where are we going? Are we alone in the universe? The answers to…

Geology Scientist! Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls

GUEST INTERVIEW: Peter Rona on the Diversity of Hydrothermal Systems on Slow Spreading Ocean Ridges

Archie Teuthis December 30, 2011 AGU American Geophysical Union Book chemosynthesis Colin Schultz Hydrothermal Vents Mid-Atlantic Ridge minerals Seafloor Spreading Spreading Center TAG Trans-Atlantic Geotraverse

Editor’s Note: The following interview was conducted by Colin Schultz for American Geophysical Union’s (AGU) member publication Eos. AGU and Colin have been kind enough…

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Another New Yeti Crab! Pt II

Dr. M December 29, 2011 scaly-foot snail yeti crab

On December 15th, I mentioned the exciting news from Jon Copley of the discovery of potentially new species of Yeti Crab. The Guardian has a photo gallery…

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TGIF: Marine Snow

Dr. M December 16, 2011 Bacteria Christmas hydrogen sulfide Hydrothermal Vent marine snow MBARI

From Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute…In the ocean, there are places where it looks like it is snowing. These magical places are near undersea volcanic…

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Another New Yeti Crab!!??

Dr. M December 15, 2011 Hydrothermal Vent Kiwa hirsuta Kiwa puravida scaly-foot snail yeti crab

You heard here first people, another new species of Yeti crab may be out there! Jon Copley just sent this message along. Well hey, a…

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Yeti Crab Roundup

Dr. M December 6, 2011 Hydrothermal Vent kiwa Kiwa hirsuta Kiwa puravida yeti crab

Back in 2005, three researchers described and named a very unusual crab from a hydrothermal vent in the Indian Ocean (paper here). The scientists christened…