Something to think about: the recent Gibbons et al. (2013) PNAS paper found that *one* site in the English Channel showed a 31.7-66.2% overlap in…
View More Endemic Genomes? Reason #1 to sequence the Deep SeaCategory: Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls
In the oceans, aliens lie hidden and waiting
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…
View More In the oceans, aliens lie hidden and waitingWhat knowledge of the deep sea tell us about life on other planets
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…
View More What knowledge of the deep sea tell us about life on other planetsGUEST INTERVIEW: Peter Rona on the Diversity of Hydrothermal Systems on Slow Spreading Ocean Ridges
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…
View More GUEST INTERVIEW: Peter Rona on the Diversity of Hydrothermal Systems on Slow Spreading Ocean RidgesAnother New Yeti Crab! Pt II
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…
View More Another New Yeti Crab! Pt IITGIF: Marine Snow
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…
View More TGIF: Marine SnowAnother New 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…
View More Another New Yeti Crab!!??Yeti Crab Roundup
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…
View More Yeti Crab RoundupWhat 1 hour of Deep-Sea Vent Life Looks Like in 2 Minutes
Our friends at Neptune Canada have posted this time-lapse video on their Youtube Page. Note the zillions of sea spiders (Pycnogonids), this is a feature…
View More What 1 hour of Deep-Sea Vent Life Looks Like in 2 MinutesWhen a Whale Dies, The Story Has Just Begun
A great film about a whale fall by Sharon Shattuck. Whale Fall (after life of a whale) from Sharon Shattuck on Vimeo.
View More When a Whale Dies, The Story Has Just Begun