Losing Deep-Sea Science in the United States
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Despite the striking fact that most of the scientists that the world has ever known are alive and working today, despite the fact that this Nation¹s own scientific manpower is doubling every 12 years in a rate of growth more than three times that of our population as a whole, despite that, the vast stretches . . . → Read More: Losing Deep-Sea Science in the United States

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The biggest deep sea exploration news in 50 years?
The biggest deep sea exploration news in 50 years? avatar

Folks, it’s on!  Some of you may know of the “race to the bottom”, a confluence of several missions aimed at returning humans to the deepest part of the oceans, the Challenger Deep in the Marianas Trench, south of Guam.  The teams include one sponsored by Richard Branson, one from Sylvia Earle’s sub company DOER, . . . → Read More: The biggest deep sea exploration news in 50 years?

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Does This Belong To You?
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A big yellow section from a floatation platform was found off Miami yesterday. Ryan Haines from the U.S. Coast Guard Station Miami is trying to locate the owners. Email us here at DSN (deepseanews@gmail.com) if this is your lost gear.  Also in the DSN lost and found box are 4 empty bottles of beer, a red . . . → Read More: Does This Belong To You?

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The EPR Chronicles XIII
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For background on the EPR Chronicles, see this post. The expedition was also recorded online at the Field Museum during this time (before science blogs!) and includes dispatches, videos and photos! Sunday 11/23/03 4:00 am Last dive was on Saturday. It was dive 3941, that makes it 16 dives we had out here on the East Pacific Rise. George . . . → Read More: The EPR Chronicles XIII

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The EPR Chronicles XII
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For background on the EPR Chronicles, see this post. The expedition was also recorded online at the Field Museum during this time (before science blogs!) and includes dispatches, videos and photos! Wednesday 11/19/03 3:30 am I love the warm winds of the tropical ocean. They caress me & run their invisible fingers me through my hair. reminds me of . . . → Read More: The EPR Chronicles XII

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The EPR Chronicles XI
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For background on the EPR Chronicles, see this post. The expedition was also recorded online at the Field Museum during this time (before science blogs!) and includes dispatches, videos and photos! Monday 11/17/03 1:45 am Slow day today, spent all day after waking around 10am, grabbing pics off the computers for my own computer. The framegrabber takes a still . . . → Read More: The EPR Chronicles XI

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A conversation with Mark Hay aboard the Aquarius habitat
A conversation with Mark Hay aboard the Aquarius habitat avatar

Ten days ago I had a conversation with Dr. Mark Hay from Georgia Tech where he was at the Aquarius ReefBase habitat on the bottom of the Florida Keys and I was at the ice breaker for the annual Association of Zoos and Aquariums meeting hosted at Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta.  We were talking about . . . → Read More: A conversation with Mark Hay aboard the Aquarius habitat

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The EPR Chronicles X
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For background on the EPR Chronicles, see this post. The expedition was also recorded online at the Field Museum during this time (before science blogs!) and includes dispatches, videos and photos! Sunday 11/16/03 3:00 am Wow, I just realized I haven’t written for  awhile & haven’t written about my diving experience. Now that the euphoria has waned a bit . . . → Read More: The EPR Chronicles X

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The EPR Chronicles IX
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For background on the EPR Chronicles, see this post. The expedition was also recorded online at the Field Museum during this time (before science blogs!) and includes dispatches, videos and photos! Wednesday 11/12/2003 Tomorrow is my big day! Tomorrow I go down to the bottom of the sea in Alvin! It was quite a surprise. Breea & Karen came . . . → Read More: The EPR Chronicles IX

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The EPR Chronicles VIII
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For background on the EPR Chronicles, see this post. The expedition was also recorded online at the Field Museum during this time (before science blogs!) and includes dispatches, videos and photos! Wednesday 11/12/03 3:00 am The stauromedusae are amazing me more and more each time I look at them in the video! I think there are some genetic variations . . . → Read More: The EPR Chronicles VIII

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