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 this crustacean Kiwa hirsuta from the name of the goddess of shellfish in Polynesian mythology and the Latin hirsutus meaning hairy. The later specifically referring some very hairy claws indeed. Thus . . . → Read More: Yeti Crab Roundup
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By Dr. M, on  December 6th, 2011  4 comments  Biodiversity, Critters, Microbes, New Research, New Species, Open Access, Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls, Uncategorized  Hydrothermal Vent, kiwa, Kiwa hirsuta, Kiwa puravida, yeti crab By RickMac, on December 1st, 2011 6 comments Bringin' It, Climate Change, Conservation & Environment, Environmental Sciences, Natural Disaster, Ramblings, Uncategorized, Weather National Climate Service, NOAA Some of these things are not like the other. Can you spot the Zombie worms? What’s the difference between a collection of Osedax “Zombie worms” and the 112th United States Congress? One is a population of spineless, sedentary, opportunistic life forms that thrive in darkness while devouring the bones of the dead. The other are . . . → Read More: When Far-Sighted Vision Meets Near-Sighted Politics or Zombie Worms For Congress!
By Dr Bik, on November 30th, 2011 One comment New Research, Uncategorized 18S rRNA, 454 sequencing, Community Ecology, deep sea, eukaryotes, metagenomics, nematodes Make no mistake about it — I am shamelessly pimping out our lab’s new paper, written by yours truly. In fact, the title of this blog post was actually an alternate name for the manuscript (although I’d love to see the reviewer comments on that title). Technology is absolutely ridiculous these days. My iPhone is . . . → Read More: Our badass 454 sequencing reveals awesome deep-sea insights
By Dr Bik, on November 16th, 2011 24 comments Open Access, Opinion, Scientist!, Uncategorized core values, culture of science, DSN mission, Open Access, Scientist! Glamour magazine, where the HELL are female scientists in your annual “women of the year” awards? Year after year, you honor female actresses, fashion designers, politicians, activists, athletes and models. You bestow awards on some truly amazing people, who have made it their life’s work to change the world and spread messages of peace, hope, . . . → Read More: Changing the Culture of Ocean Science: a DSN core value
Stacy Konkiel at the EveryONE blog at PLoS has a new post up about different ways scientists are using social media, including yours truly and the DeepSeaNews blog. In it, Stacy describes me as a Trust Agent. I had to look that one up, having not heard the term before; it appears to come from . . . → Read More: PLoS Blogs features DSN
In homage to the Failboat Bay posts and #failboatbay Twitter tag by Southern Fried Scientists, I offer this fine example of failboat greatness from Stonehaven, Scotland. Damn tides! That can’t be good for the keel and rudder. Broadcast Spawn!Tweet#call_to_action h4{padding:0px 5px;}In homage to the Failboat Bay posts and #failboatbay Twitter tag by Southern Fried Scientists, I offer this fine example of failboat greatness from Stonehaven, Scotland. Damn tides! That can’t… By RickMac, on September 28th, 2011 Leave a comment Climate Change, Gadgets & Gear, New Research, Scientist!, Uncategorized, Vessels and Equipment AWESOME!, Remote sensing, satellite data Composite map of the first two and a half weeks of salinity data since Aquarius satellite became operational on August 25 (click to embiggen). Map reflects ~150km resolution and 1 week revisit time. © 2011, NASA Aquarius Project Apologies if I lost any of you post-Gen X readers with that Muppet Show homage title. But . . . → Read More: SALT FROM SPAAAAACE!
By Kevin Zelnio, on September 15th, 2011 Leave a comment Uncategorized alvin, EPR Chronicles, R/V Atlantis 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! Saturday 11/01 11:50pm Woke up to being gently rocked by the motion of the boat. It is very easy to sleep to. As soon as I . . . → Read More: The EPR Chronicles II
You should head over right now and read “The importance of failure in graduate student training” at Southern Fried Science. Andrew Thaler discusses his very cool new paper on deep-sea fungi. In the paper, he reports that a fungus found in the Pacific are a genetic match to those found in Gulf of Mexico. His work . . . → Read More: The importance of failure in graduate student training at Southern Fried Science
By para_sight, on September 1st, 2011 12 comments Biodiversity, Ecology, Expeditions, Fish, Life At Sea, Megavertebrate, New Research, Uncategorized We had a bit of a mystery pop up while in Mexico recently for our annual whale shark research project, one with a funky twist and room for a a pretty good sequel. As those of you who’ve followed the work may know (and if you haven’t, you can read about it here), whale sharks . . . → Read More: Behind the veil
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