I Like Sills But Not A Fan Of The Popular Or My Friend’s Ex
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By , on December 15th, 2010 Leave a comment   Environmental Sciences, Geology, New Research, Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls   , , , , , , , , ,  

I’m a contrarian. Majority consensus makes me shudder. I just like rooting for underdogs*. Those undersea ridges at the boundaries of tectonic plates, spewing molten magma to form new crust are o’ so popular these days. Spreading plate boundaries…meh. What I do like is new research basically stating, and I am paraphrasing here, that spreading . . . → Read More: I Like Sills But Not A Fan Of The Popular Or My Friend’s Ex

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Interactions in the Dark Ocean
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By , on July 5th, 2010 One comment   Biology, Ecology, Environmental Sciences, Microbes, New Research, Organisms, Plankton   , , , , , , ,  

Fig 1 from Steinberg and Hansell (2010) DSRIIThe recent of issue of Deep-Sea Research II is out and focuses on the ecological and biogeochemical interactions in the dark ocean. Perhaps the best summary of why this is an important contribution is from the editor of the volume themselves… The deep sea, a vast, dark realm . . . → Read More: Interactions in the Dark Ocean

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Link Roundup
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By , on January 15th, 2009 Leave a comment   Carnivals & Link Love   , , , , , , , , ,  

Here a bunch of bit from around the web I haven’t had time to get to… Best Job in the World? Blogging, living on reef in a luxury home, getting paid…qualifications needed: charismatic, not needed: advanced degree in marine biology. I can’t believe I wasted all this time on a degree! No iron dumping off . . . → Read More: Link Roundup

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