I find the intersection of fluid dynamics and biology fascinating. How animals manipulate their surroundings to bring nutrients to them. And coral cilia is just one of these tricks! Coral polyps, sucking in the nutrients with their dastardly cilia (image via Stocker Group, Civil and Environmental Engineering, MIT.) This shot is an incredible close-up of . . . → Read More: Even corals heart fluid dynamics
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By para_sight, on  November 30th, 2012  19 comments  Adaptations, Coral, Organisms, Pictures and Movies  bioluminescence, Coral, coral reef, Fluorescence, red sea, scuba Coral reefs are famous for their beautiful colours, but in fact when I visit them I am usually surprised how colourful reefs AREN’T. Most healthy corals have a sort of dusty tan or pink hue to them, and it’s only on reefs with particularly high coral cover, superb water clarity and bright overhead sun that . . . → Read More: TGIF – The spectacular fluorescent colours of Coral Reefs
By Dr. M, on May 7th, 2012 3 comments Conservation & Environment, Coral, Fishing, Industry & Government, Opinion & Editorial, Organisms auction, black coral, CITES, Coral, ebay, endangered, vulnerable eBay’s history is dotted with carcasses of endangered and vulnerable species. In 2000, the Sea Turtle Conservancy announced that a large selection of illegal hawksbill turtle shell products were available on the online auction site. “On Jan. 6, about about 50 genuine tortoise shell items were listed for sale through ebay, said Gary Appelson, advocacy . . . → Read More: Finding Endangered Life on eBay
By para_sight, on March 23rd, 2012 Leave a comment Adaptations, Coral, Fish, Organisms, Pictures and Movies, Uncategorized bleaching, blennies, Coral, coral bleaching, coral reefs, feeding Exallias brevis male My good colleague Dr. Bruce Carlson just uploaded a very nice short YouTube video about a reef blenny called Exallias brevis. Exallias is fairly special (but by no means unique) not just because it’s quite the looker, but because it is a coral predator. Like many blennies it has a mouth that . . . → Read More: TGIF – Exallias brevis, a very special fish
By Dr Bik, on February 10th, 2012 4 comments Pictures and Movies, Reviews clothes, Coral, fashion, marine, ocean, tgif, vogue …BECAUSE I AM!!! Yes, I am yelling this from the mountaintops: I cannot wait to shed my drab winter wardrobe and move on to Spring/Summer 2012 collections. Finally, my fashion obsession is perfectly appropriate for a blog post at #DeepSN. This season the runways were flooded (ha!) with ocean-themed prints and marine-inspired design: Coral Reef . . . → Read More: ARE YOU EXCITED ABOUT YOUR SPRING WARDROBE YET??
By Dr Bik, on January 6th, 2012 2 comments Pictures and Movies, Uncategorized Art, Coral, fashion, Kraken, nematode, squid, tgif I’ve been suspiciously quiet on the blogging front lately. The reason: I’ve just completed a cross-country move in the middle of the holiday season (its my second 3000+ mile move in <2 years, but that is another rant for another day). I’ve fled the snowy winters of New Hampshire to take up shop in Jonanthan . . . → Read More: TGIF: Friday Fashion Finds
By Kevin Zelnio, on May 31st, 2011 One comment Coral, Reviews, Social Sciences Charles Darwin, Coral, David Dobbs, Louis Agassiz, Reef Madness In a very generous online experiment, science writer and blogger at Wired Science David Dobbs, is putting up his entire book Reef Madness in small chunks on his blog Neuron Culture. Here at Neuron Culture I’m going to serially publish significant chunks of my book Reef Madness: Charles Darwin, Alexander Agassiz, and the Meaning of . . . → Read More: Reef Madness!
By Dr. M, on April 1st, 2011 4 comments Biology, Coral, Ecology, Oil Spills, Organisms age, Arminius, Augustus, Battle of the Teutoburg Forest, black coral, Coral, Germanic, growth rate, Leiopathes, lifespan, nuclear bomb testing, Radiation, radiocarbon dating, Romans, tree rings, Varsus Arminius The year is 9CE. Fourteen years later Pliny the Elder will be Pliny the Newly Born. Cai Lun will invent paper one hundred years later. In Northern Germany a storm unleashes on 30,000 Roman soldiers under the command of Publius Quinctilius Varus. Varus’s most trusted advisor, Arminius, was the son of a Germanic war . . . → Read More: A Tale of Germanic Chieftains and Deep-Sea Corals
By Miriam Goldstein, on March 9th, 2011 One comment Scientist! Coral, Coral Reef Alliance, Ocean Doctor, Podcast, Rick MacPherson, Smithsonian As always, Rick is too modest to post about his own adventures…but fortunately I keep tabs on him through Coral Reef Alliance’s e-newsletter. Rick just went on Dr. David Guggeheim’s Ocean Doctor podcast to talk about the Coral Reef CSI program, in which crimes against coral reefs are investigated and prosecuted. “The Coral Reef . . . → Read More: RickMac’s adventures
By Dr. M, on January 23rd, 2011 One comment Pictures and Movies, Scientist! Coral, Rick MacPherson, Youtube Make sure you catch this interview with RickMac at Science Online 2011 |
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