By para_sight, on  December 22nd, 2011 Uncategorized core values, culture, culture of science, Education, Megafauna, ocean literacy, Open Access, Science Communication, Science Outreach When the DSN crew gathered for our inaugural retreat recently, one of the core values we agreed on was “promoting ocean literacy”. This value is something that just about everyone in marine science agrees on (example, example, example), but what does it really mean? Marine scientists and marine educators have an intuitive sense of what . . . → Read More: Promoting Ocean Literacy – a DSN Core Value
If someone listened in on the conversation in the Deep Sea News underwater lair, they might conclude that we were a bunch of scatological mind-in-the-gutter sex fiends in need of serious Freudian analysis. They would not be wrong. Never have six people over legal drinking age so enjoyed “That’s what she said” jokes. All of . . . → Read More: Reverently irreverent: a Deep Sea News core value
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
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