In 2003 I received the opportunity of a lifetime to go out to sea for the first time on a major zoological expedition. I was merely an undergraduate, but at 24 – having started college a little later in life – I had an edge over many seniors. Namely, a continuous, unbroken thread of failures . . . → Read More: The EPR Chronicles I
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By Kevin Zelnio, on  September 14th, 2011  Leave a comment  Expeditions, Life At Sea, Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls  Balboa, Cruise, EPR Chronicles, Expedition, Janet Voight, Jim McClain, journal, Panama, R/V Atlantis, Robert Zierenberg, ship, UC Davis By Dr. M, on August 3rd, 2010 7 comments Books/Media, Expeditions, New Research, Opinion Bull Patrol, Expedition, Hydrothermal Vent, media, New Species, press, press release, Shrimp, taxonomy Inspired by the Are Headlines Hogwash? series at Dr. Carin Bondar’s wonderful blog, the editors at DSN (i.e. Kevin and I) have initiated a news series called Bull Patrol! Our goal is to call out the media for the getting carried away with headlines and reports, not doing their homework, making a mockery of colleagues’ . . . → Read More: Bull Patrol: NEW SPECIES DISCOVERED zOMG!
By Dr. M, on September 22nd, 2009 Leave a comment Expeditions, Scientist!, Vessels and Equipment butter, Chris Mah, echinoblog, Expedition, lava, NE Pacific, remote operated vehicle, ROV, Volcano In the ROV control room. You can see Chris there on the right with his left hand on his chin. I am in the background about dead center (the bald one with the headset on doing my cheif scientist thing. Chris Mah provides the next installment of his ongoing series covering our previous cruise. Although . . . → Read More: More on the 2009 NE Pacific Expedition
By Dr. M, on September 17th, 2009 3 comments Archaeology, History, and Art, Deep Sea Music, Scientist!, TGIF: Pictures & Movies Dance, Danish, Expedition, Galathea, Galway, haka, Iceland, Maori, New Zealand, Torbin Wolff, tradition, war dance The haka is the traditional dance form of the Maori of New Zealand. Dances may contain stamping of the feet, slapping of the thighs, pounding of the fists, smacking of the elbows. This is accompanied with rhythmic shouted accompaniment sometimes taking the form of yells or battle cries. Maori War Dances are special forms of . . . → Read More: TGIF: Maori War Dance
By Dr. M, on August 24th, 2009 2 comments Biodiversity, Critters, Expeditions, Geology, Scientist! Expedition, lava, Pacific Northwest, Pacific Ocean, ridge, Seamount, Volcano Just a reminder that Chris Mah (from Echinoblog) and I will participating in Leg 5 of the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute’s expedition to the northern Pacific. Leg 5 of the expedition, starting Friday of this week, focuses on sampling lava flows that erupted during historic time on the Juan de Fuca and Gorda . . . → Read More: Pacific Northwest Expedition
By Dr. M, on August 5th, 2009 3 comments Expeditions, Geology, Seamount, Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls Expedition, lava, Pacific Northwest, Pacific Ocean, ridge, Seamount, Volcano Myself and Chris Mah (from Echinoblog) will particpating in Leg 5 of the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute’s expedition ot the northern Pacific. Leg 5 of the expedition focuses on sampling lava flows that erupted during historic time on the Juan de Fuca and Gorda Mid-Ocean Ridges, and comparing them with the surrounding, older . . . → Read More: 2009 Pacific Northwest Expedition
By Dr. M, on July 27th, 2009 5 comments Carnivals & Link Love, Conservation & Environment, Environmental Sciences, Expeditions, Industry & Government, Plastic, Scientist!, Vessels and Equipment Expedition, Pacific Garbage Patch, Pacific Gyre, Pacific Ocean, plactic, Scripps, SEAPLEX This Sunday, August 2nd, a major scientific expedition to study the issue of plastic accumulation in the North Pacific Gyre will depart San Diego. The whole venture is between Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the nonprofit Project Kaisei, SEAPLEX (Scripps Environmental Accumulation of Plastic Expedition) but the cool part is that Miriam from the Oyster’s . . . → Read More: U Hav Plasicz In Yr Oceanuz
By Peter Etnoyer, on March 11th, 2009 3 comments Books/Media, Education, Expeditions, Scientist! Arctic, consulting, Expedition Last week I posted an article about consulting for the marine sciences as a follow up to Craig’s story “how to be a deep-sea biologist“. If some of you are still scratching your heads about what’s possible as a consultant, check out Gaelin Rosenwaks’ new website for her consulting company Global Ocean Exploration. The . . . → Read More: Global Ocean Exploration’s new website
By Kevin Zelnio, on February 21st, 2009 5 comments Expeditions, Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls Antarctica, Expedition, Volcano A recent expedition to the antarctic undersea volcanoes has recently returned. They are sharing some of their highlights in a video. The cruise looked both amazing and brutal at times! Watching it makes me twitch though. I’m longing to be out on the open sea once more. Thanks for Dr. Copley and the rest of . . . → Read More: Underwater Volcanoes in Antarctica
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