I am very excited to introduce Kim Martini as guest blogger here at DSN. Kim is a physical oceanographer working at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks and as the post reveals below is interested in deep-ocean waves. You can find her on Twitter at @rejectedbanana. Make sure to comment below and welcome her to . . . → Read More: The Largest Waves in the Sea Aren’t at the Beach
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By Dr. Martini, on  August 5th, 2012  6 comments  Environmental Sciences, Scientist!, Weather  Internal Waves, Kim Martini, oceanography, physical oceanography, waves By Kevin Zelnio, on December 15th, 2011 Leave a comment Climate Change Gulf Stream, oceanography, WHOI, Wood's Hole From Wood’s Hole Oceanographic Institute YouTube Channel. By Dr. M, on December 14th, 2011 6 comments Industry & Government, Uncategorized, Vessels and Equipment Funding, NSF, oceanography, Research Vessel, UNOLS When I say I am going on research cruise, I get two responses. 1. “Well that sounds nice, do they serve cocktails and is there shuffleboard?” 2. “How much a day does a ship cost?” In response to one, I do enjoy working at sea. If I didn’t I would be on fast track to . . . → Read More: I Got 99 Problems and a Ship Ain’t One
By Kevin Zelnio, on July 21st, 2011 21 comments Conservation & Environment, Opinion & Editorial, Scientist!, Vessels and Equipment Florida, Harbor Branch, HBOI, Johnson Sea Link, Lorax, oceanography, Oil Spill, Public, Research, Science Communication, Scott Olson, Space Shuttle, submersible Me inside the Johnson Sea Link (2004). Today, Scott Olson published an editorial at TCPalm, a local news site for Palm Beach area on some very deep misgivings that all of us in deep-sea biologist have regarding the state of Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute and its assets – the Johnson Sea Link submersibles. It was . . . → Read More: The Ship, The Sub, The Shuttle – We Should Blame Ourselves
By para_sight, on June 9th, 2011 2 comments Climate Change, Conservation & Environment, Environmental Sciences, New Research, Weather amoc, Atlantic, global conveyor belt, global thermohaline circulation, global warming, Gulf Stream, oceanography, RB Editor's Selection, South Atlantic I’ve been in Brazil for the past week for some research coordination meetings. This has involved a number of different folks in several forums, but the whole process was pervaded by a patent anxiety on the part of many people I spoke to with regards to climate change. This is not new of course, but . . . → Read More: The Indian Ocean’s cup runeth over
By Dr Bik, on July 23rd, 2010 2 comments Life At Sea, Music, Pictures and Movies, Reviews, Uncategorized deep sea, Marine Biologist, marine biology, Music, oceanography, Research Vessel, Youtube Words cannot even express the pure genius contained in this video… By Kevin Zelnio, on April 20th, 2010 2 comments Ecology, New Research, Seamount biogeography, Biome, Blue Marble, Mountains in the Sea, NOAA, oceanography, Peter Etnoyer, Seamount Peter Etnoyer is a deep sea coral habitat specialist with NOAA’s National Center for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) in Charleston, SC. He returns to Deep Sea News to deliver this important report on an exciting new development in deep sea science. The journal Oceanography published a new full-color thematic issue online, devoted to understanding seamounts, . . . → Read More: Guest Post: The Largest Habitats on Earth
By Kevin Zelnio, on February 3rd, 2010 Leave a comment Environmental Sciences, Expeditions, Geology, Vessels and Equipment Antarctica, David Honig, Ice Breaker, LARISSA, Larsen Ice Shelf, oceanography, R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer, sea ice, Sediment, Weddell Sea David Honig is a graduate student in marine science at Duke University in the lab of Dr. Cindy Van Dover. He is participating in LARISSA, a 2 month multinational expedition to study the causes and consequences of the ice shelf collapse. He will be posting regular updates on the expedition exclusively for Deep Sea News . . . → Read More: Dispatches from Antarctica – First Month’s Progress
By Dr. M, on January 17th, 2010 Leave a comment Industry & Government, New Research, Scientist! Atlantic, Azores, oceanography, Portugal, research center …or Center depending on where you live. Although in the US we feel the need to discard oceanography Portugal is a little more forward thinking. Portugal’s Minister for Science and Universities, Mariano Gago, has announced plans to set up a cutting-edge research centre in the Azores Islands to study the deep Atlantic. Minister Gago unveiled . . . → Read More: New Deep-Sea Research Centre
By Dr. M, on October 5th, 2009 4 comments Adaptations, Biology, Cephalopods, Conservation & Environment, Coral, Environmental Sciences, Geology, Organisms, Paleobiology anoxic, Antarctica, biogeography, bivalve, Cenozoic, circulation, climate chagne, Coral, Cretaceous, deep sea, density, echinoderms, echinoids, Eocene, evolution, extinction, foram, Gastropod, global thermohaline circulation, hypoxia, isopod, Miocene, oceanography, octopod, Oligocene, origination, oxygen, Paleobiology, Paleocene, Salinity, Temperature, Triassic If you would understand anything, observe its beginning and its development. –Aristotle To understand the biogeography of the modern deep sea, we must examine the history of the ocean floor and the establishment of deep-sea fauna. The paleoceanography of the deep-sea is an account of intense fluctuations in temperature, oxygen, and circulation. In the past . . . → Read More: The Origins of Deep-Sea Fauna
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