Cool as a sea cucumber: life (and death) at extraordinary deep sea pressures
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By , on March 28th, 2012 3 comments   Adaptations, Ecology, Expeditions, New Research, Opinion & Editorial   , , , , ,  

Edit – In the original article I said that the sphere of the Deep Challenger was made of titanium. In fact, it’s made of steel. My bad! In trying to explain to friends, colleagues and Twitter followers during recent days what James Cameron may have seen out that softball-sized window of the Deep Challenger submersible . . . → Read More: Cool as a sea cucumber: life (and death) at extraordinary deep sea pressures

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TGIF: Diving Suit Fail
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By , on December 18th, 2009 4 comments   Pictures and Movies   , , ,  

Mythbuster’s examines what would happen to a human body if pressure is not equal inside and outside of a diving suit. The ‘human body’ is composed of pig skin and organs around a fake skeleton. . . . → Read More: TGIF: Diving Suit Fail

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Life in the Deep Sea: Only the Fragile Survive
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By , on December 11th, 2009 2 comments   Adaptations, Biology, Conferences, Organisms, Pictures and Movies, Scientist!, Uncategorized   , , , , , , , , , ,  

At this year’s National Association for Biology Teachers conference, Steve Haddock from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, spoke on deep ocean habitats. The National Evolutionary Synthesis Center sponsored the session on extreme environments and are now making all the videos available. Steve’s excellent and visually impressive talk is above and demonstrates the wonder . . . → Read More: Life in the Deep Sea: Only the Fragile Survive

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