I know, its Friday. You’re probably staring at the the clock, or worse, stalking people on Facebook. Today, instead of passing on a viral video or irreverent internet meme, I’m going to encourage you to procrastinate FOR SCIENCE! Sci Starter is a directory of citizen science projects around the world – scientists are looking for . . . → Read More: TGIF: Procrastinate, watch deep-sea videos, help science!
By Kevin Zelnio, on  December 11th, 2012 Adaptations, Climate Change, Ecology, New Research, Scientist! California, climate change, Coastal, Ecology, mussel, oyster, Research, Sea Star, starfish, University of California Was just sent these great informative short videos about research being done to understand how climate change affects coastal communities. Coastal organisms live in areas with much day to day variation. There are the changing tides, the amount sun exposure, and also shade from tidal zone seaweeds and rock crevices. This makes coastal animals, like . . . → Read More: California Coastal Climate Change Research
If this comic makes you laugh, perhaps you should become a marine biologist. Note the lack of dolphins. ARRRRR ME HEARTIES!!!! So ye want t’ be a pirate, t’ sail the open sea searching for booty – what? You said a marine biologist? Oh. Well, sailing the open sea searching for booty is actually prohibited . . . → Read More: So You Want to Be A Marine Biologist: Deep Sea News Edition
By Kevin Zelnio, on  July 21st, 2011 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 10th, 2011 Environmental Sciences, Expeditions, Life At Sea, Natural Disaster, New Research, Vessels and Equipment Fukushima, Japan, pollution, Radiation, Research There’s a research cruise underway right now to study the impacts of radiation release from the Fukushima disaster in Japan, using the UNOLS/U. Hawaii ship R/V Kaimikai-O-Kanaloa. You can read the overview here and follow the at sea blog of the 17 researchers here. The cruise features scientists from Woods Hole Oceanographic, U. Tokyo, U. . . . → Read More: Follow along with Fukushima researchers
By Dr. M, on  March 16th, 2009 Carnivals & Link Love, Scientist! deep sea, Giant Isopod, Giant Squid, Mollusca, Organisms, Research, Seamount, submarine, webpage My new personal research website is now up. If you have some free time head over and take a look around. I have everything about my research and every single one of my publications in pdf format. Some of those are great reads with a nice glass of Montepulciano d’Abruzzo on a rainy night. You . . . → Read More: New Website
By Dr. M, on  March 2nd, 2009 Education, New Research, Scientist!, Uncategorized advisors, career, deep sea, deep-sea biologist, faculty member, first author, full professor, google scholar, graduate school, GRE, Ivy League, part scientist, Party School, ph.d., Research, scientific product, Scientist! In the past, a few readers, interns, random undergraduates, and a curious public have asked all three of us here at DSN “How do you become a deep-sea biologist?” I write this from the perspective of obtaining a Ph.d. in marine biology and I am assuming the reader wants to go for a Ph.d. as . . . → Read More: So You Want to Be A Deep-Sea Biologist?
By Peter Etnoyer, on  January 31st, 2009 Gadgets & Gear, Organisms, Scientist!, Vessels and Equipment marine science, oceanography, Research, robot, Rutgers, Teledyne Webb, trans-atlantic Sea turtles do it. Ocean liners do it. Charles Lindbergh did it. Even a Zeppelin can do it. Can an autonomous robot do it, across the North Atlantic Ocean… underwater? The journey across the Atlantic has always been an historic one. Now marine scientists are preparing what may be the first autonomous crossing by an . . . → Read More: Robot glider to make Trans-Atlantic journey
By Kevin Zelnio, on  January 22nd, 2009 Conferences, Expeditions, Scientist! Adventure, Best of Zelnio, Field Work, Live Blogging, Research, Rick MacPherson, Science Online, scio09 Karen, myself, Anne-Marie, Talia, Meredith from the panel. Rick and Vanessa are out of frame. After a most wonderful lunch (thanks Science Online sponsors!), it was time for the first of two sessions I was co-moderating. This session was a fun one to plan and execute on how to post from strange places. Co-organizer Karen . . . → Read More: Science Online ’09: Blogging Adventure
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