‘Safe’ Water-Based Drill Cuttings Affect Seafloor Animals
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By , on February 2nd, 2010 2 comments   Ecology, Environmental Sciences, Industry & Government, New Research   , , , , , , , , ,  

Oil and gas extraction is pervasive among the coasts of the world. In many areas, such as the Gulf of Mexico and off the coast of west Africa, resource exploration companies have been moving into pretty deep waters. Many rigs use water-based muds in the drilling process. It is considered to the best alternative because . . . → Read More: ‘Safe’ Water-Based Drill Cuttings Affect Seafloor Animals

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Coral and Brittle Stars, Together Forever
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By , on July 9th, 2009 Leave a comment   Adaptations, Coral, Mating & Reproduction, New Research, Organisms, Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls   , , , , , , , , ,  

Brittle star (red) entwines the branches of its lifelong coral partner (pink). Credit: L. Watling for NOAA/IE/URI I mean it, FOREVER! No paper out yet but the abstract has sufficiently enticed me. Mosher and Watling report that the species Phiocreas oedipus, an echinoderm that kills its father and marries it mother, is only found on . . . → Read More: Coral and Brittle Stars, Together Forever

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