The Sea We’ve Hardly Seen
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By , on May 18th, 2012 3 comments   Microbes, Pictures and Movies   , , , ,  

I am admittedly a huge invertebrate nerd. But there’s a lot more going on in the ocean than can be caught with a plankton net. For this week’s TGIF, check out super awesome Scripps alumna and MIT post-doc Melissa Garren on the glory and the mystery oceanic microbes.

TGIF – My secret life as plankton
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By , on April 6th, 2012 One comment   Pictures and Movies, Plankton   ,  

h/t Bruce Carlson and TED  

TGIF: Edith Widder’s TED talks on Bioluminescence
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By , on March 16th, 2012 One comment   Pictures and Movies   , ,  

Since its so gray and dreary in California today, we were discussing brighter topics over lunch – naturally, ogling over some bioluminescence. If you haven’t seen Edith Widder’s TED talks about her work on glowing sea creatures, sit back with a cuppa and sip it up: . . . → Read More: TGIF: Edith Widder’s TED talks on Bioluminescence

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Marine Biology Videos at Wired Science
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By , on February 15th, 2009 4 comments   Adaptations, Cephalopods, Pictures and Movies, Scientist!   , , , , , ,  

Mo, the Neurophilosopher, brought to my attention via Twitter Wired Science’s “10 Fantastic Marine Biology Videos“. They are all great bits from the marine youtube-o-sphere. Most of them we have played here one time or another, but one was actually new to me. A TED talk by David Gallo. He’s an oceanographer at Wood’s Hole . . . → Read More: Marine Biology Videos at Wired Science

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TGIF: David Gallo Discusses The Deep
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By , on February 6th, 2009 Leave a comment   Pictures and Movies   , , , , , ,  

From TED… With vibrant video clips captured by submarines, David Gallo takes us to some of Earth’s darkest, most violent, toxic and beautiful habitats, the valleys and volcanic ridges of the oceans’ depths, where life is bizarre, resilient and shockingly abundant. . . . → Read More: TGIF: David Gallo Discusses The Deep

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