The Large But Enigmatic Supergiant
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By , on February 12th, 2012 One comment   Adaptations, Biodiversity, Critters, Ecology, Evolution, Giant Isopod   , , , , , , , ,  

In 1899 a French zoologist named Edouard Chevreux with an inordinate fondness for crustaceans officially described two crustaceans from the deepest parts of the ocean. Over 100 hundred years later, scientists have collected less than two dozen specimens of this enigmatic shellfish, shocking given that is largest species of amphipod ever known. Within Crustacean . . . → Read More: The Large But Enigmatic Supergiant

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Deepest Trench Now With More Deep
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By , on December 8th, 2011 2 comments   Environmental Sciences, Geology   , , , ,  

    A new survey puts the depth of the Challenger Deep, the deepest part of the Mariana Trench, at 10,994 meters, nearly 75 meters more than deepest of prior estimates. The new survey was conducted by the Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping (CCOM) at the University of New Hampshire. Also interesting is The . . . → Read More: Deepest Trench Now With More Deep

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Deepest Fish On Film
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By , on November 15th, 2009 5 comments   Biodiversity, Fish, TGIF: Pictures & Movies   , , , , , , ,  

In 2008 we reported on the 7700 meter record for filming fish, video above,  Using a remote lander, a group filmed Pseudoliparis amblystomopsis, a deep-water snailfish, found only in the Northwest Pacific between  6.1km to 7.5km deep. Now this same group filmed swarms of the snailfish Notoliparis kermadecensis nibbling at bait 7560 meters, the deepest for . . . → Read More: Deepest Fish On Film

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Biogeography of the Deep Sea
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By , on September 22nd, 2009 3 comments   Biodiversity, Conservation & Environment, Environmental Sciences, Geology, New Research, Paleobiology, Scientist!, Seamount, Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls   , , , , , , , , , , , , ,  

“There is absolutely nothing to restrict the geographical ranges of animals in the deep sea.  Dr. Wallich, the pioneer of deep-sea research, eighteen years ago recognized the deep homothermal sea “As the great highway for animal migration, extending pole to pole” Below 500 fathoms it is everywhere dark and cold, and there are no ridges . . . → Read More: Biogeography of the Deep Sea

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The Deepest Crinoids
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By , on July 14th, 2009 3 comments   Biodiversity, Critters, New Research   , , , , , , ,  

Japanese researchers recently set a record with the deepest in-situ observation of a criniod. In the words of the authors, Previous records of stalked crinoids from hadal depths (exceeding 6000 m) are extremely rare, and no in-situ information has been available. We show here that stalked crinoids live densely on rocky substrates at depths . . . → Read More: The Deepest Crinoids

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Marianas Trench Marine National Monument
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By , on January 15th, 2009 Leave a comment   Archaeology, History, and Art, Conservation & Environment, Uncategorized   , , , ,  

SOURCE: Council on Environmental Quality, Pew Charitable Trusts, NOAA We have and everyone else have already covered what is turning out to be the paradoxical blue legacy Bush will leave behind.  But I thought it worth posting this link which is actual text of the presidential proclamation. The Mariana Volcanic Arc contains objects of scientific . . . → Read More: Marianas Trench Marine National Monument

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