Jane Lubchenco’s message to scientists
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By , on January 12th, 2012 5 comments   Climate Change, Scientist!   , , , , , , ,  

My second week at UC Davis, and I’ve already met Jane Lubchenco. Last night the NOAA administrator gave a public lecture to a packed auditorium here on campus. Although her talk wasn’t particularly beefy, I captured a few interesting tidbits: It was refreshing to hear a government official state her steadfast optimism, and urge scientists . . . → Read More: Jane Lubchenco’s message to scientists

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The EPR Chronicles I
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By , on September 14th, 2011 One comment   Expeditions, Life At Sea, Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls   , , , , , , , , , , ,  

In 2003 I received the opportunity of a lifetime to go out to sea for the first time on a major zoological expedition. I was merely an undergraduate, but at 24 – having started college a little later in life – I had an edge over many seniors. Namely, a continuous, unbroken thread of failures . . . → Read More: The EPR Chronicles I

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High Speed Suction Feeding: Bloopers Edition
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By , on July 20th, 2011 One comment   Adaptations, Fish, Pictures and Movies   , , , , ,  

The Wainwright lab at my alma mater, UC Davis, is famous for posting their high speed video of fish biomechanics, in particular jaw morphology and function. This involves a lot of filming of how fishes feed. The lab put together a brilliant reel of outtakes from these sessions. I LOL’d, I cried… From their youtube . . . → Read More: High Speed Suction Feeding: Bloopers Edition

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A World Inside a Coconut
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By , on August 10th, 2010 4 comments   Adaptations, Expeditions, Organisms   , , , , , , , , , , ,  

This is rewritten from one of my favorite contributions from The Other 95%. ————————— In November 2003, while an undergrad at University of California at Davis I was asked by my two of my Geology professors if I wanted to help them out on an expedition to hydrothermal vents at the East Pacific Rise. They . . . → Read More: A World Inside a Coconut

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