A Lonely Tree Far From Home Brings New Life to the Ocean Deep: A Narrative in Five Acts
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By , on April 27th, 2012 9 comments   Adaptations, Ecology, Evolution, Expeditions, New Research, New Species, Organisms   , , , , , , , ,  

Act 1: Wood Falling on Water At two miles below the ocean’s surface, I see wooden carcasses, once buoyant, lying listlessly on the abyssal seafloor. They range from small fragments to 2000+ pound behemoths. Ligneous cadavers litter the seafloor, a last resting place for visitors from a faraway and drier place, becoming rare as . . . → Read More: A Lonely Tree Far From Home Brings New Life to the Ocean Deep: A Narrative in Five Acts

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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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