Just when you thought you escaped the onslaught of annual reviews in the media, along comes a slacker post from the Deep Sea News. Craig…
View More Best of the Abyss 2006Month: January 2007
Biogeography
The last forum at the International Biogeography Society meeting discussed how biogeographer’s might increase public outreach. Unfortunately little attention was given to what I feel…
View More BiogeographyAlvin Pilot Video
Peter’s post on the Alvin pilots generated an email from Janet Voight, deep-sea cephalopod expert extraordinaire, pointing me to this great video. Enjoy.
View More Alvin Pilot VideoLink-O-Rama
Finally got back from my meeting minus a piece of luggage or two. Unfortunately the trip came with a shocking reality of anthropogenic effects on…
View More Link-O-RamaGear bias in global warming estimates
A new article in Journal of Geophysical Research by Gouretski and Koltermann shows global warming estimates since the 1950’s are positively biased 0.2 – 0.4…
View More Gear bias in global warming estimatesFilm Fest in Frisco
The Ocean FilmFest begins its fourth year in San Francisco January 20-21. My second resolution is to make this the last year I miss it.…
View More Film Fest in FriscoHurricane and Global Warming Mitigation Industry?
ATMOCEAN, a firm based in Santa Fe, NM with Philip W. Kithil at the helm, is according to their website the company is “at the…
View More Hurricane and Global Warming Mitigation Industry?The Most Fearsome Predator In History…Is No Longer History
If you missed the book Meg, which is probably for the best, I just heard through the grapevine that a movie is in developmental hell.…
View More The Most Fearsome Predator In History…Is No Longer HistoryGiant Squid of Christmas Past
Slate recycled an old story about Giant Squid just before Christmas. Daniel Engber’s review provides lots of interesting links and factoids about ammonium and bouyancy…
View More Giant Squid of Christmas PastOde to the Great Taxonomists
New York Times is running a nice article called “Old Men and The Sea” about two remarkable marine biologists that passed this year, Drs. Cadet…
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