There is so much happening in the field of deep-sea coral research right now that there is no way to cover everything in detail without…
View More Instant AnthozoaMonth: December 2007
Arrgh! Down to Davy Jones' Locker With You!
This is a notice that DSN has changed names to The Davy Jones News Report. Kidding…Because of the slowness of end-o-year, deep-sea related news, I…
View More Arrgh! Down to Davy Jones' Locker With You!God of the Sea (and Horses)
The buccinid gastropod Neptunea amianta (Dall, 1890) is a deep-water species found off the North American west coast. Typically boreal, the range extends as far…
View More God of the Sea (and Horses)Ocean Front Property in Arizona
A new study in Nature: Geoscience suggests that current estimates of sea-level rise in response to global warming are too low. Rohling et al. utilize…
View More Ocean Front Property in ArizonaGet Used to Acidic Oceans
Mark at blogfish is the bearer of bad news this morning. Ocean acidification is permanent, even with reductions in CO2 (like that will ever happen).…
View More Get Used to Acidic OceansIsopod Love Song
Kevin Zelnio is at the top of my list for musicians singing about invertebrates and the deep sea. The competition is small but Kevin is…
View More Isopod Love SongChikyu Vs. The Earthquake
Behemoth is the only word that comes to mind as I discuss, with mouth agape, about the deep-sea drilling vessel Chikyu. JAMSTEC, the Japanese Agency…
View More Chikyu Vs. The EarthquakeMe On TV…Kind Of
Christina Kellogg invited me to give a seminar at the joint USGS/University of Southern Florida College of Marine Science. Overall I think the talk went…
View More Me On TV…Kind OfFriday Deep-Sea Picture: The Worst Christmas Card Ever
My wife felt it important to share this with me and I feel its my duty to pass it along. 100 of these lovely cards…
View More Friday Deep-Sea Picture: The Worst Christmas Card EverTGIF: Holiday Madness
I can’t think of anything worse than this…I really tried. This completely ruined two of my favorite things Christmas and the ocean.
View More TGIF: Holiday Madness