An underwater restroom built into the side of an aquarium located at a cafe in Akashi, Japa
View More Another Christmas Idea…Aquarium Toilet!Month: December 2007
Saba joins the Deep-sea Club
The latest diving expedition was funny because our unofficial job was to help the Saba join the “deep-sea club”. The plan was to collect gorgonians and crustaceans down to 200m using a nifty little robot from Seabotix launched over the side of a local lobster boat.
View More Saba joins the Deep-sea ClubWhat I Want For Christmas
As this holiday seasons quickly approaches, I am left pondering what I would like to appear under the tree. 1. The search for a tenure-track…
View More What I Want For ChristmasVirtual Whale Hunting and Scuba Diving
A little something to get you past the mid-week hump. CLICK the play button. Then CLICK and DRAG on the video screen to pan across…
View More Virtual Whale Hunting and Scuba DivingARGOS the giant
There is a nice write up in Nature about the ARGO (Array for Real-time Geostrophic Oceanography). Argo is network of automonous floats, now numbering over…
View More ARGOS the giantCarnival of the Blue #7
This month’s Carnival of the Blue is happening now at The Natural Patriot. The quality and layout have improved remarkably over time, due largely to…
View More Carnival of the Blue #7How Much Do You Like Big Cuttlefish?
Photo from the Cephalopod PageThe reason I ask is the Giant Australian Cuttlefish, the world’s largest cuttlefish at 23lbs and near 4-5 ft long, may…
View More How Much Do You Like Big Cuttlefish?A Lethal Deep Sea Leads To Mass Extinctions For All!
The ends of Permian and Triassic periods were a very bad time for marine invertebrates. Suffering, starvations, watching loved ones die…very hard times indeed. A…
View More A Lethal Deep Sea Leads To Mass Extinctions For All!Cuts In 2008 Shark Take Quotas Not Enough
OCEANA Europe is not pleased with European Commission’s proposals for 2008 shark quotas for Total Allowable Catches (TACs). Two of the species included in the…
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