Currently a biodiversity crisis is underway, which many have termed the sixth extinction. E.O. Wilson in 1993 suggested 30,000 species extinctions occur per year, roughly…
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TGIF: Monk Seal at 1781 Feet
Trawling Effects Seen From Space
In this detail from a Landsat satellite image from 1999, individual vessels in the Gulf of Mexico can be seen as bright spots at end…
View More Trawling Effects Seen From SpaceFriday deep-sea picture (February 23, 2007)
Leonardo Solaas is an artist from Buenos Aires, Argentina who invented a way for you to generate your own original digital art pieces based upon…
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Rhizocephalan overlord,Peltogaster paguri (tubular thing sticking up on the right), infecting hermit crab. Photo courtesy of Jens Hoeg, used with permission. Rhizocephala are curious creatures.…
View More LOLRhizocephalans: Plotting to Take Over the WorldOregon Dead Zone
Anoxic (extremely low or no oxygen) zones occur naturally in the oceans. Typically they occur below areas of upwelling such as off Chile. A naturally…
View More Oregon Dead ZoneAnother broken satellite
Satellites used to fly instruments designed to do just one thing, like measure ocean color for instance, but nowadays instruments are multi-tasking like the rest of us.
View More Another broken satellitePlush ROV
Since my posts about the Black Swan, I have somehow made it on the Odyssey email list. Once a month or so I get an…
View More Plush ROVA Response From Trader Joe’s
I am now waiting on word form the Buying Department Hello Craig, Thank you for your product feedback and requests. We will forward your concerns…
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I am now waiting on word form the Buying Department Hello Craig, Thank you for your product feedback and requests. We will forward your concerns…
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