The Melbourne Museum is doing the unthinkable. They are unleashing a giant, rotting, stinking, mound of invertebrate flesh upon the public (July 17th at 11:30…
View More Public Dissection of Giant SquidMonth: July 2008
Challenger Expedition on Google Earth
People seem fascinated by the prospect of purchasing virtual real estate at Second Life, but if you ask me, Google Earth is a better place to stake your claim. For instance, I study deep sea-fans, or gorgonians. Many of these have their first description in the reports of the HMS Challenger expedition 1873-1876. The maps are now online at Google Earth.
View More Challenger Expedition on Google EarthNo-Take Reserves Work
Who would of thunk it? Like Mark Powell recently stated: “In the “duh” category, fish are thriving in a no-fishing zone in Australia. After looking…
View More No-Take Reserves WorkOekologie XVII: Reconciliation Time
Madhusudan Katti has the latest and perhaps greatest Oekologie blog carnival ever. Its HUGE and with such a great and diverse selection. Well done Madhu!…
View More Oekologie XVII: Reconciliation TimeA Vast Repository for Greenhouse Gas?
Admittedly, before reading the actual paper I was a little uneasy about the latest paper in PNAS by Goldberg et al. The paper describes a…
View More A Vast Repository for Greenhouse Gas?1000th Post
Dear readers, I am very excited to announce that we have exceeded 1000 posts here at Sb. This was supposed to be the 1000th post…
View More 1000th PostSizzle
“Like we really really want to make this film and we feel really passionate about global warming and feel really upset by it. We just…
View More SizzleOpen House
This Saturday July 19, 2008 from 12:00 noon to 5:00 p.m. is the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute’s Open House. If you are in central…
View More Open HouseOrigin of the Oceans
Tonight on the National Geographic Channel at 10pm EST/PST Earth the Biography: Oceans. An episode on Atmospheres is before it at 9pm. “Explore how half…
View More Origin of the OceansAnd Here We Go
From CNN… President Bush will announce Monday he is lifting an executive order banning offshore oil drilling, the White House said. If President Bush can…
View More And Here We Go