January 2009 Archives

Scientist!

New Additions to the Office

In a previous post I mentioned how awesome Emily Damstra‘s marine invertebrate clock and SCAMIT‘s 2009 calender were. I recently received both and am proudly…

Vessels and Equipment

JOIDES Resolution Sails Again!

Kevin Zelnio January 26, 2009 Drilling IODP JOIDES Resolution ship Vessel

The JOIDES Resolution, once workhorse of the deep sea scientific drilling research community, is currently at sea trials following a major overhaul. NSF has a…

Education Opinion & Editorial Organisms Pictures and Movies Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls

Crazy ‘Bout Those Dwarf Males Profizzah

Kevin Zelnio January 26, 2009 Bone Worm Duke Marine Lab Osedax Southern Fried Science Zombie Worm

The Southern Fried Scientist is TA’ing Invertebrate Zoology with Cindy Van Dover at the Marine Lab here. They are having their students create a 2-3…

Industry & Government Organisms Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls

Vents of Gold

Peter Etnoyer January 26, 2009 deep-sea mining Hydrothermal Vent Nautilus Minerals seafloor massive sulfide sms deposit

In light of the workshop below, I thought you might enjoy this REPOST from DSN March 24, 2006 This is one in a series of…

Conferences Geology Industry & Government Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls

Deep-Sea Mining Workshop at Wood’s Hole

Peter Etnoyer January 26, 2009 ChEss deep-sea mining Hydrothermal Vent InterRidge seafloor massive sulfide WHOI

Journalists looking for a compelling story of greed, adventure, and science on the high seas might want to consider attending this Deep-Sea Mining Workshop at…

Conferences