David Aldridge is a phytoplankton-loving marine biology PhD student at the National Oceanography Centre in Southampton, UK. Also the founder and editor of Words in mOcean,…
View More Ways for marine scientists to save money and beat the budget sequesterMonth: March 2013
DSN community, I need your help
I’m going to shameless co-opt the DSN soapbox for selfish research purposes for a moment. Do you know anyone who lives near Seadrift TX, east of…
View More DSN community, I need your helpDon’t try to learn marine taxonomy from SpongeBob SquarePants
At some point someone had sent me this video as a joke – according the SpongeBob SquarePants, this is what nematodes do in the deep…
View More Don’t try to learn marine taxonomy from SpongeBob SquarePants23 Species Giant Squid or Just 1
As I mentioned before, in 1857 Japetus Steenstrup, a Danish biologist scientifically named several squids and octopods in the shortly titled Hectoctyldannelsen hos Octopodslaegterne Argonauta og…
View More 23 Species Giant Squid or Just 1The Earth’s Largest Ecosystem – in Your Back Pocket
Contributed by Nick Higgs, Adrian Glover & Tammy Horton Today sees the launch of Deep Sea ID, a free app that allows offline access to the…
View More The Earth’s Largest Ecosystem – in Your Back Pocket
Where’s the cream filling?
That’s pretty much the first question I ask myself when starting any sea beastie dissection. Sadly, I have yet to encounter a cream-filled critter, but…
View More Where’s the cream filling?The lack of the Irish!
I love St Paddy’s Day. I’m Scots-Irish-Australian, so I never drink (baddum-tish!), but I do like bangers and mash and all things gaelic. In pondering…
View More The lack of the Irish!A Pee Shanty
There is an ancient nautical proverb commonly passed down from generation to generation amongst members of the diving community. I do believe it goes a…
View More A Pee ShantyMedia hype gets you more citations? Well, it did for this fisheries paper.
I loves me some metrics. That’s why I’m addicted to this new PLoS ONE paper, published by Trevor Branch at the University of Washington. Also,…
View More Media hype gets you more citations? Well, it did for this fisheries paper.This is friggin’ awesome
I have a confession….the musical genius that is “Thrift Shop” IS MY JAM. Yes… I turn it up to an ear shattering decibel EVERYTIME it…
View More This is friggin’ awesome