Ye landlubbers may think yer sage from pirate treachery by hiding on yer dry shores, but ye be WRONG! Many a crusty ship urchin floats…
View More Pirates in unexpected placesMonth: September 2013
Video: catching a killer jelly
One recent Friday morning I received an email that started like this: Dear MBL-ers For your information we can confirm that specimens of Portuguese man o’ wars…
View More Video: catching a killer jellyScrew you pirates! Scientists study the Great Whirl anyway.
AAAR! Today is Talk like a Pirate Day. So swill some grog and enjoy this beauty of a post on physical oceanography and piracy in…
View More Screw you pirates! Scientists study the Great Whirl anyway.Is the Mid-Atlantic ridge an oceanic oasis?
The open ocean is a desolate, nutrient-poor place. For a long time it was assumed that any type of seafloor feature (seamounts! ocean ridges!) would…
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Martini’s Law: A malady of gases
Some know it as the “Rapture of the Deep,” others simply as, “being Narced,” but in my experience the most relevant nomenclature thus proposed for…
View More Martini’s Law: A malady of gasesOn the rocks, the bartender’s guide to sea ice
I’ve just moved from Alaska to Seattle, driving over 4000 miles and what felt like almost every major highway in Alaska in a last ditch…
View More On the rocks, the bartender’s guide to sea iceDNA feels like soggy cotton candy: A recipe for a DNA cocktail
DNA is something I depend on not only in a literal way: it keeps me and my cell mini-peeps running, but also in a figurative…
View More DNA feels like soggy cotton candy: A recipe for a DNA cocktailA Metagenomic Cocktail: the most disgusting drink ever
Metagenomics and Mixology are similar in regard to their use of blenders. If metagenomics were a cocktail recipe, it would go something like this: 1.…
View More A Metagenomic Cocktail: the most disgusting drink everThe Most Boring Squid on Earth?
Much speculation occurs among biologists about the uses for all those arms and tentacles in squids. Eight arms and two tentacles seem like appendage overkill. …
View More The Most Boring Squid on Earth?The perfect drink for the Physical Oceanographer
One might think that the perfect drink for a physical oceanographer might be the Tidal Wave, Sea Breeze or even the Deep Sea Martini. But it…
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