Drink beer for Sandy relief
At the end of the F line in Coney Island, Brooklyn stand three of the city’s more venerable institutions: Nathan’s Hotdogs, the Cyclone roller coaster…
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A recap of Hurricane Sandy: the ocean version
As a native Long Islander, I watched intently as Sandy made landfall. Offshore of NY Harbor, winds gusted up 70 mph and waves swelled to…
The Ancient Ocean of the Dakota Access Pipeline
You pull your old car to the side of the road, slow to a stop and turn the key: the fire in your engine dies.…
The Writing on the Sea-Wall: High Water Line
As science communicators, we are constantly looking for new and innovative ways to translate the ramblings of the ivory tower into a relatable and accessible public…
A New Year, A Look Back
January. A time for half-baked resolutions, fully-baked apple crisp, 2.5 weeks of dutifully honoring my pre-paid annual gym membership, and a buttload of retrospective, end-of-the-year…
The origin of ripples and other fantastic fluid experiments by Hertha Marks Ayrton
To any one who, for the first time, sees a great stretch of sandy shore covered with innumerable ridges and furrows, as if combed with…
Digital Seashells and David Raup
My love of snail shells did not begin at a young age. This is not a story of a 6-year old boy discovering his first…
Penguin Problems
For African Penguins, humans can make really lousy neighbors, but they have even bigger problems. In real estate it’s all about location, location, location. A…
No, but in all seriousness…
There have been a number of posts at Deep Sea News lately that have attracted intense commentary and a lot of back-channel communication, some of…
Where The Wild Things Are
“I feel like I’m taking crazy pills.” That’s my honest reaction after reading news of Western Australia’s plan to reduce fatal shark attacks through the…