Does my ego look big in this? Picture from Luxury Property Blog Obnoxious has a new name, GigaYacht “A”. This massive behemoth of yacht sucks…
View More The Hummer of the SeaAuthor: Dr. M
Craig McClain is the Executive Director of the Lousiana University Marine Consortium. He has conducted deep-sea research for 20 years and published over 50 papers in the area. He has participated in and led dozens of oceanographic expeditions taken him to the Antarctic and the most remote regions of the Pacific and Atlantic. Craig’s research focuses on how energy drives the biology of marine invertebrates from individuals to ecosystems, specifically, seeking to uncover how organisms are adapted to different levels of carbon availability, i.e. food, and how this determines the kinds and number of species in different parts of the oceans. Additionally, Craig is obsessed with the size of things. Sometimes this translated into actually scientific research. Craig’s research has been featured on National Public Radio, Discovery Channel, Fox News, National Geographic and ABC News. In addition to his scientific research, Craig also advocates the need for scientists to connect with the public and is the founder and chief editor of the acclaimed Deep-Sea News (https://www.deepseanews.com/), a popular ocean-themed blog that has won numerous awards. His writing has been featured in Cosmos, Science Illustrated, American Scientist, Wired, Mental Floss, and the Open Lab: The Best Science Writing on the Web.
Oceanographer or Marine Biologist?
A new article over at Red Orbit tackles the age old question. The article rightly presents the case but glosses over the fact that sometimes…
View More Oceanographer or Marine Biologist?Necessary Admiration For A Hunk of Steel
In 1932 two men became the first to descend into the deep sea. Their descent, in nothing more than hunk of steel, took them past…
View More Necessary Admiration For A Hunk of SteelRed Hot Titantium Sphere
Advanced Imaging and Visualization Laboratory, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Workers at Ladish Forging drove a press onto hot titanium, transforming it into a cup, part…
View More Red Hot Titantium SphereTGIF: Late or Early Depending On How You View It
O’ the oddness that is Charlie the Unicorn. The first one is here.
View More TGIF: Late or Early Depending On How You View ItFat and Lazy
No I am not talking about how Kevin spent his last weekend. The Colossal Squid is apparently not the voracious predator (say the last in…
View More Fat and LazyA Metric of Invertebrate Coolness
Just when you thought the Invertebrate Wars were over. A new measure of their coolness has been put forth. Of course Jim L. and I…
View More A Metric of Invertebrate CoolnessStranded in Phoenix and Microscopic Snails
Craig is away at a workshop and sent this message to post: ——————————————————————- I am stranded in the Phoenix airport as I write this post. …
View More Stranded in Phoenix and Microscopic SnailsGoodbye ScienceBlogs
When I was much, much younger, I joined Jacques Cousteau’s Calypso Club (named affectionately after his beloved ship). Was anyone else club members? Is there still a Calypso Club?
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