In the backass wisdom that is the CNMI Legislature, they have adopted a resolution opposing the proposed Northern Islands Marine National Monument.
View More Absolute and Utter Bull$@#%Author: 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.
Craig Most Certainly Did Not Break The Boat
Figures. I am out of town for a week and someone feels the need to generate some gossip about me. The latest heinous character assassination…
View More Craig Most Certainly Did Not Break The BoatGiant Squid, Live and In Technicolor!
Teuthologist Dr. Steve O’Shea and Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni, the colossal squid. Photo credit: Kathrin Bolstad Monster squid hunter extraordinaire Dr. Steve O’Shea will be dissecting giant…
View More Giant Squid, Live and In Technicolor!1.5m Sea Level Rise by 2100
The good news is…more ocean! Svetlana Jevrejeva of the Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory, UK, says a new, more accurate reconstruction of sea levels over the past…
View More 1.5m Sea Level Rise by 2100Coral Week is ON for April
Mark your calendars for the last few days of April because the tentacles are gonna hit the fan here and across the blogosphere from April…
View More Coral Week is ON for AprilEvery Kid Needs an Octopus on their Wall
And blik surface graphics has them! Nothing says sweet dreams like an octopus dragging you kids teddy bear to the ocean depths. Hat tip to…
View More Every Kid Needs an Octopus on their WallThe World Below the Brine By Walt Whitman
The world below the brine, Forests at the bottom of the sea, the branches and leaves, Sea-lettuce, vast lichens, strange flowers and seeds, the thick…
View More The World Below the Brine By Walt WhitmanEven More Enjoying the Ocean
The unexpected warmth this weekend made diving in the cold Monterey waters just a little more tolerable. Jim on the other hand believes 50 degrees,…
View More Even More Enjoying the OceanThe Deep-Sea Cables – Kipling
Its National Poetry Month and the deep sea has struck the creativity and imagination of many passionate people, myself and my 2 blogging colleagues here…
View More The Deep-Sea Cables – KiplingHydrothermal Vent Octopus Ladies Discovered
Researchers have been very concerned about the paucity of females of Vulcanoctopus hydrothermalis, an octopus inhabiting the hydrothermal vent community of the Eastern Pacific Rise.…
View More Hydrothermal Vent Octopus Ladies Discovered