The global ocean has already taken up half of the atmospheric carbon dioxide produced by humans over the last 200 years, so the ongoing effects of climate change are dampened. That’s right, you can thank the ocean for saving the planet so far.
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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.
Plan for national system of MPAs available for comment
Are deep-sea and pelagic habitats adequately represented in the new US plan for a national system of marine protected areas? I dunno, it just came…
View More Plan for national system of MPAs available for commentDoes Lightning Kill Marine Animals?
A reader brought to my attention a question that is floating around the internet. Q: If lightning strikes the ocean, do the marine animals get…
View More Does Lightning Kill Marine Animals?The Submersible Synopses: The Halibut
This begins a new series here at DSN. With the addition of Kevin, we are filled to the gills with all deep and biology. This…
View More The Submersible Synopses: The HalibutJust One Thing Challenge #7: Water Conservation
On with the next challenge! We continue to grow in ranks with almost forty signed up and many following along. Please sign up! Latter in…
View More Just One Thing Challenge #7: Water ConservationTGIF: Octopus Hatching
The deep-sea octopus, Bathypolypus arcticus, hatching. Dr. James Wood discusses the biology and ecology of the species here.
View More TGIF: Octopus HatchingFriday Deep-Sea Picture: Cirrate Octopus
Credit to NOC and Deepscape.org: Coarse rocky ground with cirrate octopus (Cephalopod) above the seabed taken at 1126m in the Faroe-Shetland Channel. Others great images…
View More Friday Deep-Sea Picture: Cirrate OctopusOcean’s least productive waters are expanding
You read the title of this post, and the original paper, correctly. Brian H. sent this little gem of a paper to me today. Using…
View More Ocean’s least productive waters are expandingOcean's least productive waters are expanding
You read the title of this post, and the original paper, correctly. Brian H. sent this little gem of a paper to me today. Using…
View More Ocean's least productive waters are expandingThe Deep Is A Wonderful Utopia For The Big and Small
Experiments in the deep sea are a novelty, like a healthy Southern breakfast. Mmm…biscuits…but I digress. If you want to run a experiment in the…
View More The Deep Is A Wonderful Utopia For The Big and Small