Unfortunately, Zoologix beat us to the story of Henry the Hexapus. Henry, caught in a lobster pot off north Whales, is the first reported six-legged…
View More Cephalopod Freak ShowAuthor: 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.
Just One Thing Challenge #6
As I write this post and sipping on my Organic Nueva Esperanza Coffee, I am happy. Part of it stems 3 cups of coffee previous…
View More Just One Thing Challenge #6China builds new manned submersible
How do you say “sea dragon” in Mandarin? China is planning an ocean exploration program on par with their space endeavours, including plans to build a sub-sea base station and a manned submersible capable of diving to 7000m by 2010.
View More China builds new manned submersibleSometimes Sea Monsters Are Real
Add another tremendously gargantuan fossil lizard to your list. “The Monster”, which unfortunately was a predator, measured 50 feet putting it in contention for the…
View More Sometimes Sea Monsters Are RealSaving Really Big Ships
At Wired you can read about the saving of the 14-deck, 55,000 ton Cougar Ace carrying 4,700 new Mazdas. As water was being replaced in…
View More Saving Really Big ShipsShark Attacks Increase…
…maybe as retaliation for killing them off. The last estimate of 71 in 2007 compared to 63 in 2006, continues a four year increase. One…
View More Shark Attacks Increase…The Human Impact on Marine Systems
Fig. 1 from Halpern et al. Global map (A) of cumulative human impact across 20 ocean ecosystem types. (Insets) Highly impacted regions in the Eastern…
View More The Human Impact on Marine SystemsJust One Thing Challenge #5
So how did going organic affect your pocketbook? I imagine for many of you it didn’t add as much as you thought it would. This…
View More Just One Thing Challenge #5The Biodiversity Crisis and Open Access Journals
Currently a biodiversity crisis is underway, which many have termed the sixth extinction. E.O. Wilson in 1993 suggested 30,000 species extinctions occur per year, roughly…
View More The Biodiversity Crisis and Open Access Journals