Beginning with Victorian science and progressing through the onset of modern deep-sea biology, the dominant paradigm was that the deep sea was a stable ecosystem.…
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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.
A Meter Wide Shark Head With 17 Feet of Shark Love To Follow
I have to admit after being down in a sub and spending time looking at video feeds from ROV’s, the crazy animals I see from…
View More A Meter Wide Shark Head With 17 Feet of Shark Love To FollowSharks Scare the @#$% out of Seals
How does fear drive a marine food web? That’s right I said fear, as in blood-curdling-scream-I-think-I-just-wet-my-pants fear. Sharks just swim around and intimidate the hell…
View More Sharks Scare the @#$% out of SealsJudge Lays the Smack Down on Bush
From CNN… The Navy must follow environmental laws placing strict limits on sonar training that opponents argue harms whales, despite President Bush’s decision to exempt…
View More Judge Lays the Smack Down on BushLimpets and Octopods, Civilization, Health Insurance, and the Loss of Common Sense
This is a tale of how a singular event can lead to two simultaneous outcomes, one absurd and one enlightening. Recently, I’ve needed to have…
View More Limpets and Octopods, Civilization, Health Insurance, and the Loss of Common SenseJust One Thing Challenge #2
Now were off with #2: The request: Use no plastic grocery and shopping bags for the next week. Use, and purchase if necessary, reusable bags.…
View More Just One Thing Challenge #2Crabs 1 Trawlers 0
A specially set-up and cleverly named company, CrabCo began an “experimental expedition” to test the feasibility of commercially harvesting two deep water crabs, the king…
View More Crabs 1 Trawlers 0Friday Deep-Sea Picture: Jacques Cousteau
Recently scored a used copy of a book by Jacques Cousteau. Inside its covers lies a wonderful narrative and the pictures I present for this…
View More Friday Deep-Sea Picture: Jacques CousteauNow when I dress up in drag…
…and put on my makeup I won’t have to feel guilty about it*. At the continued pestering of Oceana both Unilever and L’Oreal have promised…
View More Now when I dress up in drag…Just One Thing Challenge Update
This Sunday comes the second challenge! Do you remember what the first one was? 1a. Sign up at this post 1b. Keep reading DSN and…
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