Tardigrades are a paradox. There are less than 1,000 species globally yet they can survive anything-temperature extremes, starvation, irradiation, dehydration, vacuums, and the pressures of…
View More Tardigrade Space ProgramAuthor: 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.
Steamy Hot Sex In The Oceans
If the title doesn’t drive the Google hits in then hopefully word of mouth will. Sheril has the low down on this iconographic video of…
View More Steamy Hot Sex In The OceansOpen Up the Bubbly for SeaWiFS
SeaWiFS turns 10 this year. What is SeaWiFS? It is one of the most important advances of science in the last 20 years. The SeaWiFS…
View More Open Up the Bubbly for SeaWiFSField Rated Flash Drive
Corsair generously sent along their 8GB Survivor Flash Drive midsummer for me to field test at the behesting of this post. Over the last few…
View More Field Rated Flash DriveDeep-Sea Water Taste Test
Rick at Malaria, Bedbugs, Sea Lice, and Sunset recently reviewed Kona Deep awhile back and promised to send along a bottle to taste. Previously, I…
View More Deep-Sea Water Taste TestTemperature Not Pressure
Sunday evening the intelligent and lovely Sheril Kirshenbaum posited a question that I have received many times. The question is always a good one because…
View More Temperature Not PressureOne Less Variable I Have To Keep Track Of
Pangea Ultima: Earth in 250 Million Years? Credit & Copyright: C. R. Scotese (U. Texas at Arlington), PALEOMAP In 250 million years from now, my…
View More One Less Variable I Have To Keep Track OfSb'ling Bagging
My absence from DSN is soon to come to an end as I head back to California today. Part of my hiatus is due to…
View More Sb'ling BaggingFriday Deep-Sea Picture (9/21/07): Inverts From the Deep Gulf of Mexico
The Johnsen Lab at Duke University has several great high resolution (warning: slow loading) photographs of specimens from the Gulf of Mexico (Brine Pool, Garden…
View More Friday Deep-Sea Picture (9/21/07): Inverts From the Deep Gulf of MexicoTGIF: QM2 Entering San Francisco Bay
A spectacular entrance: The Queen Mary 2 luxury liner made its maiden call to the Port of San Francisco on February 4, 2007. Surrounded by…
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