Some new waves, pun intended, are being generated this week concerning the meridional overturning circulation (MOC). You are already familiar with the MOC as the…
View More Global Conveyor Belt 2007: Hamster Wheel or Hemicuda?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.
Bottled Hoax
What is so special about bottled deep-sea water? Nothing.
View More Bottled HoaxThe War On Arctic Terror
Hat tip goes to Kiki, who pointed out a recent article in Wired, U.S. Readies for Polar Warfare (Updated). There you have it…Canada is amping…
View More The War On Arctic TerrorFriday Deep-Sea Picture (8/17/07): Trieste
To nice to save till tomorrow, Kevin sent along a “old” submersible chapter from Hill’s The Sea from 1963. The chapter itself is authored by…
View More Friday Deep-Sea Picture (8/17/07): TriestePNG For Sale
And two the highest bidder goes Papua New Guinea’s government, mineral rights, and everything else is up for sale in this huge mid-year blowout sale.…
View More PNG For SaleImperialism Going Strong in the Arctic
In the race for the Arctic there is Canada, United States, and Russia all staking claim on the increasingly accessible Northwest Passage and the mineral…
View More Imperialism Going Strong in the ArcticLighted Whoopie In the Sea
Are animals of the deep giving lighted come-hither signals? Is there bioluminescent hanky panky going on?
View More Lighted Whoopie In the SeaSea Squirts Just Want To Have Fun
It’s Friday afternoon and your setting there staring at the monitor. Sure you could be productive and continue on until 5. But hey, it’s Friday…
View More Sea Squirts Just Want To Have FunThe Race for the Arctic
More on the race to claim the Arctic. The Russian “scientific” operation was a sham. Despite the fact that a huge number of people were…
View More The Race for the ArcticWhat’s That Over There?
…munitionsFrom the daily blog of the University of Washington students aboard R/V Thomas Thompson using the ROV ROPOS to conduct seafloor surveys in support of…
View More What’s That Over There?