I am out to sea this week exploring deep-sea life on seamounts. A cruise in 2004 to the San Juan yielded this photo. Brisingid and…
View More Friday Deep-Sea Picture (06/22/07)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.
Deep-Sea Wine Tastes Better
So any wine is good, great wine is better, and great wine from the murky depths is the best.. Great wine aged on the ocean…
View More Deep-Sea Wine Tastes BetterSeamounts 2007, Day 2-3
Our second day at sea was brought to close on much calmer seas. We again dove on Pioneer Seamount, the northernmost station during our cruise…
View More Seamounts 2007, Day 2-3It Doesn’t Matter If I Kill Another Species…
if I look pretty. Whenever I travel, inevitably I come across a shop or two selling red coral jewelry. I know what the red coral…
View More It Doesn’t Matter If I Kill Another Species…It Doesn't Matter If I Kill Another Species…
if I look pretty. Whenever I travel, inevitably I come across a shop or two selling red coral jewelry. I know what the red coral…
View More It Doesn't Matter If I Kill Another Species…Seamounts 2007, Day 1
Most tales of the open sea begin with some classic line about the seas being as rough as scorned lover or a furious ocean goddess…
View More Seamounts 2007, Day 1Geeky Computer Names
Behind the scenes Kevin and I are making fun of Peter which now that he is out of town I will do online. See Peter…
View More Geeky Computer NamesThere Is Enough Oil…No There Isn’t
BP’s Statistical Review of World Energy published last week boldly stated we have enough oil. Specifically, there is enough proven oil reserves to last us…
View More There Is Enough Oil…No There Isn’tThere Is Enough Oil…No There Isn't
BP’s Statistical Review of World Energy published last week boldly stated we have enough oil. Specifically, there is enough proven oil reserves to last us…
View More There Is Enough Oil…No There Isn'tWhat Porcelain, O This Porcelain?
Chinese police recovered 21 pieces of porcelain from a fishing boat and another 117 pieces from others. When asked where the porcelain came from, the…
View More What Porcelain, O This Porcelain?