Laser line scan mosaic of a pool of brine surrounded by mussels at a depth of 700 meters in the Gulf of Mexico. From here.…
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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.
Pig Butt or Marine Worm?
From MBARI: This is a worm? This photograph of the newly named worm shows its mouth, which typically faces downward as the animal drifts about…
View More Pig Butt or Marine Worm?You Ask, I Answer
A great response from the readers to last week’s Pose a Question post. Here are some answers. Jim inquires, “What’s the current take on a…
View More You Ask, I AnswerThe '10 weird things about me'…the meme.
Tagged by the meme from Adventures in Ethics and Science and Retrospectacle… I have OCD tendencies. All the hangers in my closet have to be…
View More The '10 weird things about me'…the meme.The ’10 weird things about me’…the meme.
Tagged by the meme from Adventures in Ethics and Science and Retrospectacle… I have OCD tendencies. All the hangers in my closet have to be…
View More The ’10 weird things about me’…the meme.How Did That Get There?
An expedition to reveal the secrets of a mysterious huge hole at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean started overnight.
View More How Did That Get There?Wine and Whales
Every since I worked at wine merchant in Natick, MA to pay for my tiny apartment during graduate school, I have enjoyed Italian wines. My…
View More Wine and WhalesIPY Stamps
In celebration of IPY, the Canadian Post has released a set of stamps (above). One of these is the polar, deep-sea jellyfish, Crossota millsaeare. The…
View More IPY Stamps25 Things You Should Know About the Deep Sea: #17 Vent May Be the Womb of Life
#17! The question posed by a reader was just too good not to include the series. What’s the current take on a deep-sea origin of…
View More 25 Things You Should Know About the Deep Sea: #17 Vent May Be the Womb of LifeFinally an Ad That Doesn't Make Me Cringe.
I was slow to transition to Sb. Why? It was all the advertising that occurs on the pages (although much less than other sites). Those…
View More Finally an Ad That Doesn't Make Me Cringe.