Since this won a Fuzzy Yeti Crab (The Fuzzy) for 2006, I thought a repost was in order. There is a great article at the…
View More Fuzzy Yeti Winner: The “Beauty” Industry Is Destroying Our Society With Their LiesAuthor: 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.
Can the Deep-Sea Mitigate CO2 Rise and Global Warming?
In the last 10 years, the average temperature of the earth as increased by 0.75 degrees Celsius. In less you have not read a newspaper…
View More Can the Deep-Sea Mitigate CO2 Rise and Global Warming?A Sexy Creature From the Black Lagoon
Urged by a reader for a more “dampened” shot, I have changed my profile picture to a recent photography taken by a colloborator and friend.…
View More A Sexy Creature From the Black LagoonInternational Space Station…This Is Alvin
From the dark abyss to the darkness of Space. On Jan. 26th* Deep-Sea Scientist Tim Shank in the Alvin and Astronaut Sunita “Suni” Williams at…
View More International Space Station…This Is AlvinFriday Deep-Sea Picture (1/19/07)
A new series for you Friday Deep-Sea Picture. Feel free to email us great pictures you find about the web or from you personal collection.…
View More Friday Deep-Sea Picture (1/19/07)Giant Squid Invade Deleware Shores
In Search of Giant Squid at the Deleware Museum of Natural History. If you are in the neighborhood check it out and pop me an…
View More Giant Squid Invade Deleware ShoresConservation Kills: The Power of Choice
Ocean fm (Ireland) reports that… Fishermen’s lives are being put at risk because of the strict rules that apply to when they can fish in…
View More Conservation Kills: The Power of ChoiceWhat is the Sound of One Hydrothermal Vent Venting?
And if no one is around will it still make a sound? Crone and cronies et al. on the open access PLoS One explore the…
View More What is the Sound of One Hydrothermal Vent Venting?What Is Biogeography?
As followup to this post, I will discuss what biogeography is. Largely, biogeography can be seen as subdisipline of the fields of ecology and evolution.…
View More What Is Biogeography?Biogeography
The last forum at the International Biogeography Society meeting discussed how biogeographer’s might increase public outreach. Unfortunately little attention was given to what I feel…
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