Master beard grower, Richard Newman, shared on the DSN Facebook page his totally amazing tattoo. Yep it’s Magnapinna. I think we can all raise a pint…
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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.
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In humans concentrations of carbon dioxide around 1%, normal is just a less than 0.04%, can make a person drowsy. Like a macroeconomics class. At…
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An amazing image of the elusive big-fin squid
Magnapinna squids are one of the deep-sea more ethereal creatures. Little is known of these squid as very few have ever been captured, although over…
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How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Garbage Patch
Deepling emeritus, Miriam Goldstein, is a science rock star. My science crush on her only deepens after watching her completely explode TeX Oslo. Miriam is all…
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Unknown monsters from the deep
Recently, author Ryan Lockwood sent me a copy of his new book Below. This fictional piece follows the story of professional diver Will Sturman and marine biologist…
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Fishful Thinking: Five Reasons why Mermaids Can’t Physically Exist
This guest post is brought to you by Sheanna Steingass. Shea is a graduate student at Oregon State University’s Marine Mammal Institute studying the behavioral…
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Scientists currently know of 112 species who’s preferred habitat is the renal sac of a cephalopod. Actually, each species prefers a different kind of cephalopod—Broadclub…
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A recent string of oarfish have washed ashore in California. And by recent string I mean two. On October 18th, a pregnant 14-foot long female…
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Recently, Quarks to Quasar’s on Facebook published an illustration (above) of how massive a Colossal Squid can reach. The Facebook post was liked by 3,300 people…
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