Watch the video above and you will better understand the high I am still experiencing after a week of fieldwork. I traveled to Mexico to…
View More The superhero like swimming of Manta raysAuthor: 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.
It’s Shark Week…Let Us Drink!
At DSN we believe in 100% actual science 100% of the time. 250-50% of the time we like to mix in cocktails. So to help…
View More It’s Shark Week…Let Us Drink!Megalodon…phhh…most sharks are Microlodons.
A year ago, I jumped off the side of a perfectly good boat. Infinite water hides the land to the west and the ocean floor…
View More Megalodon…phhh…most sharks are Microlodons.Like Shark Week, But with Actual Facts
Ed Yong inspires me. It’s Shark Week, and the Discovery Channel have already jumped the shark with a fake documentary, asking if a giant prehistoric…
View More Like Shark Week, But with Actual FactsReese’s Cups, Octopus Urine, Prehistoric Giant Marine Reptiles, and Parasite Sex
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…
View More Reese’s Cups, Octopus Urine, Prehistoric Giant Marine Reptiles, and Parasite SexHow much urine can a Kaiju produce? And other fun information
The response to the Kaiju post has been amazing and of course everyone has suggested alterations to the calculations. For background, biologists know that much…
View More How much urine can a Kaiju produce? And other fun informationHow may people does a Kaiju need to eat every day?
Warning this may contain spoilers The short answer is not as many as you think. I spent Saturday watching Pacific Rim. The movie has everything…
View More How may people does a Kaiju need to eat every day?You’re Right, Runway Models Don’t Predict Ocean Temperature Very Well.
Recently, I wrote about research findings of warming of the deep sea drastically within the last decade. Specifically, I mentioned how the research team used models…
View More You’re Right, Runway Models Don’t Predict Ocean Temperature Very Well.Deep-Sea News Now in Korean Syndication
Today I feel like the creator of Law and Order. At any given minute you could find a this wonderful law series playing on a…
View More Deep-Sea News Now in Korean SyndicationThat’s no moon, that’s a bulk cutter
First watch the video above. Last week, I posted on Nautilus’s, that company that is going to delicately mine hydrothermal vents, bright new shiny 310 ton toy to…
View More That’s no moon, that’s a bulk cutter