For me DSN is not nearly enough deep sea on the web. Thankfully Save the Deep Sea Blog from the Deep-Sea Conservation Coalition (DSCC) is now here.…
View More Welcome To Interwebs Save the Deep Sea BlogAuthor: 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.
On the Reasons Why We Need A New Supereon
The largest unit of defined geologic time is the supereon. Only one is defined, the Precambrian spanning from the formation of the Earth to right…
View More On the Reasons Why We Need A New SupereonFrom The Editor’s Desk: The Secret Life of the Coelacanth
Hans Fricke may not be a familiar name to you. His voice was never auto tuned into a pop hit, he did not make a…
View More From The Editor’s Desk: The Secret Life of the CoelacanthScientists Take Darwin on the Road
Readers may recall me be posting about NESCent’s Darwin Day Road Show. Miller-McCune graciously allowed me to write up the experience for them. Please take…
View More Scientists Take Darwin on the RoadDeep-Sea Vents Discovered In Southern Ocean
And more in hydrothermal vent news… Scientists aboard the Royal Research Ship James Cook have discovered a new set of deep-sea volcanic vents in the…
View More Deep-Sea Vents Discovered In Southern OceanFool’s Gold from Hydrothermal Vents to Plankton
A nice little paper in Nature Geoscience that helps reconcile iron budgets for the word’s oceans. The hot, mineral rich water that spews from hydrothermal…
View More Fool’s Gold from Hydrothermal Vents to PlanktonDance of the Dumbo Octopus
New Triton Manned Submersible
Sir Richard Branson isn’t the only one wanting to return to the Challenger Deep. Now, submersible designers Triton Submarines aims to take humans down to…
View More New Triton Manned SubmersibleSome Echinoderms Will Never Grow Up
Some of us never grow up. In fact I am writing this now in my Aquaman pajamas while laying on Return of the Jedi bedsheets*.…
View More Some Echinoderms Will Never Grow UpAngler Fish Light
We are clearly going to need one of these at DSN headquarters. Angler Fish light…here fishy fishy mmmyum – CRAFTSTER CRAFT CHALLENGES.
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