This Hydrodome BOB Breathing Observation Bubble is basically an underwater scooter type with a helmet that allows the rider to breathe while underwater. Isn’t that…
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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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Alvin’s interior will be getting a redesign as a new larger titanium has been forged. It is 3, rather than 2, inches thick, with an interior…
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Nautilus Mining is the virus that will not go away. You have to admire their persistence if it did not come with destruction of deep-sea ecosystems. Nautilus…
View More Tapping the Oceans Mineral Wealth With Deep Sea MiningEU Clashes with Greenland over Arctic
Is the EU trying to off oil competitors or is there real concern on protecting the Arctic ecosystem? via EU clashes with Greenland over international…
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A new paper by Chris Mah of Echinoblog, Martha Nizinski at the National Marine Fisheries Service, and Lonny Lundsten at MBARI is nicely captured in…
View More Coral-devouring sea starsEvery Living Thing: Man’s Obsessive Quest to Catalog Life, from Nanobacteria to New Monkeys
Another book I just recently finished was Rob Dunn’s masterfully crafted “Every Living Thing: Man’s Obsessive Quest to Catalog Life, from Nanobacteria to New Monkeys.”…
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Hopefully you have been following ZooBorns, Andrew Bleiman’s sticky sweet tribute to all newly birthed and cute in the world’s zoos and aquariums. I personally…
View More ZoobornsAn Empire Lacking Food
Let me reintroduce you to planet Earth. Nearly 64 percent of its surface, close to 208,640,000 square kilometers, sits below 200 meters of water. The…
View More An Empire Lacking FoodFirst Graders in Wisconsin are Crying
Because you haven’t donated yet! Mrs. B. wants to bring “Undersea Treasures” to my students in Wisconsin. Bringing the ocean to students in Wisconsin can…
View More First Graders in Wisconsin are CryingWhy Are You Reading This?
When you could be donating to our Donor’s Choose classroom initiative. I warned everyone that I would unleash the fury of bad music on YouTube if…
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