From gCaptain… Just yesterday, speaking at the TedxOilSpill Conference in Washington, D.C., Francis Beland, VP, Prize Development at the X Prize Foundation, announced it’s plans to…
View More Clean Up the Gulf Win a Few Million DollarsAuthor: 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.
The Jones Act and the Oil Spill…Not What You Think
gCaptain beat me to the punch on writing about the Jones Act as it relates to the oil spill. The Jones Act, actually Section 27…
View More The Jones Act and the Oil Spill…Not What You ThinkOil Spill Update: June 23rd, 2010
Its been 64 magical days and 160 million glorious gallons (or is it even more…nobody knows…) since the Deepwater Horizon laid down the ultimate Gulf of Mexico…
View More Oil Spill Update: June 23rd, 2010How We Killed the Gulf of Mexico By Mowing Our Yards
When I bust on my 1/2 acre yard weekly with my Scotts 20-Inch Classic Push Real Reel Lawn Mower, I draw a lot of attention…
View More How We Killed the Gulf of Mexico By Mowing Our YardsOil Platforms in the Gulf: How Many and Who Owns Them?
My original intent for this post was to provide a nice infographic detailing by percentage the operators/owners of all the oil platforms in the Gulf…
View More Oil Platforms in the Gulf: How Many and Who Owns Them?Sometimes My Job Is Real Nice
You can thank the major ocean spreading centers for the fact we all still don’t dwell on a Pangea Motherland. At nearly 10,000 kilometers in…
View More Sometimes My Job Is Real NiceOrcas and Oil: Repost
REPOSTED FROM MAY 2008 When a scientist is writing a scientific paper we look for that one quintessential figure that tells the whole story. Other…
View More Orcas and Oil: RepostOil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico: My Thoughts
A professor once told me that whether religious or not, each and every one of us has a geographical locality that we feel a deep…
View More Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico: My ThoughtsBritish Petroleum, You Broke My Heart
Dear BP, I know it’s hard to admit, but it seems like we’re just not as close as we used to be. We don’t seem…
View More British Petroleum, You Broke My HeartOil Spill Puts Cold, Deepwater Corals At Risk
From Science Daily… Thousands of barrels of oil are leaking out of the Deepwater Horizon site each day. The oil ascends from depths of approximately…
View More Oil Spill Puts Cold, Deepwater Corals At Risk