Just a reminder that Chris Mah (from Echinoblog) and I will participating in Leg 5 of the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute’s expedition to the…
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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.
WWJCD?
Not that JC, the other one Jacques-Yves Cousteau. His grandson, Philippe Cousteau, Jr., spells out 5 things his grandfather would want you to do.
View More WWJCD?DeepC Wormz R Da Bomb
Or perhaps more appropriately have the bomb. Osborn et al. report in Science seven previously unknown species (0.7 to 3.6 inches) of annelid worms hailing…
View More DeepC Wormz R Da BombMore Mercury Deeper
Mercury is distributed across the earth whether it is in the atmosphere, biosphere, or geosphere. In the marine realm, the methylated form of mercury (CH3Hg+)…
View More More Mercury DeeperNew Hydrothermal Vent Sanctuary
President Felipe Calderón announced the creation of three new marine protected areas including Mexico’s first deep sea marine protected area, the Guaymas Basin and Eastern…
View More New Hydrothermal Vent SanctuaryThe Adventures of Alvin Sputnik: Deep Sea Explorer
From the New York Times… Enter Tim Watts. His show, called “The Adventures of Alvin Sputnik: Deep Sea Explorer,” uses animation, puppetry, live drawing and…
View More The Adventures of Alvin Sputnik: Deep Sea ExplorerThe Future of Online (Academic) Publishing
A presentation to the International Society of Managing and Technical Editors on August 2009 from Peter Binfield Chief Editor at PLoS One
View More The Future of Online (Academic) PublishingWednesday Nautical Phrase/Term: Stern Lecture
to be reprimanded The quarterdeck at the stern of the ship was officer’s country. A sailor didn’t go there unless he had work to do…
View More Wednesday Nautical Phrase/Term: Stern LectureThe Creation of a New Deep-Sea Feature
A recent oceanographic survey on the NOAA ship Okeanos Explorer led by James V. Gardner, a marine geologist at the University of New Hampshire, discovered…
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