What seems to be debris from the Malaysian Air flight MH370 that mysteriously vanished in March 2014 has washed up on on the island of Réunion…
View More How currents pushed debris from the missing Malaysian Air flight across the Indian Ocean to RéunionAuthor: Dr. Martini
Wendy Schmidt XPRIZE is an awesome win for ocean health, ocean science and ocean technology
If I ever meet Wendy Schmidt in person, it’s probably going to be awkward. I’ll be doing my best to not instantaneously bear hug this…
View More Wendy Schmidt XPRIZE is an awesome win for ocean health, ocean science and ocean technologyThis squid won’t stop staring at you
Stop it. Stop staring at me Taonius sp. All the other squids that MBARI featured during Cephalopod week are either cute, athletic, or named after…
View More This squid won’t stop staring at youIt’s time to geek out over a new global bathymetric data set
Nothing makes my little heart go pitter-patter like a new data set. And the new General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans (GEBCO) does not disappoint. Let’s…
View More It’s time to geek out over a new global bathymetric data setAll Walrus. All the time.
It’s Friday and who doesn’t need a little more Walrus in their lives? I certainly do. Streaming live 24-7 from Round Island, Alaska (in the aptly…
View More All Walrus. All the time.The awkward state of penguin molting
This oddly plumaged penguin appeared in my Antarctic & Arctic Data Consortium 2015 calendar (yes, I have a data calendar) and I needed to know…why on…
View More The awkward state of penguin moltingWhich way does an octopus crawl? Anyway it wants.
Let’s face it, octopuses are just going to be our cephalopod overlords. They have 8 arms, 3 hearts, Moms eat their own babies so the others…
View More Which way does an octopus crawl? Anyway it wants.The obnoxiously loud sounds of glaciers melting
No matter where you go in the ocean, there will always be noise. Rain, waves, wind, ice, whales, boats, kraken screams, etc. All these processes…
View More The obnoxiously loud sounds of glaciers meltingOutward bound and off to new adventures
While we may be scattered across the country (or at this point across the world), the Deep Sea News crew has got each other’s backs.…
View More Outward bound and off to new adventuresAre the ocean and atmosphere finally cooperating and is El Niño really here? Probably.
El Niño has been playing with my heart for a whole year now*. It’s coming. It’s not coming. It’s gonna be huge. It’s not coming…
View More Are the ocean and atmosphere finally cooperating and is El Niño really here? Probably.