In the sixth grade, we had weekly assignments that were supposed to be a mixture of arts and crafts and scholarly study. Two of my good…
View More The Biological Pump: A short film in construction paperAuthor: Dr. Martini
The ocean and its creatures as art
The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City just announced that it making more than 400,000 digital images of public domain art available on its website free…
View More The ocean and its creatures as artHow to shrink a styrofoam cup and other side effects of deep ocean pressure
Too much pressure can be a good thing. Extreme pressure in the earth’s mantle squeezing carbon together creates diamonds and aids Rihanna’s ability to shine…
View More How to shrink a styrofoam cup and other side effects of deep ocean pressureAnemone consumes a baby seabird
One afternoon, my coworker Lisa Guy and I are looking through her photo archive, when I spy something that looks like an purple butterball turkey…
View More Anemone consumes a baby seabirdA day at the beach with a pair of Oarfish
When I think of vacations to Mexico, I think margaritas and lounging at the beach. But last month in Baja California, this group of tourists…
View More A day at the beach with a pair of OarfishZissou my Ocean
It’s springtime, and just like the phytoplankton in the seas, the internet is blooming with some serious love for “The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou.”…
View More Zissou my OceanWas there an epic war or an epic romance between this robot and a squid?
This is a sea glider. And an unusually filthy one at that… Seagliders spend their time flying up and down between the sea surface and…
View More Was there an epic war or an epic romance between this robot and a squid?The Bodacious and the Beautiful: the aerial view of Banzai's massive waves
While I might not be a surfer, I sure do love waves. And I am loving this footage of the incredible waves at Banzai pipeline…
View More The Bodacious and the Beautiful: the aerial view of Banzai's massive wavesMooring Family Photos
As you all might know, my goal in life is to throw expensive s**t in the ocean. And I am very excited that in two…
View More Mooring Family PhotosFirst results from crowdfunded study shows radioactive seawater from Fukushima has NOT reached the US coast
Just two weeks ago, Ken Buesseler at WHOI launched a brilliant crowdfunded campaign “Our Radioactive Ocean” to measure radiation off the West Coast of the US.…
View More First results from crowdfunded study shows radioactive seawater from Fukushima has NOT reached the US coast