A clam boat in Massachusetts dredged up a not-so-welcome surprise last week – 2 tanks of Mustard Gas. One crew member is reported as getting…
View More Fresh Catch of the Day in Boston: Mustard GasAuthor: Kevin Zelnio
The Glory and the Horror of the Ocean
Awesome TED talk by National Geographic photographer Brian Skerry. Full bio and more links
View More The Glory and the Horror of the OceanPutting Oilmageddon 2010 in Context
When I posted Iglu’s revised Oil Spill Timeline a few days, I didn’t give much thought to visual properties of the data presented in the…
View More Putting Oilmageddon 2010 in ContextResearchBlogCast #8: Protecting the Environment Reduces Poverty?
Each week Razib Khan, Dave Munger and I discuss a paper that was recently blogged on in the Researchblogging.org. This week I chose the following…
View More ResearchBlogCast #8: Protecting the Environment Reduces Poverty?Colbert Shows Obama How to Be Angry About the Oil Spill
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View More Colbert Shows Obama How to Be Angry About the Oil SpillOilmageddon Timeline Update
UPDATE June 9: The black circles are misleading, due to an error in their math. See an accurate comparison from David Bradley at Sciencebase. The…
View More Oilmageddon Timeline UpdateWhat in Darwin’s Name Are Chaetognaths?!
Lynn Margulis classified the Chaetognaths, known as arrow worms, as deuterostomes. Deuterostomy is characterized by several developmental characteristics including radial, indeterminate cleavage, a posterior position…
View More What in Darwin’s Name Are Chaetognaths?!Spawning in the Oil
Hat tip to commenter Kelly. Consider the Bluefin Tuna. Highly prized meat, commercially valuable, the science points to serious over-harvesting, yet was not deemed by…
View More Spawning in the OilThe Last Refuge
UPDATE: Glendon is now offering this beautiful piece of deep-sea art as prints on his website! Products range from cards to full size poster prints…
View More The Last RefugeCircus of the Oiled Spineless #51
The Circus of the Spineless is now past 50 editions. This is one of the longest survived blog carnivals out there thanks to an awesome…
View More Circus of the Oiled Spineless #51