I have achieved the fame and fortune that every young geeklet dreams of – to have a cameo in the fabulous webcomic The Devil’s Panties.…
View More My cameo in webcomic The Devil’s PantiesAuthor: Miriam Goldstein
“Recycled Island” not a cure for plastic trash in ocean
As some of you may know, my graduate research is on plastic debris in the North Pacific Central Gyre. While I am deeply disturbed by…
View More “Recycled Island” not a cure for plastic trash in oceanScience with a YARRR
Hello internets! I am back from a month of sailing from Hawaii to California on the tall ship SSV Robert C. Seamans. The Seamans is…
View More Science with a YARRRSometimes I Love My Job (Part II)
[cross-posted at the SEAPLEX blog] The romance of the sea, at least in my mind, is tied to the Age of Sail. This might be…
View More Sometimes I Love My Job (Part II)Friday Silliness: Nicholas Cage thinks fish sex is dignifed; is wrong
Nicholas Cage chooses the animals he eats based on how they have sex: I think fish are very dignified with sex. So are birds. But…
View More Friday Silliness: Nicholas Cage thinks fish sex is dignifed; is wrongJourney to the North Atlantic Gyre with Plastics at SEA
The longest data series on plastic in the open sea was collected by the student-sailor-scientists of the Sea Education Association (SEA). SEA runs the Sea…
View More Journey to the North Atlantic Gyre with Plastics at SEAHappy 100th Birthday, Jacques Cousteau!
The DSN team wishes Jacques Cousteau a very happy 100th birthday. Andy Revkin has a lovely essay, the Washington Post has a slideshow, and Google…
View More Happy 100th Birthday, Jacques Cousteau!Breaking news: BP and US authorities ignored superior Belgian cleanup tech
This just in: the Belgians offered to bring superior cleanup technology to the Gulf, but were ignored by BP and US authorities. From Flanders Today:…
View More Breaking news: BP and US authorities ignored superior Belgian cleanup techOil Spill Update for June 10, 2010
Where is the oil? Today’s oil spill forecast predicts: Onshore (SE) winds are forecast to continue through Friday at 15 knots or less. Persistent southwesterly…
View More Oil Spill Update for June 10, 2010Happy World Oceans Day!
We here at Deep Sea News tardily wish you a very happy World Oceans Day! (Excuses: Dr M’s off a-conferencing in Iceland, I’m frantically prepping…
View More Happy World Oceans Day!