CNN reports that Japan will meet with several International Whaling Commission members on Monday, preempting the meeting of the Commission by 3 days: ” Japan’s…
View More Japan to Court Whaling Commission NewbiesAuthor: Peter Etnoyer
PhD candidate at Texas A&M University- Corpus Christi and doctoral fellow Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies.
TGIF: Mermaid Suit
Do you ever get bored when you’re scuba diving on a Caribbean shipwreck, and wish you had a Mermaid guide to show you around? Thanks…
View More TGIF: Mermaid SuitSexual refuge for krill in the abyss?
You are a giant swarm of Antarctic krill migrating daily from sunlit surface waters down to the 4500m in the abyss. Some portion of your…
View More Sexual refuge for krill in the abyss?Another broken satellite
Satellites used to fly instruments designed to do just one thing, like measure ocean color for instance, but nowadays instruments are multi-tasking like the rest of us.
View More Another broken satelliteScience Friday Explores the State of the Oceans
“Around the world, the oceans are in trouble, with declining fish stocks, disappearing coral reefs, and changing water chemistry.” Last Friday’s Science Friday podcast was…
View More Science Friday Explores the State of the OceansWorlds oldest animal aged to 4000 years
Age and growth studies of deep-sea gold corals and black corals indicate these animals live between two and four millennia. Deep-sea biologists get excited about this because marine invertebrates record archives of environmental conditions in their growth rings, the same way trees do.
View More Worlds oldest animal aged to 4000 yearsPlastic Trash Lines the Pacific
One of our astute readers pointed us to this piece published in today’s The independent titled The world’s rubbish dump: a garbage tip that stretches…
View More Plastic Trash Lines the PacificTGIF: Assessing Coral Populations
Here’s a wonderful clip of Nancy Knowlton discussing her coral research in the tropics. Nancy is one of the world’s premier marine biologist with an…
View More TGIF: Assessing Coral PopulationsLOST: The Looking glass, the sub, and the moon pool
The fourth season of LOST finally begins tonight on ABC! We figured the best we can do to enhance your entertainment tonight is to give you a few facts about submarines and moon pools.
View More LOST: The Looking glass, the sub, and the moon poolWhat broke this mug?
Aaarh. The bottom fell out of my Scienceblogs coffee mug today! Don’t fear, ya’ scurvies. No one was hurt. For those so inclined, I provide a photo of the fracture and a brief analysis of the structural failure. You know, just for kicks.
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