I was worried that 2006 might pass without a sea change for deep-sea research until I ran across an article by Grasmueck et al in…
View More Deep Coral Mounds in the Straits of Florida: A Paradigm ShiftAuthor: Peter Etnoyer
PhD candidate at Texas A&M University- Corpus Christi and doctoral fellow Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies.
Standing Up for Science
An article called “Science 2006” (SEED Magazine, November 2006) discusses a group called Science and Engineers for America that is making important headway in Washington.…
View More Standing Up for ScienceThis Christmas, make it "Moby Duck"
My favorite thing about Christmas is the stories. To me, the holiday comes wrapped in pictures, histories, tales, and yarns just like the gifts setting…
View More This Christmas, make it "Moby Duck"This Christmas, make it “Moby Duck”
My favorite thing about Christmas is the stories. To me, the holiday comes wrapped in pictures, histories, tales, and yarns just like the gifts setting…
View More This Christmas, make it “Moby Duck”Carl Sagan and the Unexplored
Yesterday marked the 10th anniversary of Carl Sagan’s death (check out Joel Schlosberg’s Carl Sagan Memorial Blog-a-Thon). He was brilliant at motivating the passions of…
View More Carl Sagan and the UnexploredUltradeep Oil Boom in the Gulf of Mexico
Jack Well, Great White, Thunder Horse, Tobago, and Silvertip. These are the names of the next frontier in oil exploration. Petroleum engineers call them “ultradeep discoveries”, and they are happening here and now in the Gulf of Mexico. “Every 17 seconds another airgun goes off [in the Gulf]. Do you realize the power of those airguns?…” says Dr. Tom Shirley, Endowed Chair of Biodiversity at Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico studies.
View More Ultradeep Oil Boom in the Gulf of MexicoThe Jellyfish are Watching
I study deep-corals (gorgonians mostly) but I am fascinated by all things cnidarian (sea anemones, hydroids, jellyfish, corals). These are suspension feeders that filter food…
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