Deep Sea News is proud to present the Iron Turtle award in partnership with Conservation International and National Geographic. The official press release follows. Academic…
View More World champion leatherback wins Iron Turtle awardAuthor: Peter Etnoyer
PhD candidate at Texas A&M University- Corpus Christi and doctoral fellow Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies.
Iron Turtle victory for Cali
The winner in the Great Turtle Race 2009 Iron Turtle Competition is Cali, a leatherback turtle from Bullis Charter School in Palo Alto, California. The…
View More Iron Turtle victory for CaliCarnival of the Blue 24
Lots of worthwhile reading at this month’s Carnival of the Blue, hosted by Monterey Bay Aquarium’s SeaNotes. Congratulations are due to Mark Powell on this…
View More Carnival of the Blue 24TGIF: Sara Campbell world record free diver
British freediver Sara Campbell, 37, set a new World Record in womens freediving April 4th, 2009. She dove to 96 m with constant weight on…
View More TGIF: Sara Campbell world record free diverTGIF: Autumn Story, a chalk animation
Firekites – AUTUMN STORY – chalk animation from Lucinda Schreiber on Vimeo. Somebody needs to make a deep-sea chalk animation with tentacled beasts squiddling around.…
View More TGIF: Autumn Story, a chalk animationInteractive mosaic of the Gulf of Mexico
Have you ever seen an interactive mosaic? Its a very modern art form. Harte Research Institute’s (HRI) Dixie Smith made this very image of South…
View More Interactive mosaic of the Gulf of MexicoEnormous sea turtle lays 95 eggs after ocean race
Pearl Jam’s “Backspacer” is declared the victor in the Great Turtle Race, the first leatherback sea turtle to arrive in the Caribbean Sea from foraging…
View More Enormous sea turtle lays 95 eggs after ocean raceBacterial assemblages in deep Lophelia coral
DSN friend and colleague Dr. Christina Kellogg published a new paper this month characterizing the bacterial assemblages of deep Lophelia pertusa coral in the Gulf…
View More Bacterial assemblages in deep Lophelia coralReinventing academia, but for whom?
The New York Times published an interesting opinion piece saying its time for major changes in academia. Dr. Mark Taylor of Columbia University’s Religion Department…
View More Reinventing academia, but for whom?Russian oil exploration halted for gray whales
The BBC reports that oil and gas companies in operating in Russian waters have agreed to suspend seismic work, giving gray whales a chance to…
View More Russian oil exploration halted for gray whales