I have been following the development of, and anticipating the release of, The Underwater Realm (Facebook page) ever since they started and subsequently overshot their…
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The Mortal Sea
The Mortal Sea, by University of New Hampshire maritime environmental history professor Jeff Bolster, seems to be an interesting book up many of our readers’…
View More The Mortal SeaTGIF: Some Friday jazz, courtesy of marine microbes
Bringing you some awesome ocean sounds this Friday–nope, not crashing waves or squawking seagulls (boo hiss for vertebrates). These sounds come from MICROBES! Peter Larsen…
View More TGIF: Some Friday jazz, courtesy of marine microbesWatch helplessly from a mussel’s shell as it is slowly & inexorably consumed
This may be the coolest sea star predation video of all time. Watch helplessly from the mussel’s shell as the sea star’s stomach extrudes and…
View More Watch helplessly from a mussel’s shell as it is slowly & inexorably consumedJiro Dreams of Sushi, and so do I
You might have guessed by now that I’m a *bit* obsessed with sushi. When I visited Japan for the first (and second) time, I bolted…
View More Jiro Dreams of Sushi, and so do IThree Ways of Looking at the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
O thin men of Haddam, Why do you imagine golden birds? Do you not see how the blackbird Walks around the feet Of the women…
View More Three Ways of Looking at the Great Pacific Garbage PatchTGIF: The Dalai Lama on Climate Change
Did you know that the Dalai Lama works closely with scientists, and calls for the withdrawal of any Buddhist beliefs that contradict scientific evidence? Neither…
View More TGIF: The Dalai Lama on Climate ChangeShiny! Top 10 reasons why seafarers love Joss Whedon’s Firefly
It’s no secret that we here at Deep Sea News are huge nerds. I can hear the outraged cries through my computer screen – “No,…
View More Shiny! Top 10 reasons why seafarers love Joss Whedon’s FireflyHooper Drives The Boat, Chief
Picture this: Cape Cod, June 20, 1975. Gerald Ford is President, gas is .53 cents a gallon, and a carefree, 11 year-old–yet already ocean-nerd, future…
View More Hooper Drives The Boat, ChiefTGIF: The Story of Sushi
For your Friday viewing pleasure, I bring you the “Story of Sushi” – this video is kind of like Thomas the Tank Engine (the PBS…
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