&Here’s the list beginning with my thoughts. Hopefully the readers can suggest other ideas and revisions with the goal of this being a central archive…
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MRSA Killed By Deep-Sea Bacteria
Before this marine-based life I worked in a hospital. One thing that scared the @#$% out of me was methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA. When…
View More MRSA Killed By Deep-Sea BacteriaOcean Fertilization…Not So Fast!
This just on the wire from ETC… In a shot across the bows of geoengineering companies, the London Convention (the International Maritime Organization body that…
View More Ocean Fertilization…Not So Fast!Big Ships, Not So Bad…
…that is if you forget that they are gas-guzzling uber machines spewing carbon dioxide. Aerosols produced by the exhaust from large oceanic vessels often produce…
View More Big Ships, Not So Bad…Korea bottles deep-sea water
Korean companies are claiming health benefits to deep-sea water.
View More Korea bottles deep-sea waterMicrobial Bioprospecting in the Deep Sea by Peter J. McCarthy,
The Johnson-Sea-Link manned submersible (Photo courtesy of Chip Baumberger) Nature provides a treasure-trove of chemicals that can be used in chemical manufacturing processes, or developed…
View More Microbial Bioprospecting in the Deep Sea by Peter J. McCarthy,"New Gold Rush" off Africa
Seafloor mining continues to gain popularity in response to discoveries of diamond beds off Namibia and mineral deposits off Papua New Guinea and New Zealand.…
View More "New Gold Rush" off AfricaA Sub I Can Actually Afford
A great website called howtoons produces cartoon how-to guides to build a variety of thing to teach children, and adults, basics of engineering and science.…
View More A Sub I Can Actually AffordMeet Krill Bill
The krill-oil product from Krill Bill claims a 15:1 ratio of omega-3 to omega-6 fatty acids, compared to 3:1 ratio for fish oil fatty acids. That’s an impressive benefit. Who knows? Maybe it’s a good way to get your omega-3 fatty acids, eating from the bottom of the food chain, without subjecting yourself to the heavy metals you find in fish these days.
View More Meet Krill BillBottled Hoax
What is so special about bottled deep-sea water? Nothing.
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