“I feel like I’m taking crazy pills.” That’s my honest reaction after reading news of Western Australia’s plan to reduce fatal shark attacks through the…
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The Majestic Plastic Bag
Like the lovely PGP (Pacific Garbage Patch), this has just been a plastic filled week… and it’s only Tuesday! To join in on all the…
View More The Majestic Plastic BagGuest post: The invisible consequences of mistaking plastic for dinner
The long and windy path to a Ph.D. is lined with blood, sweat and tears. Like a roller coaster, it can be filled with joy, anxiety, fear and even nausea. This story is regarding one chapter of my dissertation, one that filled me with all these emotions and lead me to the conclusion that even in science, sh%* happens. But in this story, what we could not control lead us to better scientific conclusions with greater environmental realism. Due to what may seem like an experimental shortcoming, we were able to answer an important “so what?” question related to plastic marine debris.
View More Guest post: The invisible consequences of mistaking plastic for dinnerHow do you figure out how much plastic is in the ocean?
Nobody ever told me that becoming a marine biologist would involve spending four years figuring out how to count. Because, seriously, how hard can counting…
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Dolphins are trying to tell us something
Deep Sea News folks aren’t exactly famous for their love of dolphins (if you haven’t read Dr. M.’s “10 reasons why dolphins are a**holes“, well,…
View More Dolphins are trying to tell us somethingTrue facts about Ocean Radiation and the Fukushima Disaster
On March 11th, 2011 the Tōhoku earthquake and resulting tsunami wreaked havoc on Japan. It also resulted in the largest nuclear disaster since Chernobyl when the tsunami…
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Weed of the Week: The Phycologist that Launched a Billion Dollar Industry
I love seaweed. Maybe it’s because I am from California and we are all plant loving hippies or maybe it’s because they’re the underappreciated overlords…
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6 ways to help our oceans and look absolutely fabulous doing it
It’s Monday and you know what that means? No…not the day when you try longer than you should to magically make all the e-mails in…
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Snails High On Acid Make Poor Choices, Get Eaten By Predators
In humans concentrations of carbon dioxide around 1%, normal is just a less than 0.04%, can make a person drowsy. Like a macroeconomics class. At…
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How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Garbage Patch
Deepling emeritus, Miriam Goldstein, is a science rock star. My science crush on her only deepens after watching her completely explode TeX Oslo. Miriam is all…
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