I’ve been in Brazil for the past week for some research coordination meetings. This has involved a number of different folks in several forums, but…
View More The Indian Ocean’s cup runeth overCategory: Environmental Sciences
On the Reasons Why We Need A New Supereon
The largest unit of defined geologic time is the supereon. Only one is defined, the Precambrian spanning from the formation of the Earth to right…
View More On the Reasons Why We Need A New SupereonGive Akaiwa A Medal and a Life Supply of Sapporo Already!
When darkness strikes, the Earth crumbles beneath your feet and Tsunamis ravish what was once your life, one man stands in defiance of the awesome…
View More Give Akaiwa A Medal and a Life Supply of Sapporo Already!From the Editor’s Desk: The Environmental Impacts of Tsunamis
On December 26th 2004, a 9.0 earthquake struck off northern Sumatra in Indonesia. This triggered a massive tsunami that affected Indonesia, India, Malaysia, Maldives, Sri…
View More From the Editor’s Desk: The Environmental Impacts of TsunamisJapan’s Drilling Vessel Chikyu Damaged By Tsunami
Remember Chikyu? Japan’s monster ship also called “Godzilla-maru” because of its 210 m length and a drill derrick that rises 100 m off the deck.…
View More Japan’s Drilling Vessel Chikyu Damaged By TsunamiTsunami Video Roundup
Before you watch the videos below I urge you to head over to Highly Allochthonous. Chris Rowan has two excellent posts explaining the geology behind…
View More Tsunami Video RoundupDeep-Sea Mining is Coming
In an interview with Yale Environment 360, Van Dover compared the deep sea to America’s Wild West and cautioned that wildlife losses could be similar…
View More Deep-Sea Mining is ComingDiving Iceland
Last summer, I had the unbelievable opportunity to dive Silfra in Iceland. That was made possible by the wonderful dive master, Alfi Ramsay, and Dive.IS for logistical support.…
View More Diving IcelandDSN Scientist In Residence Jarrett Byrnes On Biodiversity and Ecosystem Function
In my last post, I showed that ocean food webs are being re-written by human driven extinctions and invasions. In particular, most species that have…
View More DSN Scientist In Residence Jarrett Byrnes On Biodiversity and Ecosystem FunctionTide Pool: Cephalopods, Ash, and Sulphur Are to Blame
An occasional series where we briefly report 3 new studies and tell you why they are cool! Heightened biodiversity may make an ecosystem more stabile…
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