February’s Scientist In Residence that I am way behind on introducing is Jarrett Byrnes, a postdoctoral fellow at the National Center for Ecological Analysis and…
View More Scientist In Residence Jarrett Brynes: How Are Extinctions and Invasions Shaping Food Webs?Category: Environmental Sciences
“Gooey” New Mud Volcano Erupts From Arabian Sea
via “Gooey” New Mud Volcano Erupts From Arabian Sea There’s a new island in the azure waters off Pakistan, but you might want to hold off…
View More “Gooey” New Mud Volcano Erupts From Arabian SeaScientist In Residence: Danny Richter on Diatoms and X-ray Whosamagidgets
In a recent paper, de Jonge et al used x-ray fluorescence tomography to give us a new perspective on how diatoms put together those phenomenally…
View More Scientist In Residence: Danny Richter on Diatoms and X-ray WhosamagidgetsScientist In Residence: Danny Richter on Confronting Climate Change Skeptics
I thought it a good time to lay down a primer on how to talk with a climate skeptic, especially when they’re trying to swindle…
View More Scientist In Residence: Danny Richter on Confronting Climate Change SkepticsScientist In Residence: Danny Richter on the To Humble Diatom
Dear Diatoms, You are pretty, and I like you. Haeckel liked you too, so did Gaudi. Obviously, they appreciated the little things in life. While…
View More Scientist In Residence: Danny Richter on the To Humble DiatomI Like Sills But Not A Fan Of The Popular Or My Friend’s Ex
I’m a contrarian. Majority consensus makes me shudder. I just like rooting for underdogs*. Those undersea ridges at the boundaries of tectonic plates, spewing molten…
View More I Like Sills But Not A Fan Of The Popular Or My Friend’s ExWhere’s the Ocean Love?
DSN will be featuring some guest posts from Danny Richter – A Ph.D Student at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego studying diatoms stems…
View More Where’s the Ocean Love?Cruise ship encounters heavy seas in Drake Passage
gCaptain brought my attention to cruise ship rather unfortunate encounter with the Drake Passage. For those who don’t know, the Drake Passage is the hell…
View More Cruise ship encounters heavy seas in Drake PassageFinding Life Where the Sun Don’t Shine
A flurry of new research is redefining our views on where life resides on Earth. The biosphere is the zone of air, land, and water…
View More Finding Life Where the Sun Don’t ShineAn open letter about climate change
In case you haven’t already read it, head over to Southern Fried Science where WhySharksMatter delivers an elegantly written, sincere, and ultimately balanced letter to…
View More An open letter about climate change