David Honig is a graduate student in marine science at Duke University in the lab of Dr. Cindy Van Dover. He is participating in LARISSA,…
View More Dispatches from Antarctica – Opportunistic SamplingCategory: Environmental Sciences
Is Antarctica Melting?
Hell yes
View More Is Antarctica Melting?Dispatches from Antarctica – LARISSA Begins
David Honig is a graduate student in marine science at Duke University in the lab of Dr. Cindy Van Dover. He is participating in LARISSA,…
View More Dispatches from Antarctica – LARISSA BeginsDeepest Underwater Volcanic Eruption
All captured in video by scientists exploring 1220m (4000ft) beneath the surface in Pacific Ocean near Samoa the previous summer. The lava erupting from the…
View More Deepest Underwater Volcanic EruptionDead Zones Are Here To Stay
In 2008, I wrote that about a paper by Chan et al. in Science examining the anoxic zone emerging off the Oregon coast. It was…
View More Dead Zones Are Here To StayAcid Test
ACID TEST is a new film produced by NRDC to raise awareness of ocean acidification. The film is hosted by Sigourney Weaver. We here at…
View More Acid TestSamoan Tsunami Survivor
Neil Lumsden was out surfing when out of nowhere the recent earthquake struck the deep sea off of Samoa. We had no warning, being out…
View More Samoan Tsunami SurvivorThe Origins of Deep-Sea Fauna
If you would understand anything, observe its beginning and its development. –Aristotle To understand the biogeography of the modern deep sea, we must examine the…
View More The Origins of Deep-Sea FaunaBiogeography of the Deep Sea
“There is absolutely nothing to restrict the geographical ranges of animals in the deep sea. Dr. Wallich, the pioneer of deep-sea research, eighteen years ago…
View More Biogeography of the Deep SeaOhh! Ocean Fertilzation Snap!
From Nature Adding iron to the ocean is not an effective way to fight climate change, and we don’t need further research to establish that,…
View More Ohh! Ocean Fertilzation Snap!