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NE Pacific Expedition Day 8 & 9

[mappress] We dove Wednesday on North Cleft (45.030268, -130.182166), a massive ravine over 100 meters deep and a few hundred meters wide formed by the…

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Pacific Northwest Expedition

Dr. M August 24, 2009 Expedition lava Pacific Northwest Pacific Ocean ridge Seamount Volcano

Just a reminder that Chris Mah (from Echinoblog) and I will participating in Leg 5 of the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute’s expedition to the…

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More Mercury Deeper

Dr. M August 20, 2009 bioaccumulation fish mercury methylmercury open ocean pelagic

Mercury is distributed across the earth whether it is in the atmosphere, biosphere, or geosphere. In the marine realm, the methylated form of mercury (CH3Hg+)…

Expeditions Geology Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls

The Creation of a New Deep-Sea Feature

Dr. M August 18, 2009 AGU California EOS Geology hydrate Hydrothermal Vent landslide methane minerals New Hampshire NOAA Okeanos Explorer plume

A recent oceanographic survey on the NOAA ship Okeanos Explorer led by James V. Gardner, a marine geologist at the University of New Hampshire, discovered…

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National Geographic is Draining Your Oshunz!!

Kevin Zelnio August 8, 2009 Calcium Carbonate CGI Drain the Ocean Grand Bahama Bank Johnson Sea Link JSL Landscape Mud Volcanoes National Geographic

Tommorrow, National Geographic Channel is premiering a really cool special highlighting the various features on world’s seafloor called Drain the Ocean. I had the good…

Expeditions Geology Seamount Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls

2009 Pacific Northwest Expedition

Dr. M August 5, 2009 Expedition lava Pacific Northwest Pacific Ocean ridge Seamount Volcano

Myself and Chris Mah (from Echinoblog) will particpating in Leg 5 of the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute’s expedition ot the northern Pacific. Leg 5…

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Who are you calling a niche blog?

Peter Etnoyer August 2, 2009 blogging mainstream media New York Times niche blog Through the Sandglass Washington Post

One of my favorite remarks from the reviews of Deep Sea News over the years was “… gotta love them niche blogs”. I don’t see…

Environmental Sciences

Seawater Redefined

Kevin Zelnio July 28, 2009 Absolute Salinity climate change CSIRO Frank Millero global warming heat Capacity models Salinity seawater Temperature Thermodynamics

What do you think of when see the term “seawater”? Salty water? Perhaps fish-poo-covered-bacterial-ooze-slime-haven-so-salty-I-puke-in-my-snorkel-every-time-it-touches-my-tongue? Well, the definition of seawater has been limited by how we…

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U Hav Plasicz In Yr Oceanuz

Dr. M July 27, 2009 Expedition Pacific Garbage Patch Pacific Gyre Pacific Ocean plactic Scripps SEAPLEX

This Sunday, August 2nd, a major scientific expedition to study the issue of plastic accumulation in the North Pacific Gyre will depart San Diego. The…

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Easy Big Fella

Dr. M June 28, 2009 Age of Fishes armor Arthrodires computer model Devonian Dunkleosteus force fossil jaw Ohio placoderms predator shark

Way before even your great-great-grandpappy was born and Ohio was ocean instead of cornfields, it was the “Age of the Fishes”. During this Devonian (400-360…