Tonight on the National Geographic Channel at 10pm EST/PST Earth the Biography: Oceans. An episode on Atmospheres is before it at 9pm. “Explore how half…
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Deep Volcanic Explosion: The Video
The previous post reminded of this video we posted awhile back. From Youtube: This is the largest explosive burst that was observed at the Brimstone…
View More Deep Volcanic Explosion: The VideoExplosive Volcanism in the Deep
Can a volcano be explosive in the deep sea? What about violent? What about mildly aggravated? Historically, we’ve assumed the answer to be no. Explosive…
View More Explosive Volcanism in the DeepBush & McCain On Offshore Drilling: "There Is No Excuse For Delay"
From CNN.com: “President Bush asked Congress on Wednesday to permit drilling for oil in deep water off America’s coasts to combat rising oil and gas…
View More Bush & McCain On Offshore Drilling: "There Is No Excuse For Delay"The Earliest Known Metazoans
In 1964 S.B. Mirsa, a graduate student at Memorial University in Newfoundland, discovered a group of well-preserved fossilized soft-body animals. Subsequent research revealed the fauna…
View More The Earliest Known MetazoansTGIF: Davidson Seamount
Deep Oceans and Deep Space
I don’t study hydrothermal vents. I rather enjoy the deep muddy ooze, and its organisms, that comprise much of the earth’s surface. Not that I…
View More Deep Oceans and Deep SpaceSometimes Sea Monsters Are Real
Add another tremendously gargantuan fossil lizard to your list. “The Monster”, which unfortunately was a predator, measured 50 feet putting it in contention for the…
View More Sometimes Sea Monsters Are RealClimate Induced Collapse of Deep-Sea Ecosystems
Beginning with Victorian science and progressing through the onset of modern deep-sea biology, the dominant paradigm was that the deep sea was a stable ecosystem.…
View More Climate Induced Collapse of Deep-Sea EcosystemsSea Floor Sundays at Clastic Detritus
With three biologist on staff now our coverage tends to lean toward the biological. We do cover geology, technology, and the such but from our…
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