Marine biologists Edith Widder and Erika Raymond installed the first deep-sea webcam on the ocean floor in Monterey Bay this week using MBARI’s Ventana ROV…
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Extreme Underwater Ironing
A brave clan of 86 British scuba divers have reclaimed the coveted world title for underwater ironing, defeating Australia’s previous record of 72 scuba divers…
View More Extreme Underwater IroningKick off ’09 with a Marine Invert Calendar and Clock
SCAMIT (Southern California of Marine Invertebrate Taxonomists) has released the best calender of the year – a marine invertebrate calendar! Long time DSN reader Leslie…
View More Kick off ’09 with a Marine Invert Calendar and ClockTGIF: Submarine
We haven’t even been here 48 hours and were already exercising our right to revel in the NSFW. Yeah we have been sitting on this…
View More TGIF: SubmarineOde to the Remote Operated Vehicle
I sing of machines so often forgotten; But I declare such treatment is rotten! Submersible cousins with all the fame; And that damn Alvin is…
View More Ode to the Remote Operated VehiclePopulate this Planet Ocean
Ocean people, let’s populate this new Planet Ocean on Google Earth. UNEP and World Commission for Protected Areas just released a global marine protected area…
View More Populate this Planet OceanSushi USB Drives
Do they work as delicious as they look? mmmm…. More at Toxel.com.
View More Sushi USB DrivesResourcefulness
That is a key quality of a marine biologist. When you are out at sea for extended periods of time and no where near your…
View More ResourcefulnessUSB Versatile Microscope
All the strange things that could be done with this piece of equipment. The mind boggles.
View More USB Versatile MicroscopeDeepest Fish Ever Filmed
Using a remote lander* with a camera, a UK-Japan team has set a record for filming the deepest fish. The fish is Pseudoliparis amblystomopsis, a…
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