It makes me smile to think that, even after being lost at sea, a sunken ship can still be a symbol of hope. According to…
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Mooring Family Photos
As you all might know, my goal in life is to throw expensive s**t in the ocean. And I am very excited that in two…
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Wood Falls, Chemicals, & Dubstep
I’ve gotten a little crazy about wood falls lately. My newest research project with Jim Barry at MBARI is definitely coolest research I have ever…
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Creation of the world’s first Peanut Butter and Jellyfish
Ladies and gentlemen, I could not make this up if I tried. I owe my thanks to Wyatt Patry for sharing this study with me,…
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Will My Wood Research Be Poplar?
I wooden dream of having a post full of wood puns. On the other hand my alder ego often gets the best of me and…
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Triton not. Dive, or dive not, there is no Triton.
One of the deeplings shared this SCUBA diving concept called the Triton, a sort of artificial gill that would extract oxygen from the water for…
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Everyone is always asking the DSN crew what are favorite books are. Well just in time for the holidays we are unleashing The Essential DSNL…
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6 ways to help our oceans and look absolutely fabulous doing it
It’s Monday and you know what that means? No…not the day when you try longer than you should to magically make all the e-mails in…
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While Snork-Macaroon love-children may touch some people’s cold, cold hearts, nothing brings out the SQUEE in this Physical Oceanographer like an adorable scientific instrument. Meet…
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Why send jellies to space? Well, because it’s awesome (true for anything in space), but mostly because of little crystals jellies keep in their bodies,…
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