In 2003 I received the opportunity of a lifetime to go out to sea for the first time on a major zoological expedition. I was…
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Janet Voight: In 1860s “Educated People Could Not Envision” Life on the Seafloor
Dr. Janet Voight of the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago talks about exploring deep sea ecosystems and her research on deep sea marine…
View More Janet Voight: In 1860s “Educated People Could Not Envision” Life on the SeafloorMining The Deep: All About $ For the Government
The PNG Mine Watch blog posts some unfortunate news today about mining the hydrothermal vents of the PNG coast at the Solwara 1 site. Papua…
View More Mining The Deep: All About $ For the GovernmentDeep-Sea Vents Discovered In Southern Ocean
And more in hydrothermal vent news… Scientists aboard the Royal Research Ship James Cook have discovered a new set of deep-sea volcanic vents in the…
View More Deep-Sea Vents Discovered In Southern OceanFool’s Gold from Hydrothermal Vents to Plankton
A nice little paper in Nature Geoscience that helps reconcile iron budgets for the word’s oceans. The hot, mineral rich water that spews from hydrothermal…
View More Fool’s Gold from Hydrothermal Vents to PlanktonPredicting Microbial Communities in the Deep-sea
I recently reported on the awesomeness of high-throughput sequencing technologies, and commented on their huge potential for transforming the way biologists do business. (Seriously, people,…
View More Predicting Microbial Communities in the Deep-seaWhale Bone-Devouring Worm Into More Than Just Whales
We have a long history of being HUGE fans of the “bone-devouring zombie worm from hell”. Osedax species were described less than 10 years ago…
View More Whale Bone-Devouring Worm Into More Than Just WhalesA Southerner Relays Tales of Ship Wrecks and Worms
Dear Readers, In the summer of ‘06 I, a Southern gentleman in my finest white linen suit*, find myself in the lower portion of England. …
View More A Southerner Relays Tales of Ship Wrecks and WormsDeep-Sea Mining is Coming
In an interview with Yale Environment 360, Van Dover compared the deep sea to America’s Wild West and cautioned that wildlife losses could be similar…
View More Deep-Sea Mining is Coming“Gooey” New Mud Volcano Erupts From Arabian Sea
via “Gooey” New Mud Volcano Erupts From Arabian Sea There’s a new island in the azure waters off Pakistan, but you might want to hold off…
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