For too long ocean exploration has suffered from chronic underfunding and the lack of an independent agency with a dedicated mission. Here, Al Dove and…
View More We Need an Ocean NASA Now Pt.1Category: Life of Science
Science Cafe in Fresno CA: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch
This Monday, I’m giving a talk at the Central Valley Cafe Scientifique. Many thanks to Madhu Katti and Kaberi Kar Gupta for arranging this. And…
View More Science Cafe in Fresno CA: The Great Pacific Garbage PatchGuest post: The stunning deep-water biodiversity of the Bear Seamount
I’m delighted to present this guest post from Dr. Michelle Staudinger, a post-doc at the University of Missouri Columbia and stationed at the National Climate Change…
View More Guest post: The stunning deep-water biodiversity of the Bear SeamountNotes from the field: Find the currents, deploy the ROBOTS!
We’re excited for another guest post from Kim Martini here at DSN (read previous posts here). Kim is a physical oceanographer working at the University of Alaska,…
View More Notes from the field: Find the currents, deploy the ROBOTS!Notes from the field: North, to the Arctic Ocean!
We’re excited for another guest post from Kim Martini here at DSN (read previous posts here). Kim is a physical oceanographer working at the University of Alaska,…
View More Notes from the field: North, to the Arctic Ocean!I Am Science…and a Nerd
I am a nerd. I was a nerd. I will be a nerd. Perhaps in kindergarten I wasn’t, where nerdom had difficulty establishing itself among…
View More I Am Science…and a NerdThe Largest Waves in the Sea Aren’t at the Beach
I am very excited to introduce Kim Martini as guest blogger here at DSN. Kim is a physical oceanographer working at the University of Alaska,…
View More The Largest Waves in the Sea Aren’t at the BeachNotes from the field: Mexico whale shark research 2012
Science is about discovery, observation and understanding, but it doesn’t always proceed smoothly and inexorably towards success. Real science, especially RealBiology®, is often messy and…
View More Notes from the field: Mexico whale shark research 2012Secrets of the clam tongue: a case study in opportunistic science outreach
Last week, a clam video went viral. (Get your mind out of the gutter, internet! I mean a bivalve! A mollusc! A lamellibranch!) For people…
View More Secrets of the clam tongue: a case study in opportunistic science outreachShiny! Top 10 reasons why seafarers love Joss Whedon’s Firefly
It’s no secret that we here at Deep Sea News are huge nerds. I can hear the outraged cries through my computer screen – “No,…
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