We at DSN are very proud to introduce Dr. Holly Bik as the newest full time member of the DSN team. Holly recently contributed the…
View More Say Hello to DSN’s Newest MemberCategory: Life of Science
The Tide Pool: Super Sperm Whales, Extinction Debts, and Vent Conservation
An occasional series where we briefly report 3 new studies and tell you why they are cool! A new report from Lambert et al. reports…
View More The Tide Pool: Super Sperm Whales, Extinction Debts, and Vent ConservationSometimes My Job Is Real Nice
You can thank the major ocean spreading centers for the fact we all still don’t dwell on a Pangea Motherland. At nearly 10,000 kilometers in…
View More Sometimes My Job Is Real NiceHappy 100th Birthday, Jacques Cousteau!
The DSN team wishes Jacques Cousteau a very happy 100th birthday. Andy Revkin has a lovely essay, the Washington Post has a slideshow, and Google…
View More Happy 100th Birthday, Jacques Cousteau!The Last Refuge
UPDATE: Glendon is now offering this beautiful piece of deep-sea art as prints on his website! Products range from cards to full size poster prints…
View More The Last RefugeOff To the 12th Deep-Sea Biology Symposium
Follow me next week on Twitter (DrCraigMc) to hear all the updates from the 12th Deep-Sea Biology Symposium. Those attending and tweeting make sure to…
View More Off To the 12th Deep-Sea Biology Symposium“Jellies Are As Elegant As They Are Squishy”
A fantastic KQED QUEST video on jellies starring Chad Widmer of the Monterey Bay Aquarium and Steve Haddock of MBARI! QUEST on KQED Public Media.
View More “Jellies Are As Elegant As They Are Squishy”The Revolution of Science Through SCUBA
The Revolution of Science Through SCUBA, a symposium “to celebrate the scientific contributions and value of scuba as research methodology,” will be webcast live Monday…
View More The Revolution of Science Through SCUBAFlippy-floppies take PRI’s The World
Public Radio International’s The World Science podcast has a regular series featuring Music in Science, and they asked me what music we listened to last…
View More Flippy-floppies take PRI’s The WorldHow the Oil Spill Affects Fisheries: Interview with Dr. Dave Kerstetter
To understand how the oil spill affects the fisheries and fishing communities, I turned to Dr. Dave Kerstetter, a research scientist at Nova Southeastern University’s…
View More How the Oil Spill Affects Fisheries: Interview with Dr. Dave Kerstetter