This Sunday, August 2nd, a major scientific expedition to study the issue of plastic accumulation in the North Pacific Gyre will depart San Diego. The…
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Please, call me Doctor
I successfully defended my dissertation thesis today at Texas A&M University- Corpus Christi. The presentation went well, 45 minutes exactly. Following that, I was grilled…
View More Please, call me DoctorPolitical action is one click away
Today is political action day. Your voice is only a click away. Sheril Kirshenbam and others are hosting a Letter on Ocean Acidification from ocean…
View More Political action is one click awayAnnouncing La Defense
This went public today over the TAMU-CC listserves, the first attempt to tie all my deep-sea coral research from the last three years together into…
View More Announcing La DefenseMamas don’t let your babies throw up filling carboys
Filling up 20 liter carboys with ocean water on the R/V Elakha for the Giovannoni Lab at Oregon State University
View More Mamas don’t let your babies throw up filling carboysDiscovery Channel: Friend or Foe of Sharks?
This is the question that has been floating around the marine blogs this week. The complaint is that Discovery Channel “is promoting negative stereotypes about…
View More Discovery Channel: Friend or Foe of Sharks?To Blog or Not To Blog
Recently, Cold Springs Harbor Laboratory said it would require bloggers to ask permission before blogging about a presentation, just like reporters. A surprising editorial in …
View More To Blog or Not To BlogTravel picks for 12th Deep-Sea Biology Conference
Registration for the 12th Deep-Sea Biology Conference in Reykjavic, Iceland doesn’t start until January 2010, but the bags are already packed. The 12th Deep-sea Biology…
View More Travel picks for 12th Deep-Sea Biology ConferenceMATE Center’s International Student ROV Competition
The Marine Advanced Technology Education (MATE) Center’s International Student ROV Competition just occurred in Buzzard’s Bay, Mass. This is the competition for those who already…
View More MATE Center’s International Student ROV CompetitionOceanography on the Chopping Block: The Conclusion
In April, I reported that Word from Tallahassee is that oceanography may be out at FSU! Florida State administrators this afternoon released a draft of…
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