With apologies to Karen James. (Pretty much goes for Paleontologists, too… Sorry Laelaps.) I kid! I’m a kidder!
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Emmett Duffy Wins Inaugural Kobe Prize in Marine Biology
Very excited to hear today that VIMS marine biologist Emmett Duffy won a big prize in marine biology established by Suma Aqualife Park in Kobe,…
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Apologies if I lost any of you post-Gen X readers with that Muppet Show homage title. But this space + ocean news is a clearcut…
View More SALT FROM SPAAAAACE!The San Diego red tide: FAQ from Scripps professor Dr. Peter Franks
This is a guest post modified from two emails by professor of biological oceanography Peter Franks, reprinted here with his permission. Peter is a phytoplankton…
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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 SeafloorExpletive Infixation and Marine Scien-****in-tists
We would be remiss at DSN if we didn’t blog about a paper that was brought to our recent attention. Warning the following material uses…
View More Expletive Infixation and Marine Scien-****in-tistsCan science be crowdfunded?
Science costs money. No matter how clever we are – and trust me, as a graduate student, I have made scientific equipment by combining salvaged…
View More Can science be crowdfunded?Back from the sea
Hi internet! I just spent the month of July sailing (yes! sailing!) from Honolulu to San Francisco aboard Sea Education Association’s vessel SSV Robert C.…
View More Back from the seaThe Ship, The Sub, The Shuttle – We Should Blame Ourselves
Today, Scott Olson published an editorial at TCPalm, a local news site for Palm Beach area on some very deep misgivings that all of us…
View More The Ship, The Sub, The Shuttle – We Should Blame OurselvesJoin the NASA Aquarius Reefbase Live on Ustream Tonight!
Beginning at 7pm Pacific/10pm Eastern, Ustream will be live-casting a NASA Aquarius Reefbase mission. You can go to Ustream to watch it, or view the…
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