A student-led cruise is off central California right now, seeking records of the ancient California Current in the Santa Barbara basin’s famously layered mud. The…
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Hidden Oil and Gas Plumes in the Gulf
Mile O’Brien reports for Science Nation, an online by the National Science Foundation (NSF), on the plume tracking expedition of Samantha Joye. Read the accompanying…
View More Hidden Oil and Gas Plumes in the GulfI’m on a boat, and, its goin’ fast, and…
My first week in the Gulf of Mexico has been a whirlwind of labwork, long drives, and airports, but its been a productive trip so…
View More I’m on a boat, and, its goin’ fast, and…Cephalopod Art
One of my favorite blogs, BiblioOdyssey, covers books, illustrations, science, history, visual materia obscura and generally just eclectic bookart. For all you cephalopodaphiles, you need…
View More Cephalopod ArtIndonesian-U.S Joint Expedition
From Science News… Joint Expedition Discovers Deep-Sea Biodiversity, New Volcanoes The shallow water reefs of the Coral Triangle, which stretches across Indonesia and north through…
View More Indonesian-U.S Joint ExpeditionGuest Post: The Invisible Side of Plastic Marine Debris
This is a guest post by Chelsea Rochman. Chelsea is a doctoral student in ecotoxicology at University of California Davis and San Diego State University.…
View More Guest Post: The Invisible Side of Plastic Marine DebrisFollow Dr. Bik to the Gulf!
Remember Dr. M’s recent disturbing post about the quelling of independent science in the Gulf? I can now officially announce that my lab was one…
View More Follow Dr. Bik to the Gulf!A World Inside a Coconut
This is rewritten from one of my favorite contributions from The Other 95%. ————————— In November 2003, while an undergrad at University of California at…
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Hello internets! I am back from a month of sailing from Hawaii to California on the tall ship SSV Robert C. Seamans. The Seamans is…
View More Science with a YARRRBull Patrol: NEW SPECIES DISCOVERED zOMG!
Inspired by the Are Headlines Hogwash? series at Dr. Carin Bondar’s wonderful blog, the editors at DSN (i.e. Kevin and I) have initiated a news…
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