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Iron Fertilization Will Not Help Global Warming

BERLIN (AFP) — Indian and German scientists have said that a controversial experiment has “dampened hopes” that dumping hundreds of tonnes of dissolved iron in…

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Global Ocean Exploration’s new website

Peter Etnoyer March 11, 2009 Arctic consulting Expedition

Last week I posted an article about consulting for the marine sciences as a follow up to Craig’s story “how to be a deep-sea biologist“.…

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Friday Deep-Sea Picture: New Bamboo

Peter Etnoyer March 6, 2009 bamboo coral hawaii New Species

NOAA is reporting that seven new species of bamboo coral in six new genera were recovered from a November 2007 expedition in the Papahānaumokuākea Marine…

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MBARI YouTube Channel

Dr. M February 27, 2009 Seamount video

The Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute recently unleashed their new YouTube Channel. Of course it features Macropinna but you can also see Humboldt squid. A…

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Underwater Volcanoes in Antarctica

Kevin Zelnio February 21, 2009 Antarctica Expedition Volcano

A recent expedition to the antarctic undersea volcanoes has recently returned. They are sharing some of their highlights in a video. The cruise looked both…

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Seamount Life Is Unique Just Not In the Way We Thought

Dr. M February 19, 2009 conservation Coral Invertebrate Open Access plos one Seamount sponge

About a month ago, I published my first paper at PLoS One. I believed an open access journal was the most appropriate place for the…

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Deep Sea Creatures Are Super Freaks

Dr. M February 9, 2009 Anemone carnivorous freaks man eating sea spiders sea squirt

A scientific examination of the Tasman Fracture Zone by a group of scientists (including some from CSIRO and the California Institute of Technology) uncovered 274…

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19th Century Voyage through Google Earth

Peter Etnoyer February 6, 2009 Challenger Expedition google earth Google Ocean hms challenger

We’ve seen over the last week that the new ocean layer in Google Earth 5.0 is a useful tool for visualization and presentation. DSN readers…

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Pimp your Google Ocean

Peter Etnoyer February 5, 2009 alvin GEBCO google earth 5.0 Google Ocean seafloor image shipwreck

Now that you’ve toyed with the new Ocean layer in Google Earth 5.0, and learned to dive below sea level, you’re asking yourself, … what’s…

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Ocean Census

Kevin Zelnio February 1, 2009 Census of Marine Life CoML National Geographic ROPOS

Wow, it actually pretty informative without being sensationalistic and loud. This captures my interest much more than say a loudmouth in the sub freaking out…

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