After a most wonderful lunch (thanks Science Online sponsors!), it was time for the first of two sessions I was co-moderating. This session was a…
View More Science Online ’09: Blogging AdventureCategory: Expeditions
Ocean Bill moves to the House
The Senate passed the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 today. This is exciting because the bill invokes deep-sea research priorities, including shipwreck and seamount studies.
View More Ocean Bill moves to the HouseIf you’re in town…
…make sure you catch Greg Caillet’s talk this Saturday on the Pacific Grove Natural History Museum at 2pm. Greg is a professor at Moss Landing…
View More If you’re in town…Fall is so refreshing or the Beagle's eye in the sky
Fall is so refreshing. New semester, new things happening, a chill in the air. It’s practically Christmas in Texas, if you ask me. Halloween is…
View More Fall is so refreshing or the Beagle's eye in the skyDispatch from Sea: DISCOVRE Expedition
One of the problems we face as deep-sea biologists is our limited understanding of the 4th dimension – temporal variability. We don’t know much about…
View More Dispatch from Sea: DISCOVRE ExpeditionDISCOVRE Expedition
The NOAA RV Nancy Foster is now on her fourth leg of deep-water ROV work in the Gulf of Mexico. Things have been steadily improving.…
View More DISCOVRE ExpeditionDeepest Fish Ever Filmed
Using a remote lander* with a camera, a UK-Japan team has set a record for filming the deepest fish. The fish is Pseudoliparis amblystomopsis, a…
View More Deepest Fish Ever FilmedNew Hall of the Oceans at the Smithsonian
by Peter Etnoyer If you live in Washington DC, or plan to visit within the next 30 years, you’ll have to make time to visit…
View More New Hall of the Oceans at the SmithsonianPhoto from the field: Lophelia II 2008
Here’s an image from yesterday’s dive to 300 m at a Green Canyon site with SeaView’s SeaEye Falcon ROV in the Gulf of Mexico. The…
View More Photo from the field: Lophelia II 2008Expedition underway
by Peter Etnoyer NOAA’s RV Nancy Foster left port in Gulfport, MS today with a complement of biologists, geologists, remotely operated vehicle (ROV) pilots, and…
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