It’s getting to that time of year again. It’s hot here in Atlanta, and really hot down in Mexico, where, in between the tropical storms…
View More Spotting the difference between whale sharksCategory: Expeditions
Studying dolphins as sentinels of oceans and human health
This week a really great project is unfolding in the waters of the Indian River Lagoon, Florida. It’s the annual Health and Environmental Risk Assessment…
View More Studying dolphins as sentinels of oceans and human healthFollow along with Fukushima researchers
There’s a research cruise underway right now to study the impacts of radiation release from the Fukushima disaster in Japan, using the UNOLS/U. Hawaii ship…
View More Follow along with Fukushima researchersScientist In Residence: Beth Orcutt Introduces Herself
Beth is an U.S. postdoc scientist at the Center for Geomicrobiology in Denmark studying tiny microbes that live at the bottom of the ocean and…
View More Scientist In Residence: Beth Orcutt Introduces HerselfTracking radiation effects off Fukushima
This weekend marked the beginning of a new scientific expedition, investigating how leaked radiation may be affecting marine life around the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power…
View More Tracking radiation effects off FukushimaDhugal’s Deep Sea Wonders and Expedition Art Aboard the JOIDES
A nice 5 minute podcast and article about new research in the twilight zone off of Australia! Using a one of a kind remotely operated…
View More Dhugal’s Deep Sea Wonders and Expedition Art Aboard the JOIDESScientist in Residence: My ‘Seascape of Fear’
Eric Heupel is a graduate student at University of Connecticut in Oceanography. He keeps a personal blog at Eclectic Echoes and Larval Images, and used…
View More Scientist in Residence: My ‘Seascape of Fear’Dear Sir Richard Branson
Dear Sir Richard Branson, I don’t know if you read DSN. Probably not. That’s fine. I realize you are probably busy making making money.If you…
View More Dear Sir Richard BransonGulf sampling, part deux
My sporadic posting lately has been due to my ridiculous travel schedule – in the past 2 weeks, I’ve been to New York, Maine, San…
View More Gulf sampling, part deuxCruise The Ice Pack With Russians
You can watch the entire 54th Russian Antarctic Expedition led Captain Valery Viktorov on the “Akademik Fedorov” in just nine minutes. Probably will make you yearn…
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