My very first post at Deep Sea News was a tongue in cheek look at how much we don’t know about the largest of all…
View More A first look at the biochemistry of whale sharksCategory: New Research
In the deep sea, bacon doesn’t last long
If you haven’t seen the VENUS deep-sea observatory’s pig-in-the-ocean experiments, you’ve been missing out. I saw them present this work at a conference a couple…
View More In the deep sea, bacon doesn’t last longThe mystery of lobster shell disease
Most folks I know aren’t shy about crunching into a nice red American lobster and dipping that white flaky meat in some molten butter, and…
View More The mystery of lobster shell diseaseAlaskan whales think we sound like Swedish chefs
Elizabeth Preston at Inkfish has a super blog post up about a beluga whale that was recorded mimicking the sounds of human speech. It concludes…
View More Alaskan whales think we sound like Swedish chefsWe Need an Ocean NASA Now Pt.3
For too long ocean exploration has suffered from chronic underfunding and the lack of an independent agency with a dedicated mission. Here, Al Dove and…
View More We Need an Ocean NASA Now Pt.3We Need an Ocean NASA Now Pt.1
For too long ocean exploration has suffered from chronic underfunding and the lack of an independent agency with a dedicated mission. Here, Al Dove and…
View More We Need an Ocean NASA Now Pt.1Plastics expedition departs for North Pacific
My tall-ship-sailing buddies at Sea Education Association are headed out for a special Pacific plastics cruise tomorrow aboard the 134-foot brigantine SSV Robert C. Seamans. (Disclosure: I am…
View More Plastics expedition departs for North PacificEver seen a manta ray’s bellybutton?
In a remarkable turnaround, Craig directed me to a very cool new study about manta rays (next thing you know I’ll be sending HIM papers…
View More Ever seen a manta ray’s bellybutton?Capitalizing on recessions with economic booms of data
This might come as a shocker: I don’t care about metabolism (or bits of floating plastic, or whale sharks, or coral reefs…sorry Deeplings). Its not…
View More Capitalizing on recessions with economic booms of dataNotes from the field: Mixology of Water Masses
The ocean is not homogenous. In other words, not all seawater is the same. Instead, it made up of many different water masses, each with…
View More Notes from the field: Mixology of Water Masses