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…
View More Pimp your Google OceanCategory: New Research
Ocean Census
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…
View More Ocean CensusNaming a new species is tricky business
The bamboo coral Isidella tentaculum finally rolled of the presses over the holidays. I can finally speak the name aloud. DSN debuted the video of…
View More Naming a new species is tricky businessScience Online ’09: Blogging Adventure
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 AdventureOcean 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 ExpeditionLife in the abyss is no protection from bad weather
A new article highlights the really cool work that has come from Ken Smith and Henry Ruhl. Ken’s lab has monitoring a deep-sea abyssal site…
View More Life in the abyss is no protection from bad weather