It was only 3 years ago when the northernmost vents were found in the Arctic Ocean at 71 degrees, just above Iceland. Dr. Rolf Pedersen…
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Rising Fuel Costs Hurt Marine Research
Nature News reports: “Many of the research projects launched as part of the International Polar Year (IPY), which runs from March 2007 to March 2009,…
View More Rising Fuel Costs Hurt Marine ResearchBuild Your Own HMS Beagle
This ship is EVERYONE’s ship. Make it a reality! Find out more at The Beagle Project, follow their blog, buy the shirt and donate a…
View More Build Your Own HMS BeagleChallenger Expedition on Google Earth
People seem fascinated by the prospect of purchasing virtual real estate at Second Life, but if you ask me, Google Earth is a better place to stake your claim. For instance, I study deep sea-fans, or gorgonians. Many of these have their first description in the reports of the HMS Challenger expedition 1873-1876. The maps are now online at Google Earth.
View More Challenger Expedition on Google EarthBasking Sharks Go Wide and Deep
Basking sharks are heavily exploited from the shark–finning industry. The damage is compounded by the fact we know so little about their distribution in the…
View More Basking Sharks Go Wide and DeepHydromedusa Mounts Ninja Style Invasion
Dr. Maria Pia Miglietta, a postdoc in my lab at Penn State, just published a fascinating paper on a “silent invasion” happening around the world’s…
View More Hydromedusa Mounts Ninja Style InvasionBad Times For Deep-Scientist May Mean Good Times For the Deep
Rising gas prices may have one more causality, one you many not have thought of…oceanographic science. Our main tool is the research vessel, large contraptions…
View More Bad Times For Deep-Scientist May Mean Good Times For the DeepEnvironment Shapes Barnacle Penis
Spring is in the air! Its the time of year to release your gametes into the water and make baby barnacles. But wait a second,…
View More Environment Shapes Barnacle PenisLive-birth from 375 million years ago
A placoderm fossil called “mother fish” has been recovered from Gogo, an ancient coral reef site off the Kimberley coast of Northwest Australia. The fossil…
View More Live-birth from 375 million years agoMore Types of Bacteria In Tropical Waters
Beware when you go on tropical holiday. Species richness of bacteria is higher in those waters. For many organisms on land (birds, mammals, snails, plants,…
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