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Category: New Research

Expeditions Geology New Research New Species

Sometimes Sea Monsters Are Real

Dr. M February 27, 2008

Add another tremendously gargantuan fossil lizard to your list. “The Monster”, which unfortunately was a predator, measured 50 feet putting it in contention for the…

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Mating & Reproduction New Research

Sexual refuge for krill in the abyss?

Peter Etnoyer February 27, 2008 deep seakrillrefuge

You are a giant swarm of Antarctic krill migrating daily from sunlit surface waters down to the 4500m in the abyss. Some portion of your…

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Conservation & Environment New Research

Oregon Dead Zone

Dr. M February 21, 2008

Anoxic (extremely low or no oxygen) zones occur naturally in the oceans. Typically they occur below areas of upwelling such as off Chile. A naturally…

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Adaptations Expeditions Organisms

Giant Antarctic Sea Creatures

Dr. M February 19, 2008

“Pet” Giant Pycnogonid attacking computer. This morning my email was flooded with friends, family, and colleagues notifying me of this story. What’s not to love…

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New Research

Worlds oldest animal aged to 4000 years

Peter Etnoyer February 18, 2008 deep coralgerardiaoldest animal

Age and growth studies of deep-sea gold corals and black corals indicate these animals live between two and four millennia. Deep-sea biologists get excited about this because marine invertebrates record archives of environmental conditions in their growth rings, the same way trees do.

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Conservation & Environment Geology New Research Organisms

Climate Induced Collapse of Deep-Sea Ecosystems

Dr. M February 6, 2008

Beginning with Victorian science and progressing through the onset of modern deep-sea biology, the dominant paradigm was that the deep sea was a stable ecosystem.…

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Adaptations New Research

Sharks Scare the @#$% out of Seals

Dr. M February 5, 2008

How does fear drive a marine food web? That’s right I said fear, as in blood-curdling-scream-I-think-I-just-wet-my-pants fear. Sharks just swim around and intimidate the hell…

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Expeditions

Journey to the Center of Plastic

Dr. M January 21, 2008

You may remember Peter’s sobering post on the Plastic Expanding Inevitable, a wonderful part of the Pacific where plastic particles outnumber plankton. According to a…

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New Research

Deep shrimp fishery swept away by currents

Peter Etnoyer January 17, 2008

Deep-water formation is one of the most fascinating aspects of global thermohaline circulation. Deep-water doesn’t form only at the poles, though, as cold water sinks…

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Conservation & Environment New Research

A Warmer Earth Means More Ice!

Dr. M January 15, 2008

New research by Bornemann et al. in Science this week indicates that warming periods might actually promote ice growth. Using forams from core samples taken…

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