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…
View More Sometimes Sea Monsters Are RealCategory: New Research
Sexual refuge for krill in the abyss?
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…
View More Sexual refuge for krill in the abyss?Oregon Dead Zone
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…
View More Oregon Dead ZoneGiant Antarctic Sea Creatures
“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…
View More Giant Antarctic Sea CreaturesWorlds oldest animal aged to 4000 years
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.
View More Worlds oldest animal aged to 4000 yearsClimate Induced Collapse of Deep-Sea Ecosystems
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.…
View More Climate Induced Collapse of Deep-Sea EcosystemsSharks Scare the @#$% out of Seals
How does fear drive a marine food web? That’s right I said fear, as in blood-curdling-scream-I-think-I-just-wet-my-pants fear. Sharks just swim around and intimidate the hell…
View More Sharks Scare the @#$% out of SealsJourney to the Center of Plastic
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…
View More Journey to the Center of PlasticDeep shrimp fishery swept away by currents
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…
View More Deep shrimp fishery swept away by currentsA Warmer Earth Means More Ice!
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…
View More A Warmer Earth Means More Ice!