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Sex, Snails, Sustenance…and Rock & Roll

One of the things in the title was not actually part of my latest published research, unless you count the soundtrack I played while…

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The predictions of this model kills my love of models.

Dr. M July 20, 2014

Few things give me greater joy than a model. No not those waifs that strut the fashion runways but mathematical models. Sure my pulse…

Cnidaria Development Ecology Jellyfish Mating & Reproduction New Research Scientist! Weird

Outta-sight jelly babies discovered under black light

RR Helm July 18, 2014

So, the flower hat jellyfish pretty much looks like someone painted it while tripping on acid. It doesn’t just have tentacles on the edges, no…

New Research Pelagic Plastic

The scariest inhabitant of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is not what you think

Miriam Goldstein May 14, 2014 marine debris North Pacific Gyre Pacific Garbage Patch plastic pollution

When you think of terrifying monsters that might inhabit the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, what do you think of? Mutant sharks? Pissed-off squid? Rabid barnacles? (Well,…

Abyss Biology Habitats New Research Organisms Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls Sharks

Dead Elasmobranchs on the Seafloor are Not as Appetizing as One Might Assume

Dr. M May 13, 2014 Angola Carbon food fall marine snow ray whale fallf whale shark

Most fauna in the deep-sea rely upon a drizzle of particles of decaying animals and feces. This marine snow is of low food quality as…

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Nereus confirmed lost

Dr. M May 12, 2014 AUV Nereus ROV Trench Trenches are Bitches WHOI

In 2009, Nereus was the new $5 million hybrid-transformer-multipurpose-all knowing-swiss army knife of deep-sea research from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute. Nereus, primarily funded by NSF (…

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Velcro, romance, and consuming the flesh of crustaceans

Dr. M April 27, 2014

When I describe my favorite sponge to others, yes I have a favorite sponge, I describe it like this: Imagine a mosquito lands on your…

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Guest post: Playing Detective in the Great Blue Sea

Miriam Goldstein March 5, 2014 Chelsea Rochman ecotoxicology marine debris plastic pollution

You may have heard me say it once, and I’ll say it again: the oceans are a toilet bowl for our waste. Throughout history, our solution to pollution has oftentimes been “dilution”. As a consequence, chemical pollution is now ubiquitous in our oceans as a result of industrialization, waste-management strategies (and/or lack thereof), natural disasters, etc….

As such, it becomes my job to try and solve this mystery and basically play detective on the open sea. What puzzle am I trying to unravel? Well, I’ll warn you, it’s a trashy one…