The global ocean has already taken up half of the atmospheric carbon dioxide produced by humans over the last 200 years, so the ongoing effects of climate change are dampened. That’s right, you can thank the ocean for saving the planet so far.
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TGIF: Octopus Hatching
The deep-sea octopus, Bathypolypus arcticus, hatching. Dr. James Wood discusses the biology and ecology of the species here.
View More TGIF: Octopus HatchingFriday Deep-Sea Picture: Cirrate Octopus
Credit to NOC and Deepscape.org: Coarse rocky ground with cirrate octopus (Cephalopod) above the seabed taken at 1126m in the Faroe-Shetland Channel. Others great images…
View More Friday Deep-Sea Picture: Cirrate OctopusThe Deep Is A Wonderful Utopia For The Big and Small
Experiments in the deep sea are a novelty, like a healthy Southern breakfast. Mmm…biscuits…but I digress. If you want to run a experiment in the…
View More The Deep Is A Wonderful Utopia For The Big and SmallOn How I Was Attacked By A Kracken On My Way Home
Obviously, U-Haul has chosen a business model that will center on my future rentals. Then I stared the great beast in the eye You can…
View More On How I Was Attacked By A Kracken On My Way HomeScience beyond borders
Corals don’t usually know what country they are living in, and those that do assure me that it does not affect their biology, just their politics.
View More Science beyond bordersAlbino Animal Extravaganza
All the rage this week on the big bad web is the big bad albino orca. It swims around the big dark ocean intimidating other…
View More Albino Animal ExtravaganzaTGIF: Giant Isopods
Giant Isopods Ate My Well-Known Brand of Corn Chip They will attack you when your sleeping! Everything is better when narrated by Sir David Attenborough
View More TGIF: Giant IsopodsFriday Deep-Sea Picture: Giant Isopods
Who Will Fund the Census of Marine Life?
Ten years ago Fred Grassle, a marine biologist with deep-sea tendencies, and Jesse Ausubel, program director for Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, started conversing on an…
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