At the end of May I received some awful news. My former lab manager reached out with an ominous phone call: a high school student…
View More Beaches, Trees, and Mysterious Species : A tribute to EvanCategory: Uncategorized
Atlantis Watch
And now I wondering if I can make this kid’s watch fit around my wrist? Lego Atlantis Watch via kidswoot! Hat tip to C-Hall
View More Atlantis WatchSea Creature or Entrails?
From DSN, it’s everybody’s game of science, trivia, and fun! Contestants are you ready to play… SEA CREATURE OR ENTRAILS!!! [applause] I’m your host Dr.…
View More Sea Creature or Entrails?Gulf oil spill suffocated marsh grasses, enhanced erosion
Another oil spill study hot off the presses! This new Silliman et al. PNAS paper is looking at the effects of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon…
View More Gulf oil spill suffocated marsh grasses, enhanced erosionDramatic impacts on beach microbial communities following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill
Ironically enough, I was at a meeting about oil spills when the Macondo well blew. The “Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA) in Arctic waters” workshop…
View More Dramatic impacts on beach microbial communities following the Deepwater Horizon oil spillRobbing Museums
On May 4th a colleague of mine, Dr. Brian Sidlauskas, curator for the fish collection of Oregon State University, received this email. Respected Prdf. Brian; On…
View More Robbing MuseumsThese Arms Were Made For Walking
Unlike their Echinoderm brethren, brittle stars do not move along on tube feet that can propel them in any direction. Instead, brittle stars ‘walk’. This…
View More These Arms Were Made For WalkingBREAKING: New Footage Released of James Cameron’s Dive Revealed A New Species!
TGIF – Exallias brevis, a very special fish
My good colleague Dr. Bruce Carlson just uploaded a very nice short YouTube video about a reef blenny called Exallias brevis. Exallias is fairly special…
View More TGIF – Exallias brevis, a very special fishDr. Nancy Knowlton: Coral Reefs: Past, Present and Future
Something for your Friday. A webinar by coral reef scientist Dr Gloom Nancy Knowlton (I kid, Nancy! I’m a kidder!). I particularly love her review…
View More Dr. Nancy Knowlton: Coral Reefs: Past, Present and Future