There’s no getting around it, science is a social enterprise. Go ahead, try and do some by your lonesome. Oh, you may putter and dial-twirl…
View More Resistance is Futile: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Network EffectCategory: Uncategorized
DSN Adds To Its Ranks
With great pleasure I am pleased to announce that Rick Macpherson, of Malaria, Bedbugs, Sea Lice & Sunsets notoriety, is joining Deep-Sea News as a contributor.…
View More DSN Adds To Its RanksFollow Dr. Bik to the Gulf!
Remember Dr. M’s recent disturbing post about the quelling of independent science in the Gulf? I can now officially announce that my lab was one…
View More Follow Dr. Bik to the Gulf!DSN’s Future…
There is an exciting change for DSN. What is it? All will be revealed shortly in just a few days.
View More DSN’s Future…Dispersants! Part III: Do dispersants really promote degradation of oil?
Promoting microbial degradation of oil has been one of the main arguments in favor of dispersant use. Interestingly, the PWSRCAC review (covering literature from 1997-2008)…
View More Dispersants! Part III: Do dispersants really promote degradation of oil?Dispersants! Part II: Toxicity
Part II: How toxic are dispersants? This, I suppose, is the million-dollar question. The EPA has continually insisted that the actual dispersants is less toxic…
View More Dispersants! Part II: ToxicityShould you worry about white sharks in SoCal?
[Update: Apparently many shark sightings were actually dolphins. You may consider being EVEN MORE AFRAID.] Two more white sharks were sighted on Sunday right here…
View More Should you worry about white sharks in SoCal?Attack of the “Sea Angel” Pteropods!!!
[Update 19 Aug 17:20: Sofia sent me a photo of the liter o’ Clione and I have added it below. BEHOLD THE GLORY.] Number 2…
View More Attack of the “Sea Angel” Pteropods!!!EPIC WIN: Cruise Cruise Baby
Words cannot even express the pure genius contained in this video…
View More EPIC WIN: Cruise Cruise Baby