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There is so much happening in the field of deep-sea coral research right now that there is no way to cover everything in detail without…

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“Song of the Dredge”, presented by Edward Forbes to the British Association at its annual meeting in 1839. Sung in the tune of Cream by…

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A little something to get you past the mid-week hump. CLICK the play button. Then CLICK and DRAG on the video screen to pan across…

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Bora over at A Blog Around the Clock publishes, edits, and composes (just about everything else) the Science Blogging Anthology, “Open Laboratory 2007”. Last year’s…

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So once again, things are slow and I ask you to suggest some questions/topics.  Just put them in the comments and Peter and I will…

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A seamount is a rocky underwater mountain with more than 1000m relief. Roughly 14,000 exist worldwide. How are they connected? Are they isolated islands, or stepping stones for highly dispersed deep-sea creatures?

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Image credit: © 2003 MBARI. Stellamedusa ventana is a recently described species of jelly, the size of softball, from the deep sea. The bumps on…

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Whale-fall communities are one of the most unique habitats in the deep oceans. When a whale dies and sinks to the ocean floor, it represents…

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I was very excited today to see that during my absence we reached the 2007 DSN Education Fundapalooza goal of $1100. We funded 3 classroom…

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Spent some time today remodeling the website. The biggest difference you will notice is a rotating masthead. Currently there are three in random rotation. The…

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