How Life Thrives Under the Ocean’s Crushing Pressure
Like most deep-sea biologists, I have a large collection of decorated Styrofoam cups. A couple dozen line the bookshelf of my office, each displaying a…
James Cameron And The Dawn Of DeepTruth?
On May 20th, 2010–one month to the day after the Deepwater Horizon oil rig (under lease by British Petroleum) exploded and caught fire in the…
View More James Cameron And The Dawn Of DeepTruth?Challenger Deep: What we can learn from a single, half core of mud
James Cameron’s descent to the Challenger Deep – we have adventure, intrigue, and a great story for the media. But we also have an amazing…
View More Challenger Deep: What we can learn from a single, half core of mud10 Reasons Why We Should Explore The Deep
This post is co-authored by Craig McClain and Al Dove Among both scientists and non-scientists there is skepticism about James Cameron’s “Deep Sea Challenge” dive…
View More 10 Reasons Why We Should Explore The DeepCool as a sea cucumber: life (and death) at extraordinary deep sea pressures
Edit – In the original article I said that the sphere of the Deep Challenger was made of titanium. In fact, it’s made of steel. …
View More Cool as a sea cucumber: life (and death) at extraordinary deep sea pressuresA Timeline of Cameron’s Dive & the Power of Twitter
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View More A Timeline of Cameron’s Dive & the Power of TwitterJames Cameron’s Deep Sea Challenge: a scientific milestone or rich guy’s junket?
This post is co-authored by Al Dove and Craig McClain In the 1989 James Cameron sci-fi movie The Abyss, there’s a scene when Ed Harris’…
View More James Cameron’s Deep Sea Challenge: a scientific milestone or rich guy’s junket?Photos from Cameron’s Record Dive
Cameron Reaches the Challenger Deep
In a historic solo dive to the bottom of the world, famed filmmaker and National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence James Cameron reached the “Challenger Deep,” the lowest…
View More Cameron Reaches the Challenger DeepTGIF – 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 fishVeins of Water: The Evolution of the Echinoderm Water-Vascular System
Echinoderms are one of the most highly derived groups of animals with many species as significant components of several marine communities. They’re classified by…
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