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…
The EPR Chronicles IV
For background on the EPR Chronicles, see this post. The expedition was also recorded online at the Field Museum during this time (before science blogs!) and includes dispatches,…
View More The EPR Chronicles IVThe EPR Chronicles III
For background on the EPR Chronicles, see this post. The expedition was also recorded online at the Field Museum during this time (before science blogs!) and includes dispatches, videos…
View More The EPR Chronicles IIITGIF: Ray, A Life Underwater
Ray: A Life Underwater from Danny Cooke. “A rogue with an eye for salvage – and the ladies – Ray: A Life Underwater is an…
View More TGIF: Ray, A Life Underwater9/11: Largest ever evacuation by boat in history
Eric Wolff alerted me to this moving documentary on the 500,000 people evacuated by boat from Manhattan on 9/11. From Christopher Mims: In nine hours,…
View More 9/11: Largest ever evacuation by boat in historyThe EPR Chronicles II
For background on the EPR Chronicles, see this post. The expedition was also recorded online at the Field Museum during this time (before science blogs!) and includes…
View More The EPR Chronicles IIA scientist and a humanist walk into a bar; or On Myers-Briggs, Climate Science, and Knowledge
This is a guest post that originally appeared as a Facebook conversation between the illustrious Drs. Jarrett Byrnes and Scott Richmond. Scott, Jarrett and I…
View More A scientist and a humanist walk into a bar; or On Myers-Briggs, Climate Science, and KnowledgeBOEMRE Final Report on Deepwater Horizon
I can’t say its the most captivating document ever produced (unless you’ve got a thing for regulatory practices and safety recommendations), but it is an…
View More BOEMRE Final Report on Deepwater HorizonThe EPR Chronicles I
In 2003 I received the opportunity of a lifetime to go out to sea for the first time on a major zoological expedition. I was…
View More The EPR Chronicles IJanet Voight: In 1860s “Educated People Could Not Envision” Life on the Seafloor
Dr. Janet Voight of the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago talks about exploring deep sea ecosystems and her research on deep sea marine…
View More Janet Voight: In 1860s “Educated People Could Not Envision” Life on the SeafloorReefBase broadcast tonight!
The Association of Zoos and Aquariums is holding its annual conference in Atlanta this week (Twitter #AZA2011) and at tonights iceabreaker event at Georgia Aquarium,…
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