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…
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Squid Development
And then some in this very informative 18 minute video by PacificCoast101 on YouTube. I
View More Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Squid DevelopmentScientific American Blog Network Opens Shop
Been long under the wraps, but now a project organized by friend and colleague Bora Zivkovic has come to fruition. THE NEW SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN BLOG…
View More Scientific American Blog Network Opens ShopDeep Sea mud as precious as diamonds?
Interesting news coming out of Nature Geosciences this weekend. Kato et al (2011) are reporting a veritable treasure trove buried in deep-sea Pacific sediments: rare-earth…
View More Deep Sea mud as precious as diamonds?TGIF: Eel larvae
The larvae of eels and other related species are called small heads or in the fancier Greek, Leptocephalus. The video above should give you some…
View More TGIF: Eel larvaeThe Ocean Moon of Saturn
Sixty two moons orbit Saturn. The sixth largest of these at just 300 miles in diameter is Enceladus named after one of the giant children,…
View More The Ocean Moon of SaturnMarine Science For The Win!
Well this brings a smile to my face. St. Thomas Aquinas defensive end Jelani Hamilton (6-foot-5, 250 pounds) committed to the University of Miami on…
View More Marine Science For The Win!Giant Squid Found off Florida
Robert Benz and his buddies were fishing Sunday about 12 miles offshore from Port Salerno when they spotted something floating in the water. It turned out…
View More Giant Squid Found off FloridaReforming “17th Century Ideas of Marine Exploitation”
Recently discovered a fabulous new marine tweep, the British Oceanographic Data Centre {follow @BODC on twitter} (a national facility for preserving and distributing oceanographic and…
View More Reforming “17th Century Ideas of Marine Exploitation”Deepwater Horizon: Resources and Restoration
I have to say, I’m pretty impressed with NOAA. If you’ve been to their homepage lately, you’ll notice that the key Deepwater Horizon links have…
View More Deepwater Horizon: Resources and RestorationMinorities in Ocean Sciences: The LGBT Pride Weekend Edition
Happy Pride Weekend to everyone! Here in San Francisco, I’m hunkered down in the office prepping for field work in Mexico, but through my open…
View More Minorities in Ocean Sciences: The LGBT Pride Weekend Edition