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…
What Makes a Good Shanty?
I’ve always chalked it up to a lifetime of experience battling the confines of the sea and the ports, plenty of grog and good company.…
View More What Makes a Good Shanty?Salmonstock
PLEASE! Someone send me to cover Salmonstock! This sounds great! From the Press Release they sent me: Salmonstock is a celebration of Alaskan salmon and…
View More SalmonstockAround the Ocean (Blogs)
“If you can’t beat them, eat them!” Enrique Gili discusses at Miller-McCune how our best offensive against the spread of invasive lionfish might be the…
View More Around the Ocean (Blogs)TGIF: Anchors are just as fun!
From the ever-entertaining comic Married to the Sea.
View More TGIF: Anchors are just as fun!30 Meters. 70 Bull Sharks. ‘Nuff Said.
I’ve been on stealth mode for the past few months, in part because my workload doubled this year and I’ve been serving double duty at…
View More 30 Meters. 70 Bull Sharks. ‘Nuff Said.Charismatic megafauna off La Jolla
In preparation for a scientific cruise this summer, I’ve been testing my zooplankton collection and incubation equipment. So I’ve gotten to go out in a…
View More Charismatic megafauna off La JollaThe Circle of Life (and how Jellyfish screw it up)
Mufasa was right. We’re all intertwined. Whether we humans like to admit it or not, every action by a living organism on Earth has repercussions. …
View More The Circle of Life (and how Jellyfish screw it up)Studying dolphins as sentinels of oceans and human health
This week a really great project is unfolding in the waters of the Indian River Lagoon, Florida. It’s the annual Health and Environmental Risk Assessment…
View More Studying dolphins as sentinels of oceans and human healthWashed Ashore
Recently, my friend Michael Barton went to check out the Washed Ashore Exhibit, currently at Portland Community College, and was gracious enough to share some…
View More Washed AshoreFollow along with Fukushima researchers
There’s a research cruise underway right now to study the impacts of radiation release from the Fukushima disaster in Japan, using the UNOLS/U. Hawaii ship…
View More Follow along with Fukushima researchers