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…
Deep Sea 101: Early Paradigms and Exploration
←Previous Lesson: Lessons from the Census of Marine Life While the Census of Marine Life may be the most recent call to survey the ocean,…
View More Deep Sea 101: Early Paradigms and ExplorationCongresswoman Edwards Speaks on Importance of NOAA
This is a Congresswoman that gets it. Make sure you check out further analysis of a NOAA budget cut at Casandra’s Tears.
View More Congresswoman Edwards Speaks on Importance of NOAAGive Akaiwa A Medal and a Life Supply of Sapporo Already!
When darkness strikes, the Earth crumbles beneath your feet and Tsunamis ravish what was once your life, one man stands in defiance of the awesome…
View More Give Akaiwa A Medal and a Life Supply of Sapporo Already!TAKE THE DEEP SEA NEWS READER SURVEY & WIN PRIZES!!!
We value our readers input and want to get to know you better, so please answer a short reader survey! Three survey takers will be…
View More TAKE THE DEEP SEA NEWS READER SURVEY & WIN PRIZES!!!From the Editor’s Desk: The Environmental Impacts of Tsunamis
On December 26th 2004, a 9.0 earthquake struck off northern Sumatra in Indonesia. This triggered a massive tsunami that affected Indonesia, India, Malaysia, Maldives, Sri…
View More From the Editor’s Desk: The Environmental Impacts of TsunamisJapan’s Drilling Vessel Chikyu Damaged By Tsunami
Remember Chikyu? Japan’s monster ship also called “Godzilla-maru” because of its 210 m length and a drill derrick that rises 100 m off the deck.…
View More Japan’s Drilling Vessel Chikyu Damaged By TsunamiShip Grounding and Oil Spill at Tristan da Cuhna
View Larger Map Tristan da Cuhna defines the statement “middle of nowhere” at 1500 miles from African and South American continents. A remote island group…
View More Ship Grounding and Oil Spill at Tristan da CuhnaClimate Change and the Deep Sea
Over at Uncharted Atolls there is nice primer on the biodiversity of the deep and climate change. Add it to you “to do” list for…
View More Climate Change and the Deep SeaLive from the 5th International Marine Debris Conference
This week I’m at the 5th International Marine Debris Conference in Honolulu, HI. (Oh, the things I do for science!) As you might know, I…
View More Live from the 5th International Marine Debris ConferenceA 21st century view of Marine Biology
So you wanna be a marine biologist in the 21st century? Better crack open that MacBook and start writing perl scripts. As part of our…
View More A 21st century view of Marine Biology