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…
DSN Scientist In Residence Jarrett Byrnes On Biodiversity and Ecosystem Function
In my last post, I showed that ocean food webs are being re-written by human driven extinctions and invasions. In particular, most species that have…
View More DSN Scientist In Residence Jarrett Byrnes On Biodiversity and Ecosystem FunctionOil Spill Update: Deep-Sea Degradation
More bad news from the oil spill front. University of Georgia marine scientist Samantha Joye reporting findings from her fifth Gulf of Mexico expedition since the…
View More Oil Spill Update: Deep-Sea DegradationWild Oysters Functionally Extinct?
Add this to your growing list of Earth going to hell Enjoy your shucking while it lasts. Wild oysters are now “functionally extinct” in many…
View More Wild Oysters Functionally Extinct?Tide Pool: Cephalopods, Ash, and Sulphur Are to Blame
An occasional series where we briefly report 3 new studies and tell you why they are cool! Heightened biodiversity may make an ecosystem more stabile…
View More Tide Pool: Cephalopods, Ash, and Sulphur Are to BlameA Requiem for SeaWIFS, R.I.P.
It is with sad news that I relay to our readers the death of SeaWIFS. She was a good satellite, “the little satellite that could”.…
View More A Requiem for SeaWIFS, R.I.P.Thar she blows (a tissue)!
If you’ve ever wanted to respond to a request for a tissue with “THAR SHE BLOWS!!!”, this whale-shaped tissue holder gives you that glorious chance.…
View More Thar she blows (a tissue)!School of Sunfish
Hat tip to Chris M. for this find from Neptune Canada’s YouTube Channel.
View More School of SunfishThe Lost Thing
This weekend, I saw all the Oscar-nominated animated short films, cause I am nerdy like that. The Lost Thing was my very very favorite, not…
View More The Lost ThingStories Deep on Our Sonar!
Science and teaching are keeping me away from any real blogging. Which means I am typically more active on Twitter. Here are some interesting reads…
View More Stories Deep on Our Sonar!Budget problems may force Scripps oceanography library to close
California is broke, largely thanks to incompetent stewardship and Proposition 13, which limits the amount of income the state can bring in from property taxes.…
View More Budget problems may force Scripps oceanography library to close