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…
Send Me Your Paleo Links!
I’m hosting the Boneyard Blog Carnival, a monthly celebration of fossils, paleobiology, extinction and history of paleoscience. So send me all your submissions this weekend…
View More Send Me Your Paleo Links!Cruise The Ice Pack With Russians
You can watch the entire 54th Russian Antarctic Expedition led Captain Valery Viktorov on the “Akademik Fedorov” in just nine minutes. Probably will make you yearn…
View More Cruise The Ice Pack With RussiansLet’s talk about sex (in science)
I attended the women in blogging session at Science Online, and I’ve been watching the discussion on women in the blogosphere with some bemusement. My…
View More Let’s talk about sex (in science)Deep Sea 101: Introduction and What Is the Deep Sea?
This semester I am teaching a full on lecture course in Deep Sea Biology at my institution. It is a great opportunity for me and…
View More Deep Sea 101: Introduction and What Is the Deep Sea?Explorer Recounts Deepest-Ever Ocean Expedition
Wired has an excellent new video chronicling Piccard and Walsh’s descent to the Mariana Trench. To unpublished interview with Piccard from three years before his death…
View More Explorer Recounts Deepest-Ever Ocean ExpeditionThe science behind Legal Sea Foods’ “blacklisted” dinner
Legal Sea Foods’ “blacklisted” seafood dinner took place last night. From the Boston Globe: An e-mail invitation to the sold-out event, sponsored by Legal Sea…
View More The science behind Legal Sea Foods’ “blacklisted” dinnerWhat’s Eating You?
Feed a fish a fish, it eats for a day; Teach a fish to fish, it eats forever. That basically seems to be the crux…
View More What’s Eating You?From the Editor’s Desk: The Grand Challenge of Ocean Acidification and Fisheries
Anthropogenic climate change has been hypothesized for centuries (discussed in Le Treut 2007) before the careful measurements of scientists in the mid-20th century. From 1833…
View More From the Editor’s Desk: The Grand Challenge of Ocean Acidification and FisheriesLosin’s Video on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Function
And while you are watching videos, check out Neil Losin’s prize winning science video from science online Researcher Profile: Kristin Aquilino from Neil Losin on…
View More Losin’s Video on Biodiversity and Ecosystem FunctionAn Interview with RickMac
Make sure you catch this interview with RickMac at Science Online 2011
View More An Interview with RickMac