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…
The Deeplings at Science Online 2011
The entire Deep Sea News team will be spending the next couple days at the Science Online 2011 conference in North Carolina. Along with copious…
View More The Deeplings at Science Online 2011New Circus of the Spinelesses Are Up!
December was a crazy month for me and I totally FAILed on getting the word out about Wandering Weeta’s great Circus #57. Go there and…
View More New Circus of the Spinelesses Are Up!From The Editor’s Desk: Is Icelandic Whaling Bad?
A week ago I received an email that sparked this post. An Appeal to the Public to Not Visit Iceland Until Icelandic Whaling Stops Online environmental…
View More From The Editor’s Desk: Is Icelandic Whaling Bad?Epic FAIL, Wake-Up Call, Turning Point, or All of the Above?
Here’s a hypothetical you parents out there should appreciate: Your child comes home from school, report card in hand. On reviewing the grades you notice…
View More Epic FAIL, Wake-Up Call, Turning Point, or All of the Above?Does the Great Pacific Garbage Patch exist?
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch made news this week, based on statements from Oregon State University professor Dr. Angelique White. As you may know, this…
View More Does the Great Pacific Garbage Patch exist?Scientist In Residence: Danny Richter on Pirate Guilt
Editors Note: We are starting a new Scientist in Residence program at Deep-Sea News. The Scientist in Residence for each month at DSN would contribute substantial…
View More Scientist In Residence: Danny Richter on Pirate GuiltDeep-Sea News Weekly
Today we unleash a new feature for all of our followers. Deep-Sea News Weekly is a regularly updated Twitter-based newspaper based on the dialogue of 50+ marine scientists,…
View More Deep-Sea News WeeklyBarnacle Evolution I: Phylogeny Served Without Plates
Barnacle evolution was recently rewritten by a large effort of Perez-Losada and colleagues in 2008. Using a combination of genes and morphological traits they rejected…
View More Barnacle Evolution I: Phylogeny Served Without Plates1.9.2011 Sunday Spill Roundup: Advance Preview of Oil Spill Commision Report
“A blowout in deepwater was not a statistical inevitability.” An eloquent and succinct line from the National Oil Spill Commission’s Report on the Deepwater Horizon…
View More 1.9.2011 Sunday Spill Roundup: Advance Preview of Oil Spill Commision ReportSeafood Safety part 2b: NOAA responds to my post
I got a phone call last week from NOAA Public Affairs Specialist Christine Patrick, who helpfully clarified a lot of details from my last post…
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