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…
WHOI Takes You Deep into the Gulf
It may take years before scientists determine the full impact of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. But, utilizing the…
View More WHOI Takes You Deep into the Gulf12.5.2010 “Macondo was an avoidable accident”
The headline says it all. That was one of the main points delivered on Thursday/Friday at Meeting #6 of the US National Oil Spill Commission.…
View More 12.5.2010 “Macondo was an avoidable accident”ABC News Reporter Sees the Devastation of the Oil Spill for Himself
But seemed more interested in the sub than the science. Linked from here if embed is not working.
View More ABC News Reporter Sees the Devastation of the Oil Spill for HimselfLatest Gulf data shows persistent shoreline oiling & lingering subsurface plume
This public press release from Roffer’s Ocean Fishing Forecasting just appeared in my inbox, offering the latest summary of oil fate in the Gulf. You…
View More Latest Gulf data shows persistent shoreline oiling & lingering subsurface plumeCephalopod on Cephalopod Crime
New work in the Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society indicates that ammonites were likely preyed upon beaked squids. The Chamouth Mudstone Formation on the…
View More Cephalopod on Cephalopod CrimeAnd the next Oil Spill series is….
….”The Science of Seafood: Should we trust food from the Gulf?” Stay tuned to DSN for the first installment, coming soon!
View More And the next Oil Spill series is….Sharktopus Before Sharktopus Was Cool
Before Syfy’s Sharktopus, there was MONSTER SHARK (DEVIL FISH)! “I think i can safely say the creature at the bottom of the ocean is a…
View More Sharktopus Before Sharktopus Was CoolDerek Nobbs Is My New Favorite Artist
After struggling for just the right tattoo design for awhile…I think I found a contender. If I can I just convince to do something with Giant…
View More Derek Nobbs Is My New Favorite ArtistFrom The Editor’s Desk: The Case For Open Access
Color me surprised that there is still resistance against open access journals. I was extremely flattered a few years ago to be invited to join…
View More From The Editor’s Desk: The Case For Open AccessMeet DSN’s Newest Vessel: The Aircraft Carrier HMS Invincible
It is an ignominious end for a ship that served in the Royal Navy from 1973 to 2005, and took part in the Falklands, Balkans…
View More Meet DSN’s Newest Vessel: The Aircraft Carrier HMS Invincible