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…
Oil hydrocarbons ingested by GOM plankton communities
A new study released today shows the first evidence of Deepwater Horizon oil entering planktonic food webs in the Gulf of Mexico (is anyone surprised? …
View More Oil hydrocarbons ingested by GOM plankton communitiesFrom the Editor’s Desk: Confronting Climate Contrarianism
In 2007, there was a peer-reviewed article published by Arthur Robinson, Noah Robinson, and Willie Soon titles “Environmental Effects of Increased Carbon Dioxide.” Just focusing…
View More From the Editor’s Desk: Confronting Climate ContrarianismConspiracy Shrouds Paul the Octopus’ Untimely Death
Hat tip to the Bitter End blog.
View More Conspiracy Shrouds Paul the Octopus’ Untimely DeathGreat Migrations Open Thread
The first two episodes were up tonight. If you were able to see it on National Geographic Channel what did you think? I posted my…
View More Great Migrations Open ThreadGet Your Stickle On!
Hat tip to the awesome Scicurious!
View More Get Your Stickle On!Can Sea Snakes Predict The Future? What About Hurricanes? Lottery Numbers?
Undoubtedly you have heard that dogs can sense earthquakes before the tremors occur. While anecdotes are common, experimental evidence supporting these claims remains elusive. The USGS in…
View More Can Sea Snakes Predict The Future? What About Hurricanes? Lottery Numbers?Scientists Observe Damage to Deep-sea Corals Pt. 2
KZ already posted this yesterday but you should venture over to the NOAA website and view both the high resolution version of the image above and…
View More Scientists Observe Damage to Deep-sea Corals Pt. 2Scientists Observe Damage to Deep-Sea Corals
Fresh out of the NOAA news office: […] Operating from the NOAA Ship Ronald H. Brown and using a variety of tools including the National…
View More Scientists Observe Damage to Deep-Sea CoralsTo Catch a Fallen Sea Angel: How a Mighty Mollusc Detects Ocean Acidification
I wrote a piece on the plight of our favorite “winged” mollusc, the pteropod, in arctic seas over at Scientific American’s guest blog. […] To…
View More To Catch a Fallen Sea Angel: How a Mighty Mollusc Detects Ocean AcidificationGuest Post: Greenpeace in the Gulf of Mexico – an Update
John Hocevar is a marine biologist and is the Oceans Campaign Director for Greenpeace USA, where he oversees their oceans and fisheries work, including efforts…
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