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…
Rare Giant Jellyfish Caught on Video
Although first collected in 1901 and scientifically described in 1910, the giant jellyfish, Stygiomedusa gigantea, is rarely collected or seen. It is likely one of the largest invertebrate predators currently in…
View More Rare Giant Jellyfish Caught on VideoSay Hello to Anna’s Pimple
SARDI scientists have discovered an extinct volcano (800m across and 200m high) 2km below the surface and 100 nautical miles offshore in a protected area…
View More Say Hello to Anna’s PimpleNOAA maps October 25th Indonesian tsunami
The Indonesia tsunami event was generated by a Mw 7.7 earthquake (3.484°S, 100.114°E ), at 14:42:22 UTC, 240 km (150 miles) W of Bengkulu, Sumatra,…
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If the latest post at SouthernPlayalisticEvolutionMusic on Heritability doesn’t convince you that it is the most epic blog on the intertubes, nothing will. This is the…
View More SouthernPlayalisticEvolutionMusicAnother week, another (unfunded) oil meeting
Well, the title says it all. As the autumn rolls on, two of the PIs working on our Gulf of Mexico RAPID project are currently…
View More Another week, another (unfunded) oil meetingDr. Isabella Aiona Abbott (1919-2010)
It’s with a heavy heart that I report that Dr. Isabella “Izzy” Abbott, scientist, passionate ocean science educator, and the foremost expert on central-Pacific algae,…
View More Dr. Isabella Aiona Abbott (1919-2010)Kill It And Grill It
The latest PSA from filmmaker/scientist Randy Olson.
View More Kill It And Grill ItWait for it…
Why We Love Japan Reason #129: Crab Vending Machines
UPDATE: A Japanese colleague said that while the program was Japanese, the crab vending machine idea was from a Chinese company. They are trying to…
View More Why We Love Japan Reason #129: Crab Vending MachinesMaine Diver Fends Off Shark With Camera
What’s up with cartilagenous fish and cameras? First a manta ray absconds with a $5000 dive camera. Now a Porbeagle shark bares his pearly-whites on…
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